ETC purchases Vortek division of Daktronics
Middleton, WI (4 August 2014) – ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) and Daktronics have announced that ETC has acquired the Vortek rigging division of Daktronics. All Vortek rigging products will be integrated into ETC’s rigging portfolio, and operations will be consolidated with ETC’s primary manufacturing locations in Wisconsin within the next three months.
Vortek’s operations will be integrated with ETC over the next three months. Product manufacturing will be consolidated into ETC’s new 355,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mazomanie, Wisconsin, while a design and engineering center will remain in Vortek’s hometown of Victor, New York to support custom products, customer support and service. The transition of Vortek into the ETC Rigging™ family of products will double ETC’s current stage-machinery offerings and allow the company to offer customers a wide variety of custom-engineered, heavy-lift, high-lift and high-speed rigging solutions.
The acquisition will also allow ETC to offer additional advanced rigging solutions for the entertainment market on a national and international level. By building upon the engineering experience of Vortek, ETC plans to maintain a custom engineering-design center. “We see a great synergy between ETC and Vortek,” says ETC CEO Fred Foster. “The complementary strengths of rigging products as well as the combination of the skills and experience of the two companies will be a great benefit to our customers, old and new.”
ETC will maintain an active, ongoing relationship with Daktronics, and will continue to provide high-quality hoists and lifts for Daktronics scoreboard systems customers. ETC also ensures that Vortek customers will continue to have access to the equipment and services they have come to expect from Vortek over the years. ETC plans to provide Vortek Classic and custom hoists, and the full line of Vortek control solutions alongside the company’s own award-winning rigging products.
About ETC
ETC is a global leader in the manufacture of entertainment lighting-control systems, architectural controls, spotlights, LED fixtures, dimming systems and automated rigging controls and hoists. Its award-winning products are found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theaters, restaurants, schools, broadcast studios, houses of worship, casinos, museums, theme parks and opera houses. ETC has offices in Middleton, Mazomanie, New York City, Orlando, Hollywood, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Ede (the Netherlands), Rome, London, and Berlin and Holzkirchen (Germany), with an additional 250 authorized service centers around the globe.
More information about the company can be found at www.etcconnect.com.
About Daktronics
Daktronics helps customers impact audiences throughout the world with large-format LED video displays, message displays, scoreboards, digital billboards and control systems for sport, business and transportation applications. An American-based manufacturing company founded in 1968, Daktronics has grown into the world leader for audio-visual systems and implementation, with offices around the globe.
Discover more at www.daktronics.com.
