EB1812P 18K Power Gems ballasts stocked by PKE Lighting were spotted on location in Manchester for the filming of a high-speed car chase for Curfew, a new Sky One drama starring Sean Bean. The technical base was right outside our old building, and just round the corner from our new building. Must be... Read Full Article
From 2 April, Power Gems' new home will be a 2,332 sq ft modern facility in Santa Clarita, CA, USA. We spent the past 6 years in a building about 20 miles from our new location, and it served us well but it was due for redevelopment. The new place just north of Hollywood gives us ... Read Full Article
Pixipixel is a lighting, camera and grip equipment hire company based in London. Since 2002, the family-owned business has grown to a team of 55 by expansion from photographic kit rental into TV and film camera and lighting rental. Over the last 12 months, all of the ballasts on their shelves have b... Read Full Article
Part of our after-sales service is to provide training to get the best out of Power Gems ballasts. Each year, we welcome visitors to Power Gems HQ in Manchester – around this time in 2017, Grau Luminotecnia, the official Power Gems dealer in Spain, arranged a trip by lighting rental companies Cine... Read Full Article
We like to start the year with the dry heat of CABSAT at Dubai, and move to BSC Expo in London to adjust to the cooler air temperature before plunging into a freezing Toronto for the appropriately named William F White February Freeze. CABSAT, the largest broadcast trade show in the Middle East, ... Read Full Article
How has your day changed since 1993? Twenty-five years on from modest beginnings in an office in Salford, the world’s leading independent designer and manufacturer of electronic ballasts, Power Gems, boasts three international offices, service centres in New York, Atlanta and China, and sells more... Read Full Article
