IF YOU CAN
IMAGINE IT,
WE CAN
BUILD IT.
Kapelleweg 6, 3150 Tildonk, Belgium Phone: +32 16 60 84 71 E-mail: info@stageco.com
Once upon a time…
It all began with one man named Hedwig De Meyer, Stageco’s founder and president, who organised an annual event in Werchter (Belgium). This required the hiring of a marquee and soon resulted in the Saturday night disco being extended to accommodate a Sunday concert, which later on became the first Rock Wercher festival (1975).
After five years, the festival had grown out of its original tent and the stage moved completely outdoors on a new site. Looking for appropriate stages at decent prices, the Rock Werchter organisers decided to build their own system. Promoters visiting Rock Werchter noted the unique approach to staging and began asking Hedwig if similar solutions might be available for their own events.
In 1985 the company Stageco was born.
The first steps abroad
For Genesis' Invisible Touch Tour in 1986 Hedwig decided to leave the traditional scaffolding stage approach behind, and to develop a tower system, based on crane technology — the use of such towers requires less labour, results in more rigging capacity and offers safer work manners...
Later on, the same production manager asked Stageco for Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse Of Reason Tour in 1987. Stageco took on the entire world tour leading to Australia, New Zealand and Europe. It really put the company on the map as an alternative for the traditional (more labour intensive, weaker) scaffolding stages. Stageco’s staging systems also became popular because they provided excellent weather protection by introducing aluminium tent technology into outdoor staging roofs and sheeting.
US, here we come!
Another breakthrough came in 1992: Genesis' We Can't Dance Tour took Stageco for the first time to the United States. That marked the first tour where the company worked in close cooperation with an architect and where the outdoor stage design became part of the show.
After the Genesis tour Stageco continued supplying stages for renowned bands like Metallica, Guns ‘n’ Roses, AC/DC, ... putting up their stages on both sides of the ocean, which led to the opening of the US office in Colorado. Over the following years, more new offices were opened in the Netherlands and France. Stageco also started a joined venture with BSA in Germany which later became a Stageco subsidiary on 3 locations : Augsburg (DE), Berlin (DE) and Vienna (AU). Whilst they all focused on supplying stages for their local events it has given Stageco a unique international network of staging professionals and inventory of compatible staging equipment covering three continents.
Stageco moves into new territory
Stageco took important steps during recent years to provide the expertise it has built in the international touring market (with customers like the Rolling Stones, U2, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and numerous other artists ) to sporting and corporate productions. Consequently Stageco has already produced an astonishing list of successful projects in this new market segment. Be it product launches, presentations, sponsored events,... in close co-operation with the customer Stageco always succeeds in translating its entertainment experience towards the corporate world. Stageco creates an environment in which people can witness an event in a unique atmosphere.
Born out of supplying stages for the renowned Rock Werchter
Festival in Belgium in 1985, Stageco is now one of the most prominent
international staging companies in the world.
Through more than 40 years of experience, Stageco has become
the worldwide pioneer and trendsetter in designing and building custom-made as
well as standardized concert stages and temporary structures for all kind of
events.
Stageco has been best known for achieving the highest levels
of engineering excellence. Our track record proves unrivalled logistical
effectiveness combined with efficiency in the construction of our proprietary
staging system. This can reduce the
number of build / derig days for an event introducing substantial time and
economic savings in comparison to alternative systems.
Stageco also offers a wide range of innovative outdoor and
indoor staging solutions, from staging systems and mix towers, to VIP and
disabled seating platforms, camera risers and delay towers.
The Stageco Group currently spans eight offices worldwide, including its headquarters
in Tildonk, Belgium, and its local offices in Germany, Austria, France, the
Netherlands and the USA, employing currently about 190 full-time staff.
It's our passion to create and build safe, solid and innovative temporary structures for all events, locally and globally. Size doesn't matter.