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M&S Showtechniek invests in Robe

M&S Showtechniek is a full production - lighting, rigging, audio and video - and rental company based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, run by directors Pim Muller and Jeroen van der Stap, who are both involved hands-on in the day-to-day running of all operations.

They started the company in 2011 while still at high school and formalised the structure as soon as they graduated. The first Robes to join the M&S inventory were twenty-four LEDBeam 150s in 2017. At this stage, M&S Showtechniek was among the first companies in the Netherlands to invest in these moving lights. This purchase also doubled their moving light inventory at the time and was delivered via Robe’s Benelux distributor Controllux.

The investment in the LEDBeam 150s was followed up with the purchase of twelve MiniPointes which “work brilliantly combined with the LEDBeam 150s”, according to Muller. In autumn 2024, the Robe stock was boosted again with the purchase of sixteen Painte spot luminaires. This time around, framing shutters were a must, so Paintes ticked all the technical and creative boxes, says van der Stap.

Muller reveals that before getting the Paintes, he’d worked frequently with a friend’s Robe Viva CMY fixtures that he really liked, so when the Painte was launched, they instantly made an investment in the latter. “It’s faster, brighter and also more subtle than the Viva CMY, so a big leap forward from Robe in terms of a smaller fixture”, says Muller. The Paintes were delivered by Controllux, and the lights went directly out on a show and have been busy ever since.

M&S Showtechniek supplies approximately 600 events a year of all sizes and complexities, from very large multi-level full productions to smaller and more straightforward dry hires. Ninety percent of M&S’ business is supplying corporate and B2B events. They also service parties and events for their friends, working nationwide around the Netherlands and all over Europe. Currently, Muller and van der Stap are working alongside two full time technical staff and a regular pool of freelancers.

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