Robe LEDBeams prove popular in Cape Town
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Thankfully as soon as the gathering and meeting up restrictions were lifted, “We’ve been absolutely full-tilt,” explained Ultra’s founder and CEO, Costa Champanis.
With business growing, it wasn’t long before they needed more lights, so Costa made the investment in 24 x Robe LEDBeam 350s.
Ultra is a ‘one-stop solution’ for technical production. Their work encompasses a multiplicity of corporate and industrial events, awards shows, gala evenings, graduation ceremonies, etc, plus in the summer, a round of music festivals. The company has a rep for good equipment and top quality, friendly crew who deliver results.
Ultra has just taken delivery of another eight LEDBeam 350s, taking their total to 24 of these handy fixtures purchased since ‘coming back’. The purchases were staggered in batches of eight to assist cashflow, and all the kit was supplied by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR.
Ultra has purchased many Robe products over the years and has Pointes and LEDWash 600s in the inventory, which are regular workhorses. They were looking for new fixtures that would work with these and their spot moving lights.
Costa and the team conducted some shootouts - without any of the suppliers’ sales forces present - and narrowed the field down to four products.
When they tested the LEDBeam 350 thoroughly, they realised they had found their luminaire. “We loved the flawless flat beam with no hotspots and the fantastic quality of light coming from the fixture,” he underlined. “We also knew being made by Robe that they would be reliable and well built.”
He also mentions that the presence of DWR’s Cape Town Office headed up by Johnny Scholtz ensures the best back up and support in the city and across the Western Cape area. “That level of local service is essential and also reinforces our decision to purchase more Robes.”
The first and second batches of LEDBeam 350s made their presence felt on the Resistance stage at Cape Town’s 2023 Ultra South Africa event, featuring lighting designed by Thmebba Sithetu. They have also been used for Indian cement manufacturers JSW’s recent Awards at the Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel (LD Bradley Bruchhausen).
