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AV Company invests in Robe

South African technical production service and design specialist AV Company has added Robe Esprites and more Robe LEDBeam 350s to its rental inventory. The company is headquartered in Durban, with bases in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Owned and run by Craig Browning and his son Keagan, as well as Warren Loots, AV Company supplies all aspects of event production - lighting, audio, LED screens, staging, structures, rigging and power - for corporates, which make up around seventy percent of their business, live events, music shows and concerts, which account for the remaining thirty percent. To cover this range of applications, Craig Browning is always on the lookout for multifunctional lighting solutions.

The first eight Esprites were delivered by Robe’s Southern Africa distributor DWR at the beginning of 2025. Four more were added earlier this year, together with another sixteen LEDBeam 350s, taking their total to 32 LEDBeam 350s. AV Company now has over eighty Robe moving lights available. The first ones they bought were ColorSpot 575s, LEDWash 300s and 300E Spots, followed by Pointes, with purchases dating back over ten years.

The kit is moved between all three branches according to needs. The Esprites were recently used at the SAMA (South African Medical Association) Health Summit staged at the Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani hotel in Durban. They then went on to singer-songwriter Lloyiso’s “Elephant in the Room” show at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, which was part of a national tour.

The rig there comprised sixteen Esprites, 36 LEDBeam 350s, 24 LEDBeam 150s, twelve Pointes, and twelve LEDWash 600s, plus other lamps, and was designed by Keegan Adams. AV Company also supplied an L-Acoustics PA for that same gig.

Pictured (left to right): Craig Browning, junior technician Thabiso  and AV Company Johannesburg branch manager Yan Margestein. (Photo: Louise Stickland/Paul Clarke)

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