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We have worked with EMP Designs over the last few years on a range of electronics design, development, and manufacturing projects, and our experience has been consistently positive throughout.

The team at EMP Designs are professional, knowledgeable, and highly responsive. Their work is always completed to a very high standard, with designs that are both creative and well thought through from a practical engineering perspective.

Dan has been particularly helpful throughout our collaboration. He is approachable, proactive, and clearly committed to delivering the best possible outcome for his customers. The combination of technical capability, flexibility, and friendly service has made EMP Designs a valued partner to work with.

Having a capable UK-based design and manufacturing partner has also been extremely valuable to us, allowing close collaboration, efficient communication, and confidence throughout the development process.

We would have no hesitation in recommending EMP Designs to any company looking for high-quality electronics design and manufacturing support.

I find EMP’s broad array of Wireless LED controllers invaluable on every show and live event - from the tiny DMX strip PCB’s for illumination of handheld props to the LV range to control longer runs of high power LED tape throughout the set. Plus now we deploy the PD8 dimmers on location, they are small enough to hide away and give great smooth control of Tungsten and LED lighting.

All the EMP products are robust and dependable – I know I can trust them to work all day everyday on set without a glitch. The EMP team always seem to have a solution to any unusual LED requirement or control scenario – they are incredibly helpful, easy to talk to and have a vast array of detailed technical TV industry experience and knowledge they are willing to share along with the in house resources to rapidly design, test & manufacture.

I’ve been collaborating with EMP Designs for well over a decade.

Dan and his team have always been able to adapt to every concept I’ve needed to create.

During the prep time for Disney's Aladdin I needed to create a working flying carpet. EMP and myself came up with a control system that not only worked brilliantly but also allowed the VFX team to provide perfect matching data streams. EMP built the hardware and also integrated our control software to run the system. My team went on to be nominated for a VES award for this work.

The team at EMP are a perfect one stop shop. They create everything required in house and also advise on hardware.

I also know that EMP are at the end of the phone if I need advice. To have this sort of support is priceless. The guys have often gone out of their way to assist when timelines are short.

I would have no hesitation to recommend the services of EMP.

The team at EMP are continually building useful products that many other departments in the film industry use. Their reach encapsulates lighting, SFX and VFX and many more.

They also have the best coffee.

At LCA – Lights Camera Action, we’ve really enjoyed working with EMP Designs. Having direct access to the engineers has been a major advantage, allowing ideas to be discussed and developed quickly with fast turnaround on solutions and revisions.

Their experience in tackling similar technical challenges is immediately apparent, as they understand the common pitfalls and how to avoid them early in the process. Communication throughout has also been excellent, with clear and consistent updates on manufacturing timelines and project progress.

Overall, EMP have been practical, responsive, and refreshingly straightforward to work with.

We’re looking forward to further developing our continued business with EMP.

I have worked very closely with Dan Stanton and all at EMP for over 25 years and we have always enjoyed a very close working relationship. From our point of view EMP are simply the best in the business, they have helped us through all the difficult and complex rigs that we required on all 8 of the Harry Potter Films involving precise and complex operating systems for both hydraulic and electronic rigs. Safe control was always a key requirement as it involved cast members and young 10 year old actors. Dan always gave us a very secure platform to work with and this made all cast and crew feel safe and secure.

If ever there was a problem Dan and crew would always be there to help sort out any of the problems that arose and a quick phone call would get someone on site day or night. The technical knowledge on hand at EMP is vast and unique and they are always my first port of call when we require something.