PRG Las Vegas Will Serve as Central Hub for Outline U.S. Strategic Initiative
LAS VEGAS, OCTOBER 17, 2012 – Outline S.r.l.
and U.S. subsidiary,
Outline North America, LLC
, have entered into an agreement with
Production Resource Group
(PRG), one of the largest production services companies in North America. PRG handles all aspects of live event presentations including lighting, video effects, scenery and sound for Broadway productions including
Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark
, and major live television presentations that include the
Academy Awards
. PRG also provides extensive audio systems, stage design and lighting effect systems for major tours and events such as Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Super Bowl half-time show. The center of activities for this new relationship will be at PRG’s expansive Las Vegas facility, the hub of PRG’s touring sound business, where a fully complemented turn-key system of Outline GTO, GTO-SUBS, Butterfly, MANTAS, DBS18-2 Subs and recently introduced LipFill-0182, will be inventoried and staged for immediate deployment for PRG’s most demanding production and touring requirements.
A joint launch of the GTO and Outline partnership is planned to coincide with the upcoming LDI Show and Parnelli Awards in Las Vegas. A Stageline Mobile Stage, with a full Outline GTO rig, will be set up on the grounds of the PRG complex. Transportation to and from the PRG compound from the Las Vegas Convention Center will be provided as a courtesy to invitees, and those wishing to experience GTO.
“Timing could not be better to announce this relationship,” says Tim Brennan, PRG vice president. “Many of our clients, production managers and contemporaries with whom we have a professional trading relationship will be in town for LDI. This is the perfect opportunity for us to introduce them to the quality and unique engineering expertise of Outline and its GTO.”
“We are very excited to enter into this relationship with PRG,” says Giorgio Biffi, CEO of Outline S.r.l. “This comes at a very exciting time for our company, as we continue our global growth initiative with the addition of many of the world’s largest premier sound and production companies. PRG is a wonderful and welcomed addition to our family of Outline partners.”
PRG is joined by the recent addition of GABISOM, the largest production company in South America, reinforcing that Outline and its GTO systems are deployed in major events around the globe.
The GTO series of line array speakers, offering a unique combination of high-power output in a compact and relatively lightweight cabinet, feature Outline’s patented
Butterfly
design. The cabinets deliver clear, non-colored, high-SPL audio capable of bringing listening environment quality to the live event experience. When coupled in an array, GTO’s unique V-shaped front baffle allows individual sound sources to be positioned much closer together than in conventional line-source systems. This facilitates superior acoustical coupling between high-frequency modules, thus producing a smooth yet extended HF response. It also creates the ideal “unbroken baffle” shape through an array, which minimizes diffraction and deterioration of the mid-high frequencies, contributing to the far-field performance of the system. A GTO line array system is capable of delivering a true visceral response to the audience while maintaining clarity.
“I have seen the incredible growth of PRG over the years and am very pleased to have them help lead the charge for our large format line array, the GTO, in the U.S.,” says Outline’s North America Sr. Vice President – Partner and Managing Director, Tom Bensen.“We appreciate PRG’s confidence in our company and their shared vision for the future as we begin this relationship.”
About PRG
The world’s leading supplier of entertainment and event technology, PRG provides integrated services and equipment, including audio, video, lighting, rigging, staging, and scenery and automation systems, for these markets from more than 40 offices in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
About Outline
Outline S.r.l., based in Brescia, Italy, is a leading manufacturer of high quality loudspeakers of both powered and un-powered configurations. Founded in 1973, the company has a rich history in the development of high quality loudspeaker systems, test and measurement systems, and holds numerous technology patents. With offices in Italy, The UK, and the USA and over 50 distributors on five continents with more than 4200 venues and users to its credit, Outline has assumed its place among the leaders in the professional audio market.
