NEWFIELD, NJ – Ken Kepler and Ed Di Bona have formed KD Productions, a full service AV production/rental company serving the Atlantic City/Philadelphia markets. The partners, who started their company two years ago, have a combined 50 years of industry experience. Di Bona was most recently technical director at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ. Kepler spent more than 12 years as the lead audio engineer and lead project manager for Showorks Audio Visual.
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With a combined 50 years of experience serving the professional audio, video, lighting and backline rental markets, Ken Kepler and Ed Di Bona have formed KD Productions, a full service audio-visual production and rental company serving the Atlantic City/Philadelphia markets.
Primarily focusing on corporate AV rentals and touring clients, the company headquarters is located in a 6,000 sq. ft. warehouse/office space in Newfield, NJ. Since the company began approximately two years ago, they have provided rentals for shows in Maine, New Orleans, Orlando, Dallas and San Diego in addition to the AC/Philly area.
Di Bona was an original founding member of ACIR Professional in Southern New Jersey, and most recently, held the position of technical director at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ. He is an FOH engineer (recently mixing for Al DiMeola), and was an operating owner of Downtown Audio. Prior to that, he was lead engineer/operations manager at TMP Recording Studios.
Partner Kepler spent more than 12 years as the lead audio engineer and lead project manager for Showorks Audio Visual. Prior to that, he was an engineer/crew chief at Downtown Audio. He started his career early on as an engineer for TMP Recording Studios, where the two partners first met.
Video and lighting inventory includes Sharp, Panasonic, Extron, and Christie, just to name a few.
Recent corporate rental clients include Johnson & Johnson and Penn Mutual where KD provided sound systems, ClearComs, video projectors, screens, switchers, cameras and lighting. Recent installations include Our Lady of Mt. Virgin in Middlesex, NJ and Montgomery United Methodist Church in Bellmead, NJ.
