Founded in 1994, Gearhouse, L.L.C. has long been established as the market leader with a client portfolio that includes international touring artists The Rolling Stones, Muse, Rihanna, Eric Clapton, and The Prodigy, along with leading global production companies, government agencies and a growing list of key regional venue partners.
For PRG's worldwide clients this acquisition means that they will now have access to a complete range of technical expertise and production resource solutions when working in the United Arab Emirates and Gulf Region. PRG can now ensure that their clients can be confident in the quality of product, production expertise, and professionalism when working in this important and quickly expanding event location.
"By acquiring Gearhouse, we will be able to significantly increase our local support for our many customers that produce events and shows in Dubai and the Gulf Region", said PRG's Harris. "Now we can offer them the same high level of customer service and innovative, reliable technical solutions as our clients expect, wherever they are producing an event."
With immediate effect, Gearhouse, L.L.C. will be rebranded PRG Gearhouse as its Dubai headquarters joins PRG's network of over 40 locations in key cities across the US, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, Switzerland, China, Australia, Argentina, and Japan.
Tom Van Hemelryck, PRG's Vice-President, Global Special Events, comments: "Gearhouse is a tremendous addition to PRG's global team. With their talent, knowledge, expertise and existing client base, Gearhouse will allow PRG to unlock significant potential in this fast growing market. I'm personally delighted to be playing a significant role in this new venture and look forward to the obvious advantages of having people and equipment on the ground when servicing our existing global clients who have become increasingly attracted to delivering events in this region."
"We have a market here that is rapidly maturing and I regard the creation of PRG Gearhouse as a significant milestone in that process," comments Peter McCann, co-founder and Managing Director of Gearhouse, L.L.C. "Over the last 20 years, we have established a client base that has become more sophisticated in their expectations of the standard of delivery and of what production really means. As PRG Gearhouse we will be able to exceed their expectations as we will undoubtedly attract the best levels of talent to our region because PRG's reputation is second to none."
McCann's long-term vision for Gearhouse was to be part of a like-minded global organisation. "Aside from organisational synergies, we felt PRG shared our highest level of customer service and operational best practices in how we deliver production solutions to our clients and our role in driving internationally recognised health & safety standards in this region. PRG shares my belief that there is a significant opportunity to extend Gearhouse from a regional leader to part of a global organisation that will allow us to further differentiate ourselves from regional competition and strengthen our ability to service our customers."
Leading a workforce of more than 100 full-time employees, McCann's management team - Bruce MacLean, General Manager; Lee Price, Director of Planning; Dave Emery, Director of Operations; and Harriet Stewart, Area Sales Manager - share the excitement of merging the skills of their existing staff and technical inventory with those of PRG's global assets.
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