Robe Lighting #1005

Robe (Robe Lighting) is a Czech manufacturer of professional stage lighting equipment and one of the world's leading players in the moving head market. It produces intelligent luminaires (spot, wash, beam, profile, and hybrid fixtures), LED fixtures, and control systems for concerts, television, theater, and major events.

The company was founded in 1994 by Josef Valchar and Ladislav Petřek in the town of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm under the name Robe Show Lighting s.r.o.; the name was formed from "Ro" (Rožnov) and "Be" (the Bečva river). For its first eight years the firm operated as an OEM manufacturer for other brands, before launching its own brand at the SIB trade show in Rimini in 2002. In 2006 the ColorSpot 2500E AT was released — Robe's first moving head fixture, which brought the company widespread success. Over time Robe grew from a little-known startup into one of the world's leading stage lighting brands, with subsidiaries in six key markets and shipments to more than 100 countries; it also owns the Anolis (architectural lighting) and Artistic Licence brands.