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5 Star Expands Facilities with New Sanding Booth Area

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Leading European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases kicks off 2012 with a new, much larger, custom designed sanding booth area at its Wisbech, UK, headquarters. This is to help increase capacity, turnaround and the service for which 5 Star is renowned, and with a very healthy order book following one of the company’s busiest years of its 30 year history in 2011. It is also in line with … [Read more...]

5 Star Supplies new PPU cases to Central Presentations

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Leading European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star has supplied well over 1000 cases to West Midlands based AV rental specialists Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) in the last seven years, which have ranged from audio equipment, 19” racks, projector, plasma and LCDs and video production cases. 5 Star’s Keith Sykes says, “Clients like CPL are invaluable. They are extremely busy year-round, their work … [Read more...]

A Static Moment At 5 Star

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Wisbech, UK, based 5 Star Cases - Europe's leading flightcase manufacturer - has delivered the latest purchase by lighting rental company Static Light of 75 new road trunks. The cases were ordered in two different colour schemes and comprise 5 Star's 'Super Tour' type road trunks, based on its popular ‘Eurotrucker’ series. They wanted an element of uniformity, and there were also practical … [Read more...]

5 Star Flare for Nero tour

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Leading European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star's penchant for imagination and style came to the forefront again in a unique project delivered to UK speaker manufacturer Flare Audio, who are supplying an awesome sound system (PA and monitors) for popular drum 'n' bass duo Nero's current UK tour. Flare's owner and MD Davies Roberts encouraged project manager Arron Smith to approach 5 Star - … [Read more...]

5 Star Enjoys “Excellent” PLASA 2011

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Leading European flightcase manufacturer, 5 Star Cases, celebrating its 30thanniversary year in 2011, enjoyed another very busy PLASA Light & Sound Show at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. 5 Star's MD Keith Sykes says, "All our shown products were well received, and we received plenty of inquiries as well as finalising some deals during the four days. PLASA is definitely the … [Read more...]