ARRI ACQUIRES CLAYPAKY

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has completed the acquisition of Claypaky from AMS Osram. With this takeover, the film technology company gains one of the top lighting manufacturers in the entertainment and stage industry.

Founded in 1976 and based in Seriate (Bergamo, Northern Italy), Claypaky has a long and successful history featuring a large number of original and innovative products – such as moving body and moving mirror projectors, colour-changers, followspots, projectors, and various lighting effects – many of which have won awards and been used on prestigious projects. The professional sectors using Claypaky light effects include theatre, television, live events, trade fairs, theme parks, shops, conference centres, and many more.

Established in 1917 and based in Munich, ARRI consists of camera systems, lighting and rental business units. The portfolio includes digital cameras, lenses, camera accessories, archive technologies, lampheads and lighting accessories, plus system solutions such as the design and engineering of complete broadcast and virtual production studios. ARRI has been developing and manufacturing professional lighting products, mainly focused on the motion picture and television industries since 1924, and from 1953, all lighting products have been manufactured in Stephanskirchen, Southern Germany, only a few hundred kilometers away from Seriate.

In other news ARRI has launched Orbiter Projection Optics 25° and 35°. Combined with Orbiter’s ARRI Spectra light engine, the high-end optical system provides a state-of-theart LED profiler which is suited for theatres, cinematic applications, broadcast studios and live productions.

ARRI SkyPanels were used by gaffer Daniel Kafka for the multi-award-winning All Quiet On The Western Front, which earned four Oscars for Best International Feature, Cinematography, Production Design and Original Score.

“I love working with the SkyPanels S60 and especially S360,” says Kafka. “They are very flexible pieces of equipment. I used the S60 on-set as a key light through a magic cloth. It’s a softlight that replaces the book light. I also had a large softbox 12x12 m with 30 x S60 on the battlefield as a toplight and backlight for some shots. We used 3x S360 as the main light on each side of the battlefield.”

Photos courtesy of Daniel Kafka.