Larson Electronics 🇺🇸
Company Overview
Larson Electronics is a highly unique entry on this list. They do not manufacture color-changing moving heads for rock concerts. Instead, they manufacture the most rugged, heavy-duty, explosion-proof, and military-grade lighting systems on the planet. When a massive event requires temporary illumination in a highly hazardous environment (like a massive outdoor racing event near a fuel depot, or lighting a remote military base), Larson is the only call to make.
Their product line focuses entirely on brute force and absolute safety. They build towering, diesel-powered mobile light masts, blindingly bright LED floodlights, and fixtures certified for ‘Class 1 Division 1’ hazardous locations—meaning the light fixture is hermetically sealed so perfectly that a spark inside the light cannot ignite explosive gasses in the surrounding air.
While invisible to the audience at a concert, Larson Electronics provides the critical, heavy-duty infrastructural lighting that allows massive festivals to build their stages at night, provides safety lighting for emergency exits, and illuminates sprawling temporary parking lots.
