Litec 🇮🇹

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📍 Mogliano Veneto, Italy

🏢 Founded 1991

🌍 Architectural Truss & Structural Integration

Overview
Innovations
Products
Applications
FAQs
Resources

Company Overview

While categorized here under lighting, Litec (part of the Area Four Industries group) is actually one of the world’s premier manufacturers of structural trussing and stage roofing systems. However, their inclusion in lighting is highly relevant: you cannot hang a 5-ton lighting rig over an audience without absolute structural integrity. Litec provides the incredibly strong, beautifully designed aluminum ‘bones’ that hold the lighting industry up.

Litec is deeply Italian in its design philosophy. Rather than just building raw, ugly metal scaffolds, their truss systems (like the iconic QX30) are engineered to be visually stunning, often utilized as exposed architectural elements in corporate events, TV studios, and auto shows. Their precision welding and custom aluminum alloys ensure massive load-bearing capabilities with incredibly low weight.

Beyond standard truss, Litec engineers massive, custom motorized roofing systems for global stadium tours, allowing thousands of lighting fixtures to be safely flown into the air, completely transforming empty fields into colossal concert venues.

Core Technologies

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High-Load End Plates

Litec revolutionized truss connections with their proprietary, high-thickness cast aluminum end plates. These eliminate the twisting and bending found in cheap truss, ensuring the span remains perfectly rigid even when loaded with heavy lighting.

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Architectural MyT Truss

A massively strong folding truss system designed for the absolute heaviest touring lighting rigs. Despite its massive load capacity, it folds flat for shipping, drastically reducing trucking costs for global tours.

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Integrated Lighting Tracks

Designing specialized truss profiles that feature integrated, recessed tracks. This allows lighting designers to seamlessly mount architectural lights *inside* the truss, hiding the cables for a flawless, clean aesthetic.

Featured Solutions

QX30 Series Truss

The undisputed workhorse of the event industry. A square, 29cm aluminum truss used globally to build DJ booths, trade show booths, and fly heavy moving head lights above stages.

Alusfera (The Sphere)

A breathtaking, custom-engineered semi-spherical roof system. It creates a massive, futuristic dome over a stage, allowing lighting designers to hang fixtures in a perfect 3D hemisphere above the band.

EXE Technology Hoists

As part of their ecosystem, Litec integrates heavily with EXE electric chain hoists, the ultra-safe, highly regulated motors that actually lift the massive truss grids into the air safely.

Ideal Industry Deployments

🏗️ Concert Roof Systems

🏢 Corporate Trade Show Booths

📺 Broadcast TV Studio Grids

🚘 Auto Show Suspended Lighting

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Litec truss and cheap scaffold?

Litec truss is engineered from highly specific aluminum alloys (like 6082-T6) using certified TIG welding. Every piece is mathematically rated for a specific load limit. Cheap scaffold is heavy, visually ugly, and often lacks the engineering certifications required to legally hang lights over a human audience.

How do you connect Litec truss pieces together?

Litec utilizes a highly secure ‘spigot and pin’ connection system. Solid aluminum conical spigots are inserted between the truss segments and locked into place with steel pins and R-clips, creating an incredibly strong, rigid joint in seconds without bolts.

Can Litec truss be used outdoors?

Yes. Aluminum naturally forms a protective oxide layer that prevents it from rusting. Litec truss is heavily utilized to build massive outdoor concert roofs that withstand rain, high winds, and snow loads.