ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Rotterdam-based rental company Peitsman Licht en Geluid (Light & Sound) has purchased Robe’s latest Robin DLX Spot and DLF Wash fixtures, becoming the first DLF users in the Benelux region. Of the new purchase, 10 DLFs and six DLXs went straight out on tour with Percossa, a high energy percussion ensemble now touring Benelux and France.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Ljubljana-based rental company Event Lighting has invested this past year in the newest Robe Robin range. Most recently their inventory now includes the first MMX WashBeams in Slovenia. The fixtures have just been delivered via Robe’s distributor MK Light Sound, also based in Ljubljana.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenia welcomed the 2012 festive season in style at the Red XMas Party, one of the country’s largest and hottest dance events, at the Arena Stozice in Ljubljana. Event Lighting supplied the lighting rig, which featured 70 Robe moving lights at its core. The design was based on a plot by Van Buuren’s LD André Beekmans, and operated by Michael Seeverens, both from Netherlands-based The Art Of Light.

BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic – LD Martin Kubanka used Robe moving lights to illuminate Slovak Republic’s 2012 ‘Face of The Year’ contest and gala evening, which was broadcast live on national channel STV1. His role was to not only light the set but also to make the models competing in the event look their best. He worked closely with set designer Dano Sichma for this show. Slovakian rental company Q-99 supplied the gear.

BERLIN – Robe moving lights – including 30 MMX Spots and 44 ColorWash 700E ATs – were in action on the Main Stage at the 2012 Berlin Festival, taking place over two days at the former US military base, Tempelhof Airfield. Tilman Schumacher, production lighting designer for the main stage, specified the Robe fixtures, although the rig was based heavily on Steven Douglas’s festival design for headlining act The Killers.

MEDELLIN, Colombia – Robe’s new Colombian distributor, Codiscos SA, staged a hands-on technical demo of Robe products recently, then provided a glimpse of the gear in action when it was used to support a rock concert by Matute at the 400-seat Teatro de Barro in Medellín.

PARIS – More than 200 Robe LEDWash 600 RGBW LED moving lights were central to Peter Heilig’s lighting design concept for the BMW and Mini booths and press launches at the Paris Motor show. Germany’s Rock Service supplied the fixtures for the event at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles. LD Heilig specified the Robe fixtures after having used them at the Geneva Motor show earlier in the year.

LAGOS, Nigeria – Solution Media and InfoTech Ltd recently staged an evening of live entertainment to demonstrate Robe technology along with other brands in their inventory. Five hundred guests enjoyed the “Memoirs and Wine” event, including  visual and show designers, event planners, brand managers and ambassadors, media managers of telecommunication and oil companies together with film and TV stars, and of course, the press.

LUCERNE, Switzerland – For the 1,000-capacity Vegas Dance Club, based here, LD Frank Alofs from Audiotech KST AG opted for a moving light rig centered on Robe LED fixtures including 12 ROBIN LEDBeam 100s, eight DLX Spots and four LEDWash 300s.

ANTWERP, Belgium – About 12,000 disco divas stepped out to the 2012 Studio 54 Sportpaleis event in Antwerp, Belgium to strut their best dancefloor moves and grooves to the sounds of the 1970s. The event featured Robe moving lights along with other gear supplied by Total Event Support. LD Peter Vervloesem designed the event; the centerpiece of the arena design was a massive chandelier in the roof made up from 400 x 40 cm mirror balls flown above the stage.

JAROMER, Czech Republic – Robe moving lights made their presence felt at the Czech Metalfest, the 2012 Brutal Assault Festival, staged at an old army fortress in Jaromer, Czech Republic. The two Jägermeister and Metal Shop main stages were identical and were erected side by side in the main arena, operated in ‘flip-flop’ style, with one band setting up while the previous act was playing for short changeovers and a near uninterrupted sonic assault for the fans. The Robes along with other lighting were supplied by Prague rental company TD Promo SRO.