NEW WINDSOR, NY — Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) acquired Summit Steel, a U.K.-based live event rigging company. PRG said that Jon Bray, managing director, will remain in his current position, and that Summit Steel will continue as an independent brand focused on the markets that it serves.
“We are delighted to add Summit Steel to PRG’s portfolio of specialist brands in the U.K. and Europe,” said PRG CEO Jere Harris. “A rigging supplier of this strength and reputation will complement and enhance our existing brands in the region and our business globally. We are looking forward to working with Jon and his team to further broaden our group technical services offer to support every size event.”
“The team at Summit Steel are looking forward to becoming a member of PRG’s group of companies,” said Summit’s Jon Bray. “Our relationship with our new U.K. sister companies within the group, PRG Lighting and Essential Lighting, will provide exciting new collaborative opportunities for our businesses.”
Summit Steel is a leading rigging supplier in the live event business, delivering rigging for a diverse range of projects from theatre to concert touring to conferences and events. Summit is the exclusive supplier of rigging services to London’s O2 Arena. Current concert touring projects include Elton John and Coldplay. Summit provides a full rigging service, with equipment and crew, specialty truss structures and made to order design and development. The company also markets the SmarTmast brand and other products from its home base in Kent.
For more information, please visit www.summit-steel.co.uk and www.prg.com.
