BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Raleigh Studios has announced that 1stCall Studio Equipment will be the exclusive heavy equipment provider for their Louisiana studio, Raleigh Studios Baton Rouge at the Celtic Media Centre. This continues a strong relationship Raleigh has with 1stCall. 1stCall is also the exclusive heavy equipment provider at Raleigh's California locations, Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Raleigh Studios Manhattan Beach and Raleigh Studios Playa Vista.
"1stCall is a first class operation. We are proud to expand upon our existing relationship and to be associated with such a quality organization," said Michael Moore, President of Raleigh Studios.
1stCall will be located on the Baton Rouge studio lot eliminating pick up and drop off charges for most of the equipment needed for on lot productions. The equipment will be held to Hollywood industry standards meaning all equipment, including scissor lifts, forklifts and boom lifts, will be strictly for production and not used for construction site work. A 1stCall equipment representative will be on the lot in Baton Rouge to facilitate orders and provide 24 hour service throughout the state and surrounding region.
"We're very proud of our continued relationship with Raleigh and excited to be serving Baton Rouge and the surrounding area," said Jon Hansen, Vice President of 1stCall. Major studio production has been on the rise in the Baton Rouge area with Raleigh forming key partnerships to aid in servicing the needs of its clients.
Raleigh Studios is the largest independent studio in the country with locations in Hollywood, Manhattan Beach, Playa Vista, Baton Rouge, Budapest and soon, Detroit. The facilities total 2 million square feet of production space with offices, complete production services as well as lighting and grip through Hollywood Rentals. Raleigh also offers full line producing and budgeting through Raleigh Film.
1stCall is the leading provider of aerial lift equipment, compressors, small generators, light towers and gators for feature films, television, commercial and video production. 1st Call is also the creator and exclusive provider of the RIGTIGHT(R) - Speedrail Receiver Rigging Mount System used by Grip, Lighting and Rigging Professionals working in the Entertainment Industry. In addition to their Raleigh relationship, 1stCall has offices in New Mexico and Universal Studios Hollywood. 1stCall's parent company, RoadSafe Holdings, controls one of the largest traffic safety operations in the United States.
Contact:
Michael Newport
Raleigh Studios
Director, Marketing and Client Development
323-871-4416
mnewport@raleighstudios.com
Kevin Sasaki/Richard Hoffman
1st Call
Public Relations & Media Counsel
310-652-3255/310-248-3647
Kevin@kevinsasaki.com
Richard@richardhoffmanpr.com
SOURCE Raleigh Studios
Raleigh Studios
CONTACT: Michael Newport, Director, Marketing and Client Development,Raleigh Studios, +1-323-871-4416, mnewport@raleighstudios.com; KevinSasaki, +1-310-652-3255, Kevin@kevinsasaki.com, or Richard Hoffman,+1-310-248-3647, Richard@richardhoffmanpr.com, both Public Relations &Media Counsel for 1st Call
