PLASA Show 2015 Gets Off to a Cracking Start

	PLASA Show 2015

The first day of PLASA Show 2015 saw a busy show floor, with exhibitors reporting a higher quality of visitors than in 2014 and a steady flow of traffic throughout the day.

"It's been a fantastic first day, we have had a really positive reaction to the stand and people have been truly thrilled with the theatrical environment," says Robe CEO Josef Valchar. "The One Light Show, a performance lit by leading South African lighting designer Michael Broderick, was completely sold out. We could easily have doubled the capacity! The hourly rock light show was also really well received, attracting hundreds of people to the stand every time. Generally, it was super busy the whole day and we saw a good mix of people."

Jonathan Walters, UK sales and purchasing director for A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET) concurs. "We've had a fantastic first day of the show," he says. "There was a lot of interest in our newly launched, dedicated A.C. Film & TV sales division, which includes the new Chroma-Q Studio One 100 white LED PAR, which has been nominated for a PLASA Award For Innovation, and many other popular brands in this sector."

"Within our 600sqm exhibitor zone (stands F30 - F38), which includes dedicated stands for some of the brands we supply exclusively in the UK and selected other territories, our ProLights lighting and video show, set around the current racing car of British Touring Cars driver Jack Goff, has received much interest."

"Overall, there were lots of visitors checking out our 'one stop' portfolio of leading lighting, audio, rigging, and video entertainment technologies, and various project installations featuring these technologies, often provided by our sister Special Projects installations company."

Koy Neminathan, sales director Avolites and Avolites Media adds, "We were extremely busy all day. We have changed the way our stand looks for this year and it's worked fantastically."

PSCo, Autograph, SSE, and Current RMS were amongst other companies that reported a good first day's business, with Current RMS taking over 40 sales leads by mid afternoon.

The evening's events were equally successful, with Robe's 007-themed party at the Café de Paris and the eighth Knights of Illumination Awards (KOI) ceremony, held at London's art deco Troxy, both hailed a sparkling success.

The ever-popular awards, organized by the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), the Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), the Fifth Estate Ltd, and Clay Paky, was hosted by prolific international lighting designer Mark Jonathan, with Fred Foster, CEO of Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. (ETC) receiving the Lifetime Recognition award.

"We're delighted that the show got off to such a good start," says Christopher Toulmin, director of PLASA Events. "Day two will see many exhibitors launching new products and with the show open until 8pm, it is set to be another busy and exciting day."

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