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Our history
For over four decades, the events that define an era in Brazil have passed through here
From virtual LED stages to the era of slide projectors: every chapter below is an event that made history, and, with great pride, we were there.
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COP-30 in Belém
44 rooms, 2 plenaries, a team of 200 people, and logistics with a cargo plane and semi-trailers. A new generation's Rio-92.
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G20 Summit in Rio
At MAM Rio, every room of the meeting of the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies.
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The Globo Virtual Studio
Installation and operation of the LED walls for the largest virtual production studio in Latin America.
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Hybrid pioneers in Latin America
During the pandemic, Hoffmann Studios keep the country's medical congresses on air, including e-CBMI, the largest hybrid event in Latin America.
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Copacabana New Year's Eve
2 million people at the biggest New Year's party on the planet. Sound, light and LED along the waterfront.
Rio 2016 Olympics
Opening and closing ceremonies at the Maracanã, Brazil at the center of the world.
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FIFA World Cup
Operations at the Maracanã, the Mineirão and the Fonte Nova during the World Cup in Brazil.
WYD: 3.7 million with Pope Francis
Copacabana becomes the world's largest auditorium, with sound intelligible across miles of sand.
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Rio+20
79 heads of state, 2,800 delegate microphones, 8 languages and 450 m² of LED. The UN returned, and called on the same company.
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Obama in Rio
The U.S. president's address at the Theatro Municipal. Sound and image: Hoffmann.
Pan 2007 and the World Economic Forum
The Pan American Games and the World Economic Forum on Latin America bring mega-events and global leaders to Rio.
INTERPOL: 7 hours for the impossible
Venue shut down by wind hours before opening; the entire infrastructure rebuilt at the Rio Othon in 7 hours.
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The first Big Brother Brasil
The start of more than two decades of continuous operation at TV Globo, from BBB1 to Jornal Nacional and Fantástico.
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Mass of Pope John Paul II
More than 2 million people at Aterro do Flamengo, 4 daylight screens and a 4,000 m² stage.
Rio-92: our international breakthrough
114 heads of state, 1,200+ computer-managed microphones, 80 auditoriums. The UN Earth Summit, with Hoffmann technology.
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Pioneering the in-house model
Brazil's first AV service desk, at the InterContinental Rio. In the 1990s, expansion with Accor and Marriott, international operations in Buenos Aires, and involvement in the first ISO 9000 certification of a hotel in Brazil (Transamerica São Paulo).
Hoffmann is founded in Rio de Janeiro
In the era of slide projectors and medical congresses, IBM and Xerox kick-offs and international conventions are also born.
Historical archive
Four decades in images
A glimpse of our archive: corporate events, international congresses, concerts and ceremonies that passed through Hoffmann's engineering.
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