TMB News

In December 2006, for the fifth year running, A&O Lighting Technology of Bremen/Germany installed a spectacular seasonal display at the Volkswagen Autostadt theme park, using high-powered alpha one FALCON™ fixtures to create stunning visual effects. The winter production in Wolfsburg, Germany features illuminated factory buildings, a searchlight display, and lighting for an ice-dancing show featuring skating star Norbert Schramm.

This year’s Autostadt theme is “A Russian Winter Journey.” Designer Max Wehberg and technical administrator Christian Kiel specified 20 FALCON™ BEAM 7K Xenon fixtures to illuminate the landmark Volkswagen factory chimneys, simulating giant candles. The display also uses a variety of other products in the FALCON™ range for special effects, including: SKY FALCON™ ARC white 1.2K HSR, SKY FALCON™ ARC colour 1.2K HSR, and the FALCON™ STATIC ARC white 4K Xenon. In all, one hundred forty FALCON™ lighting fixtures of various types are used, all outdoors.

Lighting for the ice-dancing show, designed by technical project manager Thomas Wlocka, uses 15 FALCON™ BEAM 7K Xenon, and five FALCON™ BEAM 3K Xenon fixtures. The FALCON™ fixtures’ performance has been flawless since the beginning of the show, which has been extended to run into February.

TMB is the worldwide distributor for FALCON™ by alpha one: www.tmb.com/products/alphaone