The story
The Claypaky company was founded in August 1976, taking its name from the shortened, anglicized form of the name of its founder, Pasquale (Paky) Quadri, one of the first entrepreneurs to realize that technological developments in lighting would have an enormous future in the show business and entertainment world.
In 1982 Claypaky presented the Astrodisco, which used a single lamp to project multiple rays of colored light across ceilings and dance floors. Five years later it launched Brilliant, a digitally controlled moving head and forerunner of a new generation of "intelligent" projectors. This was followed in 1988 by the Golden Scan, a programmable moving mirror projector and the first luminaire to implement stepper motor technology instead of servo motors. The Golden Scan became a commonly used lighting effect at nightclubs and rock concerts during the late 1980s and the 1990s. The London rock band Klaxons claimed the projector was the inspiration behind their light-themed, hit single Golden Skans.
Since 2000, Claypaky has developed architectural applications. In 2002 it moved its headquarters to a new industrial complex in Seriate, Bergamo, achieving certification for compliance with the UNI EN ISO 9001 quality standard that same year.
In 2011, Claypaky reported a revenue of more than 50 million euro, an increase of over 50% on 2010. It has a workforce of nearly 200 people.
Just before its founder died in 2014, the company was sold to Osram. Claypaky was acquired by the Arri Group in December 2022.
On 13 May 2025 Claypaky announced that Arri's share in the company had been purchased by Chinese company EK Lights.
From Wikipedia’s article on Clay Paky, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5