Prolyte Campus - kick off newsletter

PROVIDING THE KNOWLEDGE TO LET YOUR BUSINESS GROW

PROLYTE CAMPUS PROLYTE GROUP LAUNCHES A NEW INITIATIVE: PROLYTE CAMPUS.
 Keeping customers and users up-to-date with product information and in-depth knowledge of how to best apply Prolyte products always has been a vital part of the Prolyte Group philosophy.

In order to create awareness on the safe use of Prolyte products, Prolyte Campus brings together all elements in a complete program of learning activities.

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PROVIDING THE KNOWLEDGE TO LET YOUR BUSINESS GROW

WHAT WILL PROLYTE CAMPUS PRESENT?

ENROLL IN THE PROLYTE CAMPUS

Transferring knowledge and creating a dialogue with technicians worldwide is one of the goals for creating the Prolyte Campus, creating the awareness that safe working practices are key to responsible ownership is another.

Prolyte Campus focusses on finding the needs of technicians who use Prolyte products on a daily basis, sharing their experiences and use these as a valuable base for creating solutions that work and help you grow your business.

As a start the Prolyte Campus will offer existing activities, like the Black Book, how-to-videos, rigging courses and seminars. New initiatives, like web based learning content and networking opportunities will be developed. Prolyte users will be encouraged to share their experience and daily practice skills.

Prolyte users are invited to join the Campus and actively share their ideas or experiences on www.facebook.com/ProlyteCampus, or by participating in or organizing one of the seminar programs. An overview the activities can be found on www.prolyte.com/prolytecampus.

Additional information can be requested at mprak@prolyte.com.

MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMPUS The people who make the Prolyte Campus are pleased to share their knowledge with you.

Based on their extensive know-how and experience they can offer valuable insights in the often complex technical subjects. Read on and find out all about them and their specific fields of expertise.

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PROLYTE CAMPUS: SPEAKERS & TRAINERS Rinus Bakker, Consultant & Trainer of Rhino Rigs.

Rinus (‘Rhino’) started in 1970, doing lighting & sound in a rock venue. An inherited interest in structural strength made him swing to rigging in the early 80s, since which has become his core business, in every possible aspect. Since 1994 he has participated in rigging & safety standardization committees in Holland and Europe. In 2000 he co-founded ARGH, the first organization in the world to support professional entertainment riggers. He started lecturing rigging in the early 1990’s and can boast on a long list of riggers working with a Rhino Rigs certificate since.

Marc Hendriks, Technical Director of the Prolyte Group Marc Hendriks was educated as a civil engineer and has been working at Prolyte Group since 1993. In his role as Technical Director he is responsible for all R&D within the Prolyte Group. He is the Chairman of the European CWA 15920-2 “truss standard”, member of the German working group that re-wrote the SR-1.0 and SR-2.0 code of practices and member of the Dutch-event safety-standardization group working on NPR-8020 series. He’s a well-famed Prolyte lecturer who can simplify complex matters and even add a twist of humor.

Eric Laanstra, Brand Manager Litestructures & ProlyteStructures Based on his broad technical experience and practical skills, acquired working in the rental site of the entertainment business, Eric was warmly welcomed to join the Prolyte team in 2000 to support the Customer Service department. After more than 8 years as manager Customer Service Eric knows all the tricks and details on nearly every product Prolyte supplies. Moving on as Brand manager Litestructures and ProlyteStructures Eric’s responsibility focuses on Prolyte’s extensive trussing range, lending his expertise to project support as well as product development. Close contact with users and customers is highly valued by Eric, where sharing knowledge and jokes usually go hand-in-hand.

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Matthias Moeller, Technical Director Germany Although just recently joining the Prolyte Group team, Matthias is a Prolyte veteran. Educated as a civil engineer, he has worked for one of the German distribution partners for over 15 years, where he has acquired profound knowledge of trussing, hoisting, rigging and staging. In his role of Technical Director Germany he’s brand specialist for all brands of the Prolyte Group in the German market. Matthias is member of the CEN workgroup CWA 15920-1 and is involved in several German committees like DTHG, igvw, VBG, DIN and ARGEBAU. Next to that he finds time to do the occasional training – a thing he just loves to do.

Ivo Mulder, Brand Engineer ProlyteStructures Ivo has joined the Prolyte team in 1997; starting as engineer he has developed as large roof systems and special projects specialist. Driven by his passion for this industry Ivo Mulder has obtained his BSc degree in Mechatronics and is true a multidisciplinary specialist in the field of engineering.

As senior brand engineer he is responsible for technical sales support. Ivo has provided numerous theoretical and practical build up sessions for roof systems, sharing his expertise with technicians all over the globe.

Jasper van der Sluis, Brand Engineer ProLyft The youngest member of the Prolyte Group team with, possibly, the most miles and an impressive track record of trainings in his name. As junior brand engineer ProLyft Jasper is responsible for the training of all the Prolyte Group ServicePoints and, in this function, has performed training sessions all over the globe. There’s hardly a thing about hoists he doesn’t know while at the same time he’s always keen on sharing this knowledge.

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PROLYTE CAMPUS: SPEAKERS & TRAINERS William Voskuil, Brand Manager StageDex As a relative new member to the Prolyte team, William Voskuil is making moves fast. Trained as a Civil Engineer, William joined Prolyte in 2007. Starting within the Customer Service department, William learned all the ins and outs of our product range rapidly. As Brand Manager StageDex William is responsible for this product range, developing both product and markets. His challenge is to establish StageDex as a brand with the same recognition as the Prolyte trusses. Creating solutions based on customer demands is a great stimulus for him, feedback from training session an incentive to make better products.

Michiel van der Zijde, Brand Manager ProLyft, Product Manager Theatre From his early years on, Michiel always knew that there was only one career he aspired: lighting technician. So based on his education as Electrical Engineer, he co-founded a rental company, then moved on to Flashlight Rental to become Operations Manager. In 1998 he started Silk, a company specialized in technical production in which role he was technically responsible for large scale musicals, major festivals and complex installations in theme parks and museums. Michiel joined Prolyte in 2011 as Brand Manager ProLyft and Product Manager Theatre products. Starting with lighting console training in his early days, Michiel has not only broad training skills, but is a member of the Dutch Event Safety standardization group as well as developing competence profiles for lifting technology for Dutch theatre technicians.

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RECOMMENDATIONS “ This training has had a major impact.”

Vinko Perinic, Perinic Sistemi, Croatia “The training was very good and highly important, because people in our region do not have a sufficient basic knowledge of safety, rigging etc. My clients can now use the load tables and calculate simple truss constructions themselves. It was also an eye-opener for the clients of Prolyte’s competitors, who are not given this type of training.”

“ Clear, brief and exhaustive” Fumasoli Renato, at seminar day Audiosales s.r.l., Italy “Clear, brief and exhaustive: this was my first Prolyte Seminar and won’t be the last. I hope there will be more to come in the next future when new products will be developed. Audiosales and Prolyte did a great job together: I trust this joint and I’m very happy about it.”

“ The people you trained were all extremely positive” Adam Blaxill, Stage Electrics, UK

“ Rolight was able to make a difference for her customers” Bas Hopster, Rolight, The Netherlands

“Just a quick note of thanks. The sales people you trained on Friday were all extremely positive. They all said they had learned a huge amount and felt much more competent to sell truss, staging and even roof systems. The other team were equally complimentary about Jaspers training. They were all very positive about it and he has given them lots to think about.”

“Organizing this event was a pleasure. It certainly created a higher awareness with our customers; making them realize that safe working practizes and enhanced safety for the audience go hand-in-hand. Together with Prolyte Group, Rolight was able to make a difference for her customers, something we greatly value”.

“ Prolyte knows the industry inside out.”

“Prolyte is continually developing new products. If there are any problems, then a solution is quickly found. Prolyte is not only a ‘manufacturer’, but knows the industry inside out.”

Leiff Lundgren, Bellalite Ljusdesign, Sweden

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WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PROLYTECAMPUS Join the Prolyte Campus Facebook page and post your own training & seminar pictures. We will also post the pictures of the gratuated students.

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TRAININGS & SEMINARS Better and appropriate use of Prolyte products is of great benefit both to our customers and to us as manufacturers.

In the long term this means enhanced safety, satisfied customers and greater awareness of users when working with Prolyte products. Our prime objective is safety.

Prolyte Campus continues its much requested and lauded training program with a series of seminars and courses.

Participate now and owe your own Prolyte certificate of competence!

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Prolyte Campus offers several training activities: • Free in-house technical seminars, organized on request in cooperation with our partner network • Rigging courses, organized in cooperation with Rhino Rigs • Bespoke training sessions • Partner training, like ServicePoint update training, Roof System test building or Product Manager training

You can contact the marketing department for more information at mprak@prolyte.com.

Upcoming Events: Find a complete update on our activities online on: www.prolyte.com/prolytecampus.

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Check for updates on www.prolyte.com/prolytecampus or follow us on facebook www.facebook.com/prolytecampus See you soon at the Prolyte Campus!

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