Starway, french manufacturer of projectors and equipment for professional lighting

It is at the Lanester Exhibition Center (56) that the Enedis Group had gathered at the start of this year all of its employees from the West region for its annual ceremony. A large-scale event for the electricity manager in France, consisting of numerous sessions organized over a period of 3 days.

A room that Liven’UP Events, the event's technical service provider, knows particularly well. A large space fully highlighted in pure Starway with 4 CityKolor 5410HD, 8 Servo BWS 10R, 8 Servo Color 4K, 12 LightKolor, 8 FreeKolor and 8 ParKolor 120HD. 

“Between speeches, sessions and workshops, we had to manage a wide variety of highlights, including of course the scenic interventions, but also the various workshops organized throughout the daily agenda. Thanks to the diversity and versatility of our Starway fleet, we were able to energize this large space with a controlled number of machines, without compromising on the quality of our service”, Arnaud Boissière, manager of Liven’UP Events.

Cointreau liqueur was born in Angers and its recipe has been kept secret from generation to generation for 170 years. An anniversary that the manufacturer celebrated in several ways during an evening reserved for employees in the "Greniers d'Angers", or in the impressive "Salle des Alembics" to welcome international influencers.

Discrétion, the provider in charge of all these events, had to show originality and flexibility to ensure a lighting often composed of several themes and spaces to be arranged in the same evening. For this, a deployment in a large number of Starway projectors: 8 Servo Spot 15K for dynamic lighting and gobo projection, 24 Servo Color 4K and 24 ParKolor 120HD for lighting the architecture of the premises, and up to 48 BoxKolor UHD installed independently.

“With its coherent product offering, Starway guides our choices towards profitable activity. In this type of event where the number of projectors is inevitably large, we satisfy our customers by offering them a service of exceptional quality while controlling budgets”, Théophane BELLOIS, manager of Discretion.

Starway, know-how...

A hybrid company made up of multiple talents, HRCLS is now artistically positioned in the audiovisual production landscape. Owned by HAVAS, this label organizes each quarter a mini festival highlighting its artists and its most recent productions.

The latest edition took place at the company's headquarters, entirely transformed by Pompadour, a dedicated service provider taking charge of the entire event, including sound, light and video. For the lighting, a large number of Starway projectors were employed: 4 Aperta and 2 Dino for the dynamic animation of the event, 4 Vega and 2 Orion for scenic decoration, as well as 24 BoxKolor UHD Chrome for the lighting of the different spaces .

“For this type of event, which is quite complex to work out, it is important to be able to use equipment that is quick to set up. Obviously, the new Starway Aperta and Dino are so light and space-saving that their installation took only a few minutes… and moreover without compromising on power and rendering”, Jeremy Slama, creative director at Pompadour.

Starway, phenomenal...

During this Christmas period, the main shopping street in Douai takes on the appearance of celebrations. At its center, the Henneron jewelry store lights up like a precious stone, an elegant choice of distinction to salute the perfection of a renowned jeweler.

For its first request for ephemeral and distinctive lighting, it was to the supplier and installer AT-Light that the jeweler turned to find a perfectly suitable lighting product. His selection quickly moved to Starway’s new Ariane 1430FC IP LED bar. Four Ariane are installed outside, also lighting the cornice of the building and four others inside, behind the windows of the first floor.

“For our installer and service provider activity, the Ariane 1430FC bar is ideal. We can use it both outdoors and indoors, and its great versatility allows us to recommend it for architectural and event lighting as well as for scenic lighting. Our client's primary desire was to distinguish themselves by perfection, it was subtly successful! ”, Aurélien Piérin, director of AT-Light.

 Starway, a precious brand…

Since November, JUL, iconic rapper of his generation and number 1 in sales and audio listening, begins a tour through France starting with the most beautiful scenes in France. After the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, the Zénith in Toulouse and the Tony Garnier Hall in Lyon, he gathers his audience at the AccorHotels Arena for an impressive show.

A phenomenon on stage transcended by a magnificent lights and scenography and a very good first for the 148 new generation automatic projectors Aperta from Starway made available by the tour provider S Group.

"Aperta is a real novelty in the S Group fleet, a LED gobos beam, compact, efficient and light", Fabian de Brücker, Live & Touring manager at S Group. Twenty years after the introduction of Starway's cult Servo 250 range, Aperta is making history by joining our new range of ultra-compact and high-performance projectors. It captivates with the visual power of its ultra tight beam beam, its infinite pan & tilt movements, its brightness, its weight and its size, as evidenced by its success with the many service providers who already trust it.

Starway, limitless…

At the request of the bride and groom, this magnificent castle near Lyon put on a unique magenta color for the ceremony. An ideal architectural lighting which, by highlighting the beautiful stones, the towers and the windows, as well as the majestic trees of the domain, contributed to the total success of the event.

To color this imposing building, ABLE events has deployed a selection of perfectly suited Starway projectors: 14 BoxKolor UHD illuminated the pillars and arches, an Ariane 1430 FC bar was enough to highlight the tower, while the Stronglite projectors used here as color changers expressed the majesty of the trees.

“As a technical event provider, we must have a rental fleet comprising diversified and quality equipment. This is why we have many Starway projectors including the Boxkolor for autonomous lighting, the new Ariane waterproof bars for outdoor use and the StrongLite for power”, Eric Chopin, director of ABLE events.

Starway, a unique brand!

At the Mediterranean city of Argelès-sur-Mer, the idyllic Valmy Park is exceptional, with its castle surrounded by its park and vineyards. It is undoubtedly the most beautiful site in France which hosts a festival: "Les Déferlantes". Four days of happiness with an impressive artistic program mixing many musical styles and international and regional artists.

At this festival, the show is everywhere and the provider Keroscène manages the technical services throughout the site, including the lighting of the castle park, the VIP area and the Village scene which hosts many regional artists. On the light side, Mini Vega, Servo Beam 5R and Callisto gave the power and the effects necessary for daylight exploitation. On the VIP area bounded by FullKolor HD lighting, the StarPanel LED screen distilled the beautiful images. LiveKolor and StormLite HD valued the restoration tent. In the evening, the park was illuminated and the majestic castle magically colored by Starway CityKolor 5410HD projectors.

This is the coming back of the emblematic Courchevel club. Since this spring, his teams are working to revamp the club as it was before, while implementing new technologies to surprise the fans of the dancefloor... The Caves of Courchevel, the place to be, is the unmissable meeting place of the biggest stars and the international elite.

Completely renovated, the club benefits from a new installation realized by the Eurosono group Integration team. A rebirth in light as well in video with Starway Starwall LED screens which dress up 3 columns and the back of the DJ control room, while 60 mini F1 Kolor projectors highlight the entire club.

"Starwall LED displays are faithful to Starway brand standards. They produce an image of great finesse thanks to their pitch of 2.5 mm and the brightness of the modules is ideal for the diffusion of image in interior. By adding a well thought-out mounting system for quick and easy installation, here is a LED screen that allows us to offer a very beautiful image in exceptional places ", Alexandre Jeannerod, director of the EuroSono group.

When the 72nd Cannes Film Festival opens on the Croisette, the Majestic is the place to stay. This palace of the French Riviera welcomes festival-goers in a privileged way, close to the palace during the day to be at the front row, and on its private beach in the evening for the inevitable nightlife.

The event is there when the beach of the Majestic 72 produced by ADR Prod is highlighted by Giglam (Stage & light Design + ShowProduction): a first with a creative artwork based on 48 Vega from Starway used in dynamic lighting for a sleek algorithmic design without movement.

"Vega is a hybrid projector with good proportions, multiple functions and assumed design. Positioned here in one of their diverted functions, the Vega have been useful to the many configurations that the site required. With its warm colors and infinite programming possibilities, we have found a projector that lives up to our creativity ", Vincent Rautureau, CEO of Giglam.

Starway, action!

After the release of his 6th studio album "Infinite Letter" last January, -M- is back on stage throughout  2019 for a series of exceptional concerts. A tour that goes through all the cities of France with Paris concerts at the Cirque d'Hiver, the Seine Musical and the Accorhotels Arena, where -M- occurs alone, accompanied by automatons musicians.

We discover an extremely strong stage performance, highlighted by the lighting of Jeremy Bargues, with the permanent concern to follow the artist in all his improvisations.
10 Starway's FloodLite UV was used to bring out his black and white striped jacket, while 26 Nanokolor HD showcases and brings to life the automatic claps and the gold and plexi battery.

It's official ! The city of Chalon-sur-Saône will host the 7th stage of the Tour de France 2019 with an arrival on July 12 on the banks of the Saone. To celebrate this event of international scale, many activities around the bike will be organized throughout the city.

One hundred days before the start of the Tour de France 2019, the municipality begins the festivities that will animate Chalon until next July. The opportunity for Perfect Live, specialist in sound, light and video, to perform its first services with its new set of LED screens composed of 56 Starway StarPanels.

"We are totally satisfied with our new StarPanel screen. During the first outings, we were able to appreciate its lightness and extreme speed of implementation. Its brightness allows a full day broadcast with a strong visual impact, ideal for events ", Julien Poitoux, manager of Perfect live.

Starway, the big game...

For 10 years, culture has been inviting to Barlin (62) in all its forms: theater, music, dance, humor... To celebrate this, the city has proposed, for a weekend, a unique choreographic show that has transformed the lake of the "Parc de la Fossette" into a place of spectacle and surprising entertainment.

Sound and light provider on many events for the municipality, One Events Live had to compose here with the hygrometric data of the place for the choice of the light set: 8 Servo BWS 10R projectors for the gobos and animations, 8 CityKolor 5410HD and 24 FullKolor HD for highlighting the water jets and ground effects.

Faithful to the legend while adding their own personality, the group Coverqueen manages to keep the spirit of Queen's concerts on its many tours for more than 12 years. This gives vibrant and explosive shows, taking both the standards of this mythical group and some more confidential songs.

The provider 2MTS also participates in this tribute by proposing on the dates of his region a high-performance Starway kit consisting of 12 Servo BWS 20R, 12 Servo Color 4K, 4 StrongLite HD and 8 FullKolor HD. The staging is complemented by LED displays arranged in totems and composed by Starway StarPanels.

"We bought our StarPanel LED screen for the football world cup and have been using it intensively for over a year now: total reliability, outdoor and indoor use, impressive brightness, quality superior image and ultra easy to operate, we are completely satisfied. Ditto for our Starway projectors kit that by its perfect composition allows us to fully manage the lighting of our shows", Marcel Martin, manager of 2MTS.

Starway in the spotlight!

The French Institute of Muslim Civilization (IFCM) in Lyon (69) is a meeting place open to all. It is a place of exchange and debate, with activities open to the greatest number. Its 240-seat amphitheater makes it possible to envisage a calendar of conferences and a year-round artistic program to propose an original cultural offer, whose first angle is the mixing of cultures.

To provide an efficient reception and a full range of activities, the sound and lighting of the amphitheater have been completely redesigned by Corama. The stage is enlightened by 6 Starway Servo Color 4K and 6 PCKolor DW.

The Strasbourg Racing Club organized a major event for the League Cup final, inviting 2 000 people to the "Grand Palais" of Lille, including its partners, families of the players and many speakers and participants. A lot of pre-match speeches chained after match on a much more festive atmosphere to the rhythms of the DJs who celebrated the victory of the club.

For this exceptional evening, Produc'Son installed 80 Starway StarPanel LED screens.

For its second edition, the Elektric Park Festival overflowed the "Ile des Impressionnistes" in Chatou (78). More than 12 hours of music with a prodigious line up acclaimed by more than 20,000 festival-goers. An exceptional atmosphere with 4 scenes and an impressive scenography.
Summum of this electro party, the Yellow Stage, main stage of the festival, set the tone for this extraordinary event. With a scenic design by Balaram Lescot and a lighting design by Arthur Oudin Design, Rayflection, the festival's lighting provider, has implemented a huge luminous power that includes 8 Starway StormLite HD stroboscopes.
"The power and colors of StormLight HD from Starway allowed us, in addition to strobe effects, to trigger powerful wash on the entire stage and the public", Arthur Oudin, lighting designer.