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JW Winco: Secure Lifting at the Push of a Button

JW Winco has added self-securing threaded lifting pins to its product range for lifting, securing, and transporting equipment. Anywhere workpieces, fixtures, or system components have a threaded hole, the new threaded lifting pins can be inserted quickly for use as a lifting mechanism and removed just as easily with a push of a button. These new pins are a faster, more practical alternative to lifting eye bolts, load rings, and welded-on eyelets.Read More »JW Winco: Secure Lifting at the Push of a Button

In Memoriam: Ron Smith, Pyrotechnics and Atmospheric Effects Expert, 66

Ron Smith, 1957-2023

Ron Smith, a pyrotechnics and atmospheric effects expert with decades of experience who had been working with Strictly FX in recent years, died earlier this month at age 66. “Ron was a kind-hearted and jovial member of the Strictly FX family,” noted Strictly FX in an April 13 post on social media. The company, which won a Parnelli Award at the 21st annual ceremony a day later, accepted the award in Smith’s honor. “He joined our team in 2018, bringing with him a storied career.”Read More »In Memoriam: Ron Smith, Pyrotechnics and Atmospheric Effects Expert, 66

Unlimited Vision & Sound Adds to its Inventory of Astera Luminaires

Unlimited Vision & Sound Owner & CEO Pascal van Engelen on the left, with Operations Manager John van Gaal. Photo: by Louise Stickland

Unlimited Vision & Sound is a full production event rental company based in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, capital of the North Brabant area and a renowned beauty spot. Owner and CEO Pascal van Engelen, started the business in the 1990s whilst studying electronics at the local university, initially supplying his own DJ shows and party sets. After he graduated in 2000, he was enjoying the industry so much, that he decided to make it a more serious enterprise, adding several corporate clients and events to the portfolio, with the idea of providing the full technical package.Read More »Unlimited Vision & Sound Adds to its Inventory of Astera Luminaires

Roosevelt Dsouza Lights ‘The Entertainers’ USA Tour with CHAUVET Professional

At one point in Akshay Kumar’s show, The Entertainers, the Bollywood legend seemed to be floating in the air. The harnessed star then picked up dancer Mouni Roy and ascended over the audience with her.  The sellout crowds at the three stops on this US tour might very well have felt that they were air surfing too, such was the uplifting magical mood of this three-and-a-half-hour show that featured music and dancing interspliced with plenty of dynamic crowd interaction.Read More »Roosevelt Dsouza Lights ‘The Entertainers’ USA Tour with CHAUVET Professional