Le Maitre will be demonstrating their full line-up of smoke, haze and low fog machines along with a selection of pyro controllers and accessories as well as videos of their pyrotechnics.

At Prolight & Sound Frankfurt, Le Maitre will be launching several new stunning effects to the range, such as VS Mines (15/25/35ft), VS Starbursts (Small/Medium/Large), VS Ice Waterfalls (8/15/20ft), VS Volcano Mines (Small/Large), VS Ice Gerbs (10/15/20ft) and VS Flashes. Le Maitre’s range of VS – “virtually smokeless’ pyrotechnics is continuing to expand and receive excellent feedback from the market, followed up with increasing orders
In addition to much reduced smoke levels the VS range has incredible intensity and depth of colour compared to conventional pyrotechnics which although bright, tend to be less vivid. Le Maitre’s VS products all have much deeper and more vibrant colours, particularly noticeable with the blue, purple and pink colours.

The VS range was originally conceived back in 2010 when Le Maitre’s R&D team were looking into improving the visual impact of effects by overcoming typical but unwelcome by-products of pyrotechnics. Conventional pyro can produce a lot of smoke and ash and with the advent of HD television and the increased use of pyro in sporting events these by-products needed to be addressed.
Le Maitre’s R&D team moved away from metals and products that produce the solid particles making unwanted smoke and have replaced them with products that burn more cleanly and don’t produce solid particles.

The first products the team worked on were Flares as their magnesium base made these extremely smoky items. The resulting VS Flares were a resounding success, not only resulting in virtually no smoke, but also producing an extremely strong colour and aura. More recently the VS range has been further added to with VS Falling Stars, VS Coloured 8ft Ice Gerbs and VS Intense Flames.

“The VS range is in line with Le Maitre’s strategy of continuously introducing the best range of visually stunning pyrotechnics on the market ensuring spectators get to see the effects at their very best!’ states Karen Haddon, joint managing director and owner of Le Maitre Ltd.
New confetti cannon – ProConfetti Blower
Le Maitre has added a brand new product to powerful confetti cannon. The ProConfetti Blower projects confetti and glitter some 40-60ft to create an arena-full of swirling confetti.

The continuous, hand-fed blowers use easily connected liquid or vapour C02 bottles to propel the confetti across theatre or concert stages, sports stadiums, or audiences, indoors or outdoors, covering huge areas in seconds. There are three possible blower angles for the operator to choose from depending upon the projection angle required. The ProConfetti Blower is a robust 50kg unit requiring no electricity. Liquid C02 consumption is at 0.2-0.4 kilo/sec.

PureHaze Fluid
Le Maitre hazers are known for their incredible output and low power consumption, the haze fluid which produces the purest, most efficient and long lasting haze on the market. To make this benefit even clearer to customers, Le Maitre has now re-branded its haze fluid as “PureHaze Fluid’.

Le Maitre’s PureHaze Fluid is 85-90% active ingredient combined with just 10-15% water. Not 80-90% water and only 10-20% active ingredient as is the case with so many other haze fluids on the market. As a result, competitive haze systems need to create 8 to 9 times the output to achieve the same haze effect that Le Maitre’s Haze machines produce. Put quite simply a competitive unit would need to consume 8 to 9 times more fluid just to produce the same haze effect.
Le Maitre’s haze fluid is included in equipment guidelines, calibration and health effects reports on the use of smoke and haze prepared by bodies including ESTA (now PLASA) and Environ.

Salamander Quad Pro – The Salamander Quad Pro is a four canister system that can be operated with each canister being fired independently and the option of multiple colours being loaded to provide a truly stunning visual display from a single machine. Up to 120 hits in total can be achieved with each flame reaching around 4m in height. Alternatively all four canisters can be fired at the same time to produce a much bigger single flame reaching up to a spectacular 7 to 8 metres – terrific for stadiums!

Salamander -The Salamander, Le Maitre’s single-canister 4m high flame unit will also be on show with Le Maitre firing four Salamander flames from the top of their stand truss, providing a truly spectacular live demonstration with lighting fast chases of red and natural 4m.

HazeMaster – With its massive output capacity, high power variable fan and low power consumption it really is a class act. The combination of an industrial grade air-pump, a 2-stage heating process and a microprocessor controller, produce an output so powerful that the HazeMaster can convert up to 750cc of fluid per hour.

Add to that the rugged construction and you have a true professional hazer engineered to withstand the rigours of the road when on tour.

MVS Hazer – a powerful and versatile hazer with two variable-speed, high power fans used to control the force and direction of the haze stream. There is also a unique oscillating mode for automated back and forth sweeping of the stream. The MVS is geared towards medium to large sized venues.

Neutron Hazer – the popular, entry level hazer, ideal for small to medium sized venues. Its success lies in its simplicity and straightforward and economical operation – just switch on and it quietly produces haze for almost 100 hours on just 2.5L of fluid.

G300 Smoke Machine – Le Maitre’s flagship water-based smoke machine is rugged, versatile and has a very high output. The G300 is a uniquely dual-mode machine, offering both smoke and haze. Designed to perform in the most demanding of applications, it is the machine of choice among touring, rental, theme-park and cruise ship customers.

GForce 1/2/3 Series Smoke Machines – Le Maitre’s range of high powered, continuous flow, water-based smoke machines, based on the core technologies of the G300, but engineered with new design and manufacturing enhancements, making them extremely economical.

Freezefog Pro Low Smoke Machine –The system of choice on stages, in studios, clubs and parks, this liquid CO2 chiller produces a dramatic, low-lying smoke effect when used in conjunction with a G300 or GForce smoke machine.

Mini Mist – A robust, hand-held aerosol smoke machine which uses a smoke fluid canister to create a thick fog effect. Ideal for TV and film, as well as the emergency services for breathing apparatus training exercises.