Electronic Theatre Controls

ETC is a global leader in the manufacture of lighting and rigging technology for entertainment and architectural applications. ETC’s product offerings include the industry-leading Source Four® line of lighting fixtures; the groundbreaking Source Four® LED, Selador® Desire®, ColorSource®, Selador Classic, Irideon™ FPZ, and GDS lines of LED luminaires; the award-winning lighting control systems Eos Ti®, Gio®, Gio @5, Ion®, Element™, Cobalt® 20, Cobalt 10, ColorSource™, and ColorSource AV; the innovative ETC Rigging™ and Vortek® rigging systems; the most comprehensive line of architectural-control systems, Unison® Paradigm®, Mosaic®, and Echo®; the future-proofing Sensor®3 power-control system; and the ColorSource family of budget-friendly yet high-quality lighting gear.

Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC was a college project that grew into a major business, with Fred Foster as the current chief executive officer. ETC’s international headquarters is located in Middleton, Wisconsin, and in 2013, ETC opened the doors on an additional factory in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. The company also has offices in New York, Hollywood, Orlando, Hong Kong, Singapore, Copenhagen, Ede (the Netherlands), Rome, London, Berlin and Holzkirchen (Germany), and Squamish (Canada). ETC employs more than 1,000 people around the globe.

Since its beginning, ETC has earned an industry reputation for unmatched technical and customer service. In addition to its own renowned service department offering 24-hour phone support, ETC has more than 250 authorized service centers throughout the world, staffed by hundreds of certified technicians.

ETC products are found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theaters, restaurants, schools, performing arts centers, television studios, houses of worship, casinos, museums, theme parks and opera houses.

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