Start with Why

Start with Why

“People don’t buy WHAT you do; they buy WHY you do it.”  //  Simon Sinek From time to time we get asked about how we came up with the idea of building power distribution. It’s not ‘sexy’ and there isn’t exactly a shortage of products and manufacturers in this field....
Being Ken Berreen

Being Ken Berreen

Kenny goes to Sweden Stagesmarts recently had its first visit from Ken Berreen, our UK-based business development manager. He arrived at our headquarters in Malmö, and the next day he made the long road trip to the factory in Arboga together with our CEO Mats Karlsson...
The Socapex Story

The Socapex Story

  How a quick decision turned into a global de-facto standard.   Everyone working in the events industry is familiar with the term “Socapex”, sometimes shortened to “Soca” or “Soco”. Socapex is actually a French brand of industrial connectors, they make a...
Powering the big LED screens

Powering the big LED screens

Challenges and solutions Despite the LEDs getting more and more efficient, big LED screens still consume a lot of power, and dealing with that and other power-related issues isn’t trivial. Not everything is quite what it seems.   How much power do I need?...
Are you living dangerously?

Are you living dangerously?

Overvoltage protection – can you handle it? We all want to protect our valuable equipment against dangerous and damaging overvoltage situations. This happens more often than you might think. Even with the best planning, mistakes happen, and you are never really in...
Knowledge is power!

Knowledge is power!

NO SURPRISES CIRCUIT PROTECTION From time to time, people ask us; ”your power distribution warns against pulling too much current, why would I need that? If I have an overload, the circuit breaker will eventually trip and let me know”. Yes, eventually. And usually at...