South Africa - Johannesburg-based rental and production company MGG has made a sizable investment in new Robe moving lights, taking delivery of 76 x fixtures from Robe’s Southern Africa distributor, DWR Distribution, including the first iForte and iForte LTXs and the first SVB1 luminaires on the continent of Africa.
The total order comprised 24 x iFortes, 48 x SVB1s, and four iForte LTXs which are for use with the four RoboSpot BaseStations they already own.
MGG – which this year celebrates its 25th birthday – started as a small company when owner and managing director Mark Gaylard was still at school and running mobile discos. It has steadily grown and become a highly successful and visible technical supplier in South Africa. MGG purchased its first Robe products in 2008 – eight ColorMix 250 ATs.
“Robust build quality and longevity of the products is a major reason for our continual investment in Robe,” commented Gaylard, pointing out that their original ColorSpot and ColorBeam 700s are still working well and are in general use for those more budget conscious projects. “They are still excellent moving lights for many applications.”
A selection of different BMFL joined the inventory around 10 years ago, shortly after this game-changing Robe product was launched, and these are also still going strong and are relevant today, but it was also the time to invest in the latest LED tech.
“Robe offers great value and we know the kit will last for many years, which is essential for the SA market which has a slower attrition rate for fixtures than some others,” stated Gaylard. “Robe’s TE was always of great interest to us,” commented MGG project manager Günther Müller, and this was a route they first bought into with 34 x Esprites purchased in 2020.
“The Esprites have worked extensively and brilliantly to become our new workhorses,” explained Gaylard, adding that they have done almost the same hours as the BMFLs in half the time.
Gaylard and the team then thought it was time to add the more powerful iForte series to their stock. “The innovation of the iSeries was a big thing for us,” noted Günther.
Gaylard initially spotted the SVB1s on the internet when scouting about for more LEDBeam 350s and 150s after PLASA Show 2024. Having ordered 24 of each sized LEDBeam to their existing stock of these handy little fixtures, he and the team also decided to go for some SVB1s.
