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WorldStage Expands Lighting Inventory with New Gear

NEW YORK – WorldStage has expanded its lighting and console inventory to offer more of the newest technology to the live staging, theatrical corporate and broadcast markets.  Recent investments include City Theatrical’s new SHoW DMX Neo and SHoW DMX SHoW Baby, Clay Paky’s Sharpy,  the Martin MAC Aura, the VARI-LITE VLX Wash luminaire, Prism Projection’s RevEAL Studio and grandMA2 control systems.

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Pictured – Ingus Lasinskis (seated) with Rokas, Vytas and Valerijs from 5 Star’s woodwork department

5 Star Cases Expands Facility

WISBECH, UK – European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases kicks off the new year with a new, much larger, custom designed sanding booth area at its Wisbech headquarters. The sanding booth plays a central role in 5 Star’s case production process. With the new system, the company says they can work faster and more efficiently, which will benefit their clients.

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AC-ET Open Day

AC-ET Showcases Next Gen Technologies to UK LDs

HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. hosted a workshop event for some of the industry’s hottest lighting designers to showcase next generation LED, lighting and video control technologies from leading manufacturers. LDs Jamie Thompson, Johnny Barker, Dave Cohen, Greg Hill, Andres Atkinson, Louis Oliver and Chris Swain demonstrated products from Chroma-Q, GLP, PixelRange, VARI*LITE, Jands Vista and Green Hippo.

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David Guetta

Robe Provides ‘Nothing But The Best’ for David Guetta

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Robe lighting played an integral role in dance guru David Guetta’s worldwide touring spec, and did so again for Guetta’s “Nothing But the Best” live showcase in Budapest. LD Jonathan “Leggy” Armstrong spec’d the gear, run by UK-touring lighting director Alex “Junior” Cero. The lighting rig featured 29 Robe LEDWash 600s, 18 ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 12 ColorWash 250E ATs at its core, with a grandMA console, all supplied by Colossal.

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GLP impression Wash One

GLP impression Wash One

GLP introduces the impression Wash One, which offers a fresnel based optical system with a full feature set of beam control options. The fixture uses the same 400W RGB LED light engine as the impression Spot One, introduced last year.  A wide color spectrum, 6-60-degree zoom as well as a narrow 3-degree beam, offer flexibility for lighting professionals.

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Panamax/Furman Names Joe Manning Rep for Asia-Pacific Region

PETALUMA, CA — Panamax/Furman named Joe Manning of International Sales as its new manufacturer’s representative for the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement, Manning will help Panamax/Furman expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific market by establishing distribution networks and managing sustained growth for the company’s consumer and Pro AV lines of power and energy management solutions.

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Coldplay

XL Video for Coldplay’s MX Tour

LOS ANGELES – XL Video are supplying video production to Coldplay’s “Mylo Xyloto” (MX) world tour, continuing its long working relationship with the band that started in 2005. The band performs to a 360-degree audience where possible. Andy Bramley is the live video director, with Ben Miles as the content/media server designer and programmer. Production designer and LD Paul Normandale and Coldplay’s creative director Phil Harvey all play their part in this cinematic video environment.

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White Light Now an Authorized Vari-Lite Service Center

LONDON – White Light is now an authorized Philps Vari-Lite Service Center, offering maintenance and repairs of VARI-LITE products across the UK and Europe. The staff has been trained to handle all VARI-LITE products, from the VL500 and VL3000 to the VLX range of LED fixtures. To quicken their service, White Light has invested $100,000 in spare parts to help carry out immediate repairs.

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