Stronglite Staging Ltd

About Stronglite Staging Ltd

Stronglite Staging is a Hamilton-based New Zealand company that designs, manufactures, sells and hires portable staging and event equipment. It is based at 196 Finlayson Road, Hamilton, and describes itself as a genuine Kiwi company producing class-leading staging and event equipment engineered for durability, ease of handling, safety and versatility.

### Product range

Stronglite's modular system is built around its stage sections, and the same sections are reconfigured to create most of the other products. The published range includes:

• Indoor and outdoor stage sections
• Tiered seating risers and audience seating
• Portable grandstands and photographic grandstands
• Catwalks
• Lecterns wired for microphones and reading lights
• Steps, non-slip stair units with handrails, and wheelchair-accessible ramps
• Guard rails and chair stops
• Premium black drapes, available up to 6 m tall, for masking backstage areas

For outdoor work the company advertises professional stages with roof covers, its concert and festival page citing sizes from 10 m to 30 m wide for large concerts, festivals and community events.

### Applications and event types

The stages are pitched as suitable for everything from small corporate presentations through to the largest performances, with published configurations for corporate stages, small performance stages, band stages with drum risers, dance shows and large performance stages. Tiered risers are configured for choirs, orchestras, church risers and school productions.

Stronglite names schools, universities, theatres, community centres, multi-use venues, sports venues, hotels, churches, shopping malls, orchestras and choirs, local authorities, and functions and conferences among the clients it serves. The company states its platform is strong enough for demanding kapa haka events and smooth and quiet enough for ballet.

### Coverage and history

The hire department services the entire North Island, with indoor and outdoor stage hire offered from Auckland to Wellington and throughout the rest of the island. The company states its hire operation has provided stages and grandstands for over 15 years, and that its team brings more than 70 years of combined experience in the theatrical and event industries.

### Added services

Beyond hardware, Stronglite offers sound and lighting equipment with operators, and a broader event management service covering staging, sound, lighting, screens, marquees, amenities and fencing, positioning itself as a single point of contact for event infrastructure.

### An important recent change

Organisers researching this supplier should be aware that Stronglite sold its hire division. Stage & Seating Hire NZ, run by Chris Kaan, purchased the hiring business along with the full inventory of stages, grandstands and event equipment, and now handles hire enquiries. Stronglite continues to manufacture the equipment in New Zealand. Confirm current contact routes when enquiring, as hire and manufacture may now sit with different businesses.

Stronglite does not publish stock quantities, staff numbers or a founding date, and none are stated here.