Innovative Engineering
& Design
When the technology you need doesn’t exist, we build it!
Film, TV & Creative Technology
Electronics & Manufacturing
Lighting & Control Systems
Motion Control & Automation
Something That Doesn't Exist Yet
We live and breathe innovation.
From the day EMP Designs was born in 1998, we’ve never been able to walk away from an unsolved problem — or a new piece of tech worth exploring. Our team takes ideas home, pores over datasheets at night, and chases solutions until they exist in the real world. For us, engineering isn’t just work — it’s the thrill of making anything possible.
EMP Designs is a UK engineering company that designs and builds bespoke electronics, lighting, motion control and special effects systems. We work across film, TV, theatre and live events, as well as industrial and commercial projects, and also make a range of ready-made lighting control products.
Yes, that's what we do best. If off-the-shelf technology can't do the job, we'll design and build a custom solution, taking it from first idea through prototype to the finished system. Our Innovate page explains how a bespoke project works.
Both. Our ready-made products, including LED controllers, pixel controllers, dimmers and wireless DMX, can be bought online, and most can be customised. For anything more specialised, we design from scratch.
Our workshop is in Camberley, Surrey, where everything is designed, engineered and built in-house. Since 1998 we've worked with film studios, lighting companies, theatres and manufacturers across the UK and beyond, including Warner Bros., Disney, ARRI and Pinewood MBS Lighting.
We work with small specialist companies, R&D teams and major global brands, including Disney, Apple and Warner Bros., across the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and we're experienced in managing international projects, shipping and support.
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