Summit Steel supplied a Kinesys automation system with K2 control and all associated trussing and rigging to fly and track 5 projection screens in the main presentation area of the 2009 Sainsbury's Our conference, staged at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. Summit was working for West Midlands based drpevents, who supplied all other aspects of the event production, including sound, lighting and … [Read more...]
Summit goes Pink and Red on tour
Summit Steel is supplying rigging to the latest UK and European section of Pink’s amazing “Funhouse” world tour, and also co-ordinated and supplied all rigging and automation requirements for Elton John’s latest “Red Piano” UK and European tour. Pink Summit was chosen to supply the Pink tour by the production’s head rigger Dave Rowe, who comments, “I was extremely keen to use Summit for … [Read more...]
Summit Steel brings the WOW factor to Take That “Circus”
Rigging specialist Summit Steel continued its association with hugely successful UK pop band, Take That, supplying motors, rigging and a Kinesys K2 automation system for the band's summer "Circus" stadium tour. Summit also provided specialist rigging consultancy, and custom designed and developed a lifting system for one of the show's most spectacular movement cues that creates a massive WOW … [Read more...]
Summit for the G20 Summit
Summit Steel supplied an 88 metre long version of their new customisable StandUpper structure, plus 11 tailored SmarTmast 1s which were used to provide general site lighting at the Royal Victoria Docks/Millennium Mills site, which faced the ExCel Centre and G20 Summit venue just across the river. This Grandstand style version StandUpper formed an elevated ‘press pen' enclosure for the event, … [Read more...]
