(L-R) Marcel Wijnberger, HSL’s Simon Stuart, and Tim Dunn
UK - Special Project Resources (SPR), a new event production company part of HSL Group, has been launched by Tim Dunn and Marcel Wijnberger.
SPR has been described as “dedicated to assisting clients on any or all of the technical and design aspects of their concepts and projects through the innovative use of technologies”. The two founders have relocated from Johannesburg to HSL’s HQ in Blackburn, UK.
HSL MD Simon Stuart comments: “I am hugely excited about welcoming Tim and Marcel as SPR to the Group, and am looking forward to the dynamics and vision they bring to our equation. It’s going to be a highly productive, fulfilling and enjoyable working relationship.
“SPR will work in harmony with all the current HSL Group businesses and help grow, develop and diversify the scope of our work, optimise the talent, skills and personalities we already have and take us to a new level in facilitating and delivering the extraordinary experiences that our clients all strive to achieve.”
Dunn adds: “We have massive equipment resources available at HSL with constant future and on-going investment as well as access to some very valuable human capital, all of which will be available to our clients. We are also looking forward to a lot of collaboration with a truly amazing team.”
Dunn’s industry career began when he was still a teenager in Sheffield. Since then he has worked worldwide on a diversity of ambitious and interesting shows and events, and his skills include production, set, lighting and visual design, rigging, site management, technical co-ordination and complex technical drawing and visualisation. He has also worked in various executive roles for leading technical production company, Gearhouse South Africa.
Wijnberger has worked with South Africa’s most respected enterprises in structures / mobile venues, theatre lighting and visuals and rental / staging in In2Strutures, Splitbeam and Gearhouse SA, respectively.
(Jim Evans)

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