Crestchic Loadbanks Power World Cup in Russia

People all over the world watched the World Cup in Russia this summer, but not many viewers thought about what it took to provide power.

Michael Roth

July 31, 2018

2 min read

A Crestchic loadbank outside of a stadium during the World Cup Crestchic provided loadbanks to all 12 stadiums in 11 cities — A Crestchic loadbank outside of a stadium during the World Cup. Crestchic provided loadbanks to all 12 stadiums in 11 cities.

People all over the world watched the World Cup in Russia this summer, but not many viewers thought about what it took to provide power. However, Crestchic, a global leader in the sale and rental of loadbanks, was one of the largest service providers for temporary power during the World Cup. Working with Power Technologies, one of the largest service providers for temporary power services in the Russian Federation, Crestchic supplied loadbanks to ensure the reliability of the onsite broadcast equipment for all 12 stadiums in 11 cities.

Crestchic supplied 23 resistive/reactive loadbanks ranging in size from 500kVA and 1700kVA. Crestchic’s teams worked together from branches in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States, to ensure the equipment was delivered on time.

“We were thrilled to be able to play a part in this year’s World Cup,” said Chris Caldwell, managing director, Crestchic. “This was one of our larger projects in terms of having to coordinate fleet from around the world. Our U.K. and international teams have been incredible, helping to deliver the loadbanks on time and to all 12 stadiums.”

Crestchic’s specially designed and in-house manufactured rental fleet was also used for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Crestchic has locations in the U.K., North America, China, Singapore, Netherlands, France, Germany, Brazil and United Arab Emirates.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.