industry stage lighting architectural lighting founded 28 august 1976 bergamo italy founder pasquale quadri headquarters bergamo italy key people pio nahum ceo products professional lighting systems website http www.claypaky.it clay paky s.p.a. is one of the world s leading developers of professional lighting systems for the entertainment sector theatre television 1 concerts 2 nightclubs and outdoor events 3 and for architectural applications . the company is based near bergamo about 40 km from milan italy . it operates from a modern facility housing its r & d labs main production plant and quality control sales and administration departments . at present clay paky exports 95 % of its production through a global sales and service organization represented by a dealer network active in more than 80 countries around the world . contents 1 clay paky history 2 awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links clay paky history edit the astrodisco by clay paky a widely used disco light of the 1980s . the clay paky company was founded in august 1976 taking its name from the shortened anglicized form of the name of its founder pasquale paky quadri one of the first entrepreneurs to realize that technological developments in lighting would have an enormous future in the show business and entertainment world . in 1982 clay paky presented the astrodisco which used a single lamp to project multiple rays of colored light across ceilings and dance floors . five years later it launched brilliant a digitally controlled moving head and forerunner of a new generation of intelligent projectors . this was followed in 1988 by the programmable golden scan a moving mirror projector and the first luminaire to implement stepper motor technology instead of servo motors . 4 acclaimed by the specialised press as the world s most popular and best selling projector the golden scan became a commonly used lighting effect at nightclubs and rock concerts during the late 1980s and the 1990s . 4 the london rock band klaxons claimed the projector was the inspiration behind their light themed hit single golden skans . since 2000 clay paky has also been developing its offer for indoor and outdoor architectural applications . in 2002 it moved its headquarters to a new industrial complex in seriate bergamo achieving certification for compliance with the uni en iso 9001 quality standard that same year . clay paky has experienced constant growth reporting revenues of more than 50 million euro for 2011 up by over 50 % from 2010 33 million euro . it has a workforce of nearly 200 people . in 2014 the clay paky founder pasquale quadri died and the company has been acquired by osram . citation needed awards edit over the past two decades clay paky s dedication to innovation has been recognized with more than forty international awards . year award award name nominated product 2015 indispensable technology parnelli awards product mythos 2015 best debuting lighting product ldi awards product spheriscan 2015 lighting product of the year live design awards product mythos 2014 indispensable technology parnelli awards product a.leda b eye 2014 best debuting lighting product honourable mention ldi awards product mythos 2014 award for innovation plasa awards product mythos 2014 best lighting product pipa awards product a.leda b eye 2013 best debuting lighting product ldi awards product a.leda b eye 2013 award for innovation plasa awards product a.leda b eye 2012 best debuting lighting product ldi awards product sharpy wash 2012 lighting product of the year live design awards product shotlight wash 2011 empresa de iluminaci n del a o premios producci n audio clay paky 2011 most creative use of lighting ldi awards clay paky stand at ldi 2011 2011 best debuting lighting product ldi awards product alpha spot 800 qwo 2011 indispensable technology parnelli awards product sharpy 2011 plasa rock our world awards product sharpy 2011 lighting product of the year live design broadway master classes product sharpy 2010 best debuting lighting product honourable mention ldi awards product sharpy 2010 award for innovation plasa awards product sharpy 2010 award for innovation special commendation plasa awards product alpha profile 700 2010 important contribution to the development of the club industry ciribelli awards clay paky 2008 award for innovation plasa product alpha beam 300 2002 new lighting product live awards product stage profile plus sv 2001 design excellence plasa product cp color 1999 new product of the year beda product stage line 1999 new lighting fixture of the year live awards product stage line 1999 club lighting effects of the year eta product stage line 1999 budget lighting effect of the year eta product stage color 300 1998 al miglior concerto telegatto tv sorrisi & canzoni company clay paky & pooh 1998 the art and technology of show business eddy award product stage line 1998 luminaire of the year en tech product mini scan hpe 1998 innovative lighting product of the year eta product stage line 1997 club lighting effect of the year eta disco international product golden scan hpe 1997 lighting product of the year entertainment most promising prototype ldi . product stage line 1997 honourable mention best big booth ldi company clay paky 1997 light product of the year tci product vip 300 1997 award for product excellence plasa product stage scan 1996 best light show of the year lighting dimension product cp show 1996 new lighting product of the year live awards product golden scan hpe 1994 1996 full sized moving light en tech product golden scan 3 1993 1995 1996 light product of the year beda product golden scan 3 1995 innovative light effect disco international product golden scan hpe 1995 lighting effect disco international product golden scan 3 1995 european company live awards company clay paky 1994 club lighting effect disco & club product golden scan 3 1994 automated luminaire live awards product golden scan 3 1993 club lighting product disco & club product golden scan 3 1992 manufacturer of the year disco & club company clay paky 1992 lighting award beda product golden scan 2 1990 1991 lighting effect disco & club product golden scan 2 see also edit stage lighting stage lighting instruments intelligent lighting references edit clay paky at dancing on ice live design june 2008 clay paky lights the ac dc tour total production international february 2009 clay paky at the xix commonwealth games mondo dr november 2010 a b rushton read sarah . alpha males lighting and sound international june 2009 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clay paky & oldid 731094608 categories stage lightingstage lighting instrumentslighting brandscompanies established in 1976hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not 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