SMPTE
July 25th, 2011
Last week, Samuelson Cases went to SMPTE! SMPTE is a bi-annual conference & exhibition run by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers. Considered to be one of the biggest tech-fests Australia gets, we thought it would be a prime opportunity to showcase our work. Running over four days, the event was well attended, despite some serious rain, with attendees traveling from Singapore, New Zealand & even England to be there.
Samuelson Cases has always been a major supplier for the broadcast industry & SMPTE was a good chance to catch up with old clients, such as LEMAC, Videocraft & Panavision, as well as a serious networking opportunity. We met with people & companies from across Australia, and looked at some of the latest & greatest gear that we hope to be designing & building cases for in the near future.
Kill City Creeps
July 21st, 2011One of the latest cases we’ve made is for the Sydney band, the Kill City Creeps. We made an extruded case for their 1969 Yamaha YC-10 combination organ, which is quite the musical collectors item these days. Incredibly popular in the 1960′s & 1970′s, these organs were used by bands such as The Doors, Elvis Costello and more recently bands such the Arctic Monkeys & the Kaiser Chiefs.
The case we made was an extruded case, with a foam insert that encased the YC-10. The case itself was made from aluminium, meaning that the case was light enough to be carried & handled easily, but still provided plenty of protection for the organ within.
Happy New Year!
January 21st, 2011With the New Year comes a new premises for us! After a truly hectic move at the end of last year, we have finally settled into our new factory in Chatswood.
The big move was long & hard, due to the heavy machinery that had to be moved as well as the sheer volume of stuff that had accumulated over our 8 year tenancy at Artarmon.
However, we are now all moved into our new factory & are ready for the new year!
Avocado, anyone?
October 22nd, 2010
We made a case this week for Promotechnics – the premier maker of character costumes, sets & props! the case we made was for a cute baby avocado costume, which you can see in the photo!
The avocado was made to promote avocado eating, and will likely crop up all over the place, so keep a look out!
Promotechnics – http://www.promotechnics.com.au
Cure for the Common Cold?
October 12th, 2010
Clemenger BBDO, the advertising company, commissioned this case from us for one of their pitches! The pitch was for Codral: Cold Scene Investigations, and the case we made for it was a welded attaché case with an aluminum anodized closure, along with foam inserts, designed for the CSI on the move!
Plane Crash Survivor
September 29th, 2010
This case was built a few years ago for the RTA to house equipment that needed to be shuffled throughout Rural Australia. It came back to us recently after having gone through a plane crash in Orange
The plane was written off, and the case itself is irreparable, however, the equipment housed within was left completely unharmed & in perfect working order, thanks to our superior construction & materials!
Article link: http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/news/local/news/general/orange-airport-plane-crash/1879089.aspx
Welcome to the Samuelson Cases Blog
September 28th, 2010Hi there! I’d like to Welcome you to the brand new Samuelson Cases blog. We’ll be updating it regularly to display some of best work and custom case designs so check back soon.
