Vari-Lite

Stage lighting brand Vari-LiteIndustryIntelligent lights, Stage lighting, Digital signal processingFounded1980FateAcquiredNumber of employees10,570Websitehttps://www.vari-lite.com/global A Vari-Lite Moving headVari-Lite is a brand of automated, variable-colour stage lighting systems. Their intelligent lighting fixtures are commonly used in theatre, concerts, television, film and corporate events. History Pre-history The origins of Vari-Lite date to the late 1960s, when college friends Jack Calmes and Rusty Brutsché played together in a Texas-based blues band. They built a sound system for their shows that attracted the attention of other acts, who asked to rent it from them.[citation needed] In March 1970, Calmes and Brutsché, together with sound engineer Jack Maxson, incorporated Showco, with the intention of supplying sound systems to regional rock concerts. The company initially operated two sound systems and two trucks from Maxson's garage. The company quickly grew, both in size and reputation, and added lighting equipment to its inventory in 1972.[citation needed] By the end of the 1970s, Showco's lighting equipment was becoming outdated, and the company could not afford to