Power Plus Productions of San Diego has opened an office in Salt Lake City and purchased the production and rental divisions of Utah-based Performance Audio.
“This expansion enables Power Plus to more effectively deliver the best customer experience to its growing base in Utah,” Power Plus said in a release.
With the sale of their production and rental departments, Performance Audio will continue to operate its core retail business. The company said the sale will allow it to more sharply focus on that end of the operation and deliver the highest level of customer experience for its equipment sales, system design and installation.
“Performance Audio has deep roots in the Salt Lake market and has maintained their reputation as the source for the highest level of service and equipment sales and rentals in this area,” said Darrin Porter, co-owner of Performance Audio. “We have had the opportunity to be a part of a team that holds the highest commitment to excellence, and we have seen the same in Power Plus Productions. We have worked together with them and witnessed each other’s growth and success over the years. This acquisition provides a merging of our staff, talented crew and production communities with far-reaching growth.”
“I began my career over 35 years ago in Salt Lake City, working closely with Performance Audio,” said Lane Rickard, president and owner of Power Plus Productions. “By 2020 it became clear that the most effective way to achieve a presence in the Salt Lake marketplace and better support our customers there was to work with my long-time associates at Performance Audio. This acquisition was a natural progression of our mutual business goals.”
Performance Audio was started by Kevin Lewis in 1977. Chris Fillmore joined the Performance Audio family in 1989, working with Lewis to put systems and processes in place. Darrin Porter, a longtime customer of the company, was offered a position with the company in 1998 and eventually became a part-owner. Lewis passed away in 2002.