Robe's MMX WashBeam Wins Etoile du SIEL Award at 2013 SIEL

Robe's new Robin MMX WashBeam moving light won a prestigious Etoile du SIEL (Star of SIEL) Award for Technical Innovation at the 2013 SIEL trade exhibition in Paris -- France's leading international expo for the professional lighting, sound, video, and entertainment technology industry.

The MMX WashBeam was entered into the Lighting Category. The fixture offers multiple features in one unit, and combining a Philips Platinum 35 lightsource with Robe's optical system, provides an output exceeding most traditional 1,200W products the company says.

The Etoile du SIEL Awards were judged by an independent panel of industry experts, including lighting designers, technical and creative directors, and representatives from top rental companies. The judges closely examined each nominated product, before conferring to make their final decisions.

Over 70 originally entered products were whittled down into 17 finalists that were examined by the judges. From these, they selected the winners.

The judges were impressed by many elements of the MMX WashBeam including the internal automated barndoor assembly, which enables individual control of each edge of the light output, and the complete assembly also rotates through 180-degrees.

Using an alternative lens, the WashBeam can be switched from a soft edged wash light -- extendable out to 60 degrees -- to a tightly collimated 2.5-degree beam effect unit.

A gobo wheel with six rotating gobos is specifically designed for creating powerful aerial effects.

Both lens options retain the key performance features of Robe's MMX family - full, smooth CMY color mixing, saturated color wheel, variable CTO and hot spot control, plus motorized zoom and focus.

As soon as the awards were announced at the show, visitor levels to the already busy Axente stand were boosted as people flocked to see the MMX WashBeam the company says.

Robe also won an Etoile du SIEL last year for its Robin DLX LED moving light.

Robe's key account manager for Europe, Ingo Dombrowski comments, "It was a very big honor to win another SIEL Award and have another innovative design recognized by the industry. The latest Robin products including the MMX WashBeam all have a great future and we are enjoying unprecedented interest in the range."

"Robe as a manufacturer underlines its commitment to driving technology forward, developing smaller, brighter, lighter fixtures and communicating closely and constantly with designers and specifiers about their present and future needs and ideas," Dombrowski concludes.

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