With backgrounds in manufacturing and production, managing partners Gary Mass and Nick Freed will head efforts to solve the many man-hours spent sourcing equipment for production purposes. Working in tune with an extensive worldwide vendor base and an easy-to-use web design for locating the most cost-effective, and logistically suitable rental equipment, Rental-Source promises to ease the ever-growing process of completing a production.
"Over the past 10 years or so, we've noticed an incredible incline in the need for production companies to draw from each other. We are using our many years of experience in the industry to create a shuttle instead of a bridge in pressing situations," claims Freed. Gary Mass states, "this was a natural progression in our careers. From working on productions, to selling equipment to production companies, and finally, recently partnering in a production company, we really feel as if we've got a lot to offer in today's market. Our efforts to add a 'hassle-free' step in the preparation of a show should prove to be very useful to companies at all levels."
Fairbairn adds: "With a proven solution in Gear Source, we really feel like this will fulfil another segment of managing a production business."
Rental-Source says it will focus solely on sourcing all types of equipment including lighting, sound, staging and video, as well as a number of miscellaneous items including seating, lifts, communication etc, for production companies in need of supplementing or dry-hiring equipment.
(Lee Baldock)
