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Pierluigi Gasperone, Marketing Manager of DTS Illuminazione, writes for Lighting Professional this profile of the company

Published: 25 November 2007

Overview
Company: D.T.S. Illuminazione srl
Headquarters: Italy
Employees: 105
Distribution: 75 Countries
Product plants: 11.000 square metres

History
We founded DTS and started work in June 1980, in a 1000 square-metre facility. Refining our production capacities, in 1987 we became the suppliers of several giants in the lighting technology sector; this collaboration meant achieving very high standards of precision in the construction of optical units and other critical components of lighting systems.

In 1990 we set up our own R&D department, expanding our facility to 1800 square metres and buying our first numerical-control machines.

Since 1996 we have entered a new and more mature period of growth, based on four cardinal points: teamwork, rapid product development, automation and high output. We created 5 totally automated workstations, capable of high production volumes and extremely precise job processing.

2007: Over the last years D.T.S. grew even more than before, achieving development through the enhancement of marketing, the commercial sector and technical support, and through the evolution of our R&D. Through the extension of our facilities to 11,000 square metres and significant investments in new technologies. This acceleration has improved the integration, flexibility and quality of the entire process, from design through to production, giving tangible results - the possibility of making products that are even more efficient, robust and reliable, and offering even better quality at a winning price.

Mission
This has been our product philosophy for 27 years - to create efficient, robust and reliable products, at accessible prices and for a huge public. We have complemented these products by models of a superior technological level catering for more demanding users.

Research and development
Our R&D office plans and designs new product generations, using the most advanced design tools available. But the true research starts outside, listening to the professionals working every day in the field. This let us create products that professionals actually ask us for, in terms of technical characteristics and price.

Automation
The constant modernization of technologies is the key to D.T.S. competitiveness. The enhancement of the production process with advanced automation ensures superior precision in all operations. Computer-controlled machines and robots permit great work flexibility, allowing us to pass from a job on one component to another in just a few minutes, or to produce on a continuous cycle without interruptions. These advantages are transferred to products, which are more reliable and cost customers less.

Product range
Today we are proud to offer a production range with 25 product lines and over 400 articles suitable for all uses, from concerts to architectural installations, and from clubs to theatres. We design and manufacture our products at the D.T.S. plants in Italy:

• Moving head projectors
• Laser moving head projectors
• DELTA LED colour changers IP65
• LED projectors IP66
• LED lamps
• Architectural projectors IP55
• Scanners
• Wireless DMX systems
• DMX controllers
• Theatre projectors
• Compact projectors
• Profilers
• Follow spots
• Blinders
• Par cans

Events / installations
D.T.S. products are widely used all over the world; among the latest events and lighting installations made using D.T.S. LED and conventional products:

• Yves-du-Manoir stadium, a recently completed rugby complex built in Montpellier, designed by architects Philippe Cervantes, Philippe Bonon and Gilles Gal.
• JW Marriott Hotel Cairo, in Egypt, a luxury 5-star hotel in the prestigious area of Mirage City, just a few minutes from the pyramids of Giza.
• Tirana's Palace of Congresses
• National Day Festival 2007, in Singapore, one of the most important and spectacular events of the whole of Asia.
• The Europäischen Medien Center (EMC), a new multimedia production centre at Stollberg in Germany.

DTS Iluminazione

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