Orlando, FL-based lighting manufacturer and distribution company Techni-Lux held a pretty sweet open house in January that brought a whole slew of industry professionals together from all over the country. On hand were more than 30 representatives showing various lighting products and expendables that just happen to be among the 25,000+ products in the Techni-Lux catalog.
To download a PDF that includes a photo-heavy recap of Techni-Lux’s 2016 Open House event, CLICK HERE.
Techni-Lux was started 25 years ago by president and CEO Luciano Salvati who came to the U.S. after years of service for some lighting manufacturers in Italy. At his side was a 21-year-old young man at the time, Alex Gonzalez, who is the company’s executive VP. The company built itself on a reputation of providing lighting expertise and selling quality gear. They currently reside in a 30,000 square foot facility that they have occupied for more than seven years. Besides warehousing tons of various products, the facility includes a tech repair room where qualified electricians and repairman fix any product, including non-functioning circuit boards.
They are glad to offer anyone design help and ideas as well as programming support for any of their projects or products. They have a staff led by LD Tony Hansen that has more than 30 years of experience in designing anything from houses of worship and theme parks to television and nightclubs. With their vast inventory, they can cover any lighting installation, soup to nuts.
During the open house, various workshops were well attended including a lecture by Richard Cadena in how to “Prevent getting electrocuted on stage.” Phil Watson of ChamSys, who brought in his own consoles and media servers to help with the class, taught basic console programming skills. They even talked me into rapping it down for an hour of Q&A.
Despite the fact that well over a couple hundred people attended the event, I found time to personally meet with a bunch of company reps to see what they had going on down there. Each of them distributes gear through Techni-Lux.
At the event, Alcorn McBride had a media server that does not run off of a computer; BulletX had their black C-47 clothespins, ChamSys displayed their consoles, GE Lighting had LED retrofits for old fixtures and Highlite offered new pipe and drape and Showtec LED fixtures. Leviton showed off their nifty range of dimmers and controllers, Philips reps were on hand to talk bulbs. Last but not least, KRE, makers of power distros and a cool new Camlok tool.
Along with the companies mentioned above, I was able to nab some photos of the items on display in the photos displayed here. The captions in the PDF tell the rest of the story.
