Wokingham, UK – (6^th August 2013) – Christie®, a global visual technologies company, has today announced a deal with MGG, one of the largest rental staging companies in South Africa, for four Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3-chip DLP® purpose-built, event-staging projectors. These will be the first of the new J-Series projectors to be deployed in Africa.

The Roadster HD20K-J DLP projector enables customers to create visually compelling Pro-AV shows, with Xenon colour-rich, high definition images. Perfect for large venues, including tradeshows, conference rooms, concerts, live events and building displays.

MGG has been steadily increasing their investment in Christie Pro-AV systems, starting with LCD and 1-chip DLP, moving to 3-chip DLP, UHP illuminated M-Series and now onto the J-Series digital projectors. Mark Gaylard, owner of MGG, said, “Over the last couple of years we have purchased a number of Christie products and have been particularly impressed with their quality and reliability, so when we were looking for projectors that could enhance our capabilities and offerings, they had to be Christie.”

Gustav Barnard, Technical and Education Manager at Stage Audio Works, added, “We are delighted to have MGG, a true pioneer in the event technology rental sector, on board as the first owners of the Christie Roadster HD20K-J digital projector on the continent to meet the growing demands of the African market. Congratulations to Mark on his investment.”

“We have been building a strong relationship with MGG via our partner Stage Audio Works over the last two years, so we are particularly pleased that they have chosen our Roadster HD20K-J projectors to enhance their rental staging offerings,” commented Phil Lord, Christie’s Territory Manager for Africa. “In addition, this deal will be backed by our outstanding service and support, and we are keen to explore ways of helping them to grow their business still further in the future.”

About Christie^®

Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc. is a global visual technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognised as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world.  From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centres to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images.