The U.K.-based company is buying the Canadian production equipment and services company as a local Hollywood film boom gathers pace
As Ontario's Hollywood film boom grows, The Ashtead Group has acquired William F. White International, Canada's biggest film, TV and digital production equipment rental business.
Whites operates out of 13 locations across Canada and has over 400 employees. Besides specialist production equipment including lighting, grip and cameras, Whites rents out six production studios in Vancouver and Toronto. And Pinewood Toronto Studios, which currently has around 325,000 square feet of soundstages and hosts shooting for thelive-action TV series for CBS All Access, has plans to build another 200,000 square feet in production space.
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