Meet the Mountain: Bill Davis Joins the Team

The newest member of the Mountain Productions team is far from inexperienced. Bill Davis has taken on the position of hoist and rigging sales representative, bringing with him more than 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry.

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Davis has served as a stagehand since the early ‘90s, but has taken on a number of other roles throughout the years. He got his start by helping out local bands and found himself working for a local amphitheater, soon after. While he started off as a truck loader, he quickly found himself serving as a promoter for the venue and different events throughout the region.

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[VIDEO] Venue Installation Spotlight: Mountain Productions’ Sub-Grid

We’re excited to present an informative and visual look at the components of a venue installation sub-grid. This new video breaks down the different parts of Mountain Productions’ Sub-Grid, including the symmetrical load bays, trussing, rig points, and fall protection. Head over to our Venue Installation webpage and watch the video today!

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Click Here to watch our Venue Installation Spotlight: Sub-Grid Video

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Lejan Announced as MTN BOX® Dealer Representative in Netherlands

MTN BOX® partners with Lejan

Global Expansion for the MTN BOX® Brand

MTN BOX® is excited to partner with Lejan, an experienced provider of flight cases, bags, and transport cases with 80 years of high quality service. Lejan will be the MTN BOX® dealer representative in the Netherlands, making the MTN BOX® product line easily available to European users.

Lejan is a company backed by three generations of experience creating and manufacturing custom packing solutions. They are a full service provider, starting with research and development and following through the entire manufacturing process.

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Mountain Productions Holds 2016 Annual Safety School

Company wide safety school is a mandated annual training at Mountain Productions. It keeps our new employees educated on the best practices in workplace safety, as well as refreshes this knowledge for our longterm employees. Our Safety School took place on February 9th & 10th, led by our safety & logistics officer, Joseph Piskunowicz.

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Day one of our 2016 training consisted of classes aimed at our road crew and supervisors. All of our employees who travel to jobs are trained in the Weather Ops platform and protocol. Weather Ops has provided our weather monitoring capabilities for our outdoor job sites for the past 3 years, and we continue to work with them on optimizing, updating, and modifying their platform for the unique needs of entertainment production.

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Mountain Productions’ Board Member Mark J. DeCesaris Appointed CEO of W.P. Carey Inc.

We’re proud to announce that Mark J. DeCesaris has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of W.P. Carey. Mr. DeCesaris has served on Mountain Productions’ Board for 9 years, amongst his many accolades, including serving as W.P. Carey’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President for Southern Union Company, Senior Vice President for Penn Millers Insurance Company, Chief Operating Officer of Penn Software, & Chief Executive Officer of System of System One Solutions.

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And the winner is….

Thank you to all who participated in our Exofit NEX Harness Giveaway survey. We received helpful feedback and will be revealing some great new products and features to Mountain Productions Rigging Shop in the upcoming weeks that you have requested. Hearing from our customers is what helps us to provide exactly what you want from our online Rigging Shop.

Now, the moment you’ve been waiting for…

The winner of the Exofit NEX Blackout Harness is:

Brian Dziura of IATSE Local 22

Congratulations Brian, and thank you again to all our entrants! Check back to Mountain Productions Rigging Shop for exciting new content in the very near future. Until then, happy holidays!

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An Inside Look at Columbus McKinnon’s Virginia Facility

Located in a small town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Columbus McKinnon stands as one of the industrial landmarks in Damascus (well known as a “Trail Town” to oudoors enthusiasts and the Appalachian Trail community). When I was given the chance to visit the plant and work with CM’s team for a few days, I jumped on the opportunity. Mountain Productions is one of CM’s largest distributors and has maintained a long-lasting relationship with the manufacturing powerhouse. During my brief visit, I started to see what makes Columbus McKinnon stand out from its competition, and why Mountain Productions has stood by CM and its products for years.

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Win an Exofit NEX Blackout Harness for the Holidays

We’ve got an easy way for you to enter to win a brand new Exofit NEX Blackout Harness from our Rigging Shop!

  1. Simply click here to complete a quick 3-question survey & enter a valid email address
  2. Submit your responses.

This promotion will be running until December 18th and we will be picking a winner at random on December 22nd, right in time for the holidays.

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Simplify Your Purchasing Process with Mountain Productions’ Rigging Shop

A Comprehensive E-Commerce Platform For Entertainment Rigging Professionals

Visit us at shop.mountainproductions.com

Keeping your rigging inventory stocked and updated can be a daunting task, considering the variety of equipment needed, the countless channels to purchase through, and the actual purchasing process. What if there was a way to browse and order the rigging products that you need, all in one place, that is easy and stress-free?

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[PHOTOS] The Lodestar — Hanging High Above the Rest

Over the past 30 years, our company has spent countless hours servicing, selling, and learning CM chain hoists inside and out. Mountain Productions’ rigging department has stocked huge quantities of CM motors for our clients, as well as ourselves. We practice what we preach, and we’ve used CM Lodestars and Prostars on thousands of jobs. These are the hoists that lift our roofs.

Our crew relies on the power and reliability of CM’s legendary hoist, and we’ve collected a handful of photos showcasing our star of the show, the CM Lodestar. Take a look below at the Lodestar in action on our job sites.

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