ROZNOV POD RADHOSTEM, Czech Republic — Robe Lighting s.r.o., based here, has acquired the complete range of LiteWare portable battery LED products from Bristol, U.K.-based Global Design Solutions (GDS). Sales, marketing, manufacture and support for the range of fixtures has been transferred to Robe, and the product line is available through both the company’s subsidiary offices and global distributor network.
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SOCHI, Russia — The 18-part opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics here was lit by more than 1,100 lighting instruments, all controlled by High End Systems’ Hog 4 lighting platform. LD Al Gurdon and programmer Ross Williams contributed to the visual design of the massive show.
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PARIS — 1024 Architecture, an art and design company led by founders Pierre Schneider and François Wunschel, is incorporating Clay Paky’s Sharpy fixtures as part of a pop-up 4D scaffold and light sculpture dubbed “Hyper-Cube,” a.k.a. Tesseract.
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CYPRESS, CA. — Christie announced Feb. 20 that Kenji Hamashima, chairman, president and CEO of the Christie group of companies, will step down from his current role starting in April but will remain as chairman, president and CEO of the Christie holding company, Christie Digital Systems Inc., as well as Ushio America Inc. Jack Kline, president and COO, Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. (pictured here) will assume the role of chairman, president and CEO of all of Christie’s operating companies worldwide.
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CLEVELAND, OH — CSR, an AV production company based here, is marking 20 years. Bob Leon, company president and CEO, credited his staff for the company’s success.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Creative Technology (CT) San Francisco has named industry veteran Roy Luster project manager. Luster comes to CT with 25 years in the AV and production fields, specializing in the areas of project management, technical direction and account management. His show experience ranges from executive boardroom meetings to multi-stage, multi-show conventions, tradeshows and music festivals.
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HUNTSVILLE, AL — Janet Wilks Milly, wife of Theatrical Lighting Systems (TLS) founder and 4Wall executive David E. Milly, died Feb. 19, 2014. Before retiring as its chief financial officer in 2004, Janet Milly had played an active role at TLS, Inc., which David Milly founded in 1981. TLS’ assets became part of 4Wall in 2012, when David Milly joined 4Wall as executive vice president and co-owner of its newly-launched Nashville operation.
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