The Stonex group, founded in Madrid in 1980, specializes in engineering and turnkey stage equipment projects for theatres, auditoriums, congress centres, casinos and theme parks, encompassing stage engineering, show lighting, architectural lighting and audio-visual installations. The company has offices in Madrid and La Coruña, and boasts more than 300 reference projects in the Iberian market, such as WB Madrid theme park, Pamplona Auditorium and congress centre (Baluarte), Colon Theatre in La Coruña, Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Expo 98's Lisboa Camoens Theatre and Gran Casino de Aranjuez, among many others.
The Portuguese group Alfasom, founded in Lisbon in 1985, specializes in the production and development of audio-visual events, from the conceptual and artistic level to technical and operative. Alfasom organizes around 6,000 events each year, and is the leading company in Spain and Portugal. Its key reference projects include the Moncloa's palace in Madrid, the Madrid Congress Centre, the EU president's conference and FIFA World cup 2006 events in Portugal.
The alliance of these companies forms the most important audio-visual group in the Iberian Peninsular, with more than 300 employees. The group will be headed by Domingo Latorre from Stonex, along Cándido Rodam and Manel Lopes from Alfasom, and the current management executive groups will remain as they are.
(Lee Baldock)
