This is following busy trading for the last two years and a healthy order book for the upcoming months. It's also part of an on-going commitment to providing greener and more eco-friendly lighting rigs to its varied client base.
This latest purchase involves six of Robe's Robin 600 LEDWash units to complement the 12 Robin 300 LEDWashes bought last year, plus 12 of the new Robin 100 LEDBeams - just launched at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in March and already proving popular. Also new are six Robe Robin DLX LED Spots.
Says UEP's Steve Butcher, "Many events are becoming a lot more carbon-conscious, and, apart from that from a rental perspective, there are all the advantages like greater flexibility for all applications and the lower maintenance that comes with good quality LED sources."
Butcher reckons that around 75% of UEP's lighting stock is now LED based. This is a dramatic change in philosophy that's happened over the last five years as UEP also designs most of the shows to which it supplies equipment.
(Jim Evans)
