Video of the Week: New Milos Products 2017
Hometown Hero Nominations are In, Vote for 2018 Lighting Company Finalists!
LAS VEGAS – From early September until Oct. 6, 2017, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 nominated companies down to just six. These regional winners will then automatically appear on the final Parnelli Awards ballot, which will be posted for a final round of voting during the month of November.
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Cynthia Rutherford Joins Bandit Lites
KNOXVILLE, TN – With summer nearly over and fall production in full swing, Bandit Lites is pleased to share its team has once again grown with the hiring of Cynthia Rutherford as Office Manager. Following graduation from East Tennessee State University, Rutherford spent seventeen years working in various fields before joining Bandit, where she was drawn to Bandit’s commitment to its clients.
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Ayrton at PLASA 2017 Stand K32 with Ambersphere Solutions
LONDON – Ayrton continues its 15th anniversary celebrations with the launch of new products at the 40th PLASA London show where it will exhibit on Stand K32 alongside its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions. Featured products include the Ghibli, MiniPanel-FX (pictured here) and Merak.
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Chauvet Professional Rejuvenates Berlin’s “Stars in Concert” Series
BERLIN – Since 1997, Berlin’s “Stars in Concert” at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center has brought a wide range of musical theatre acts to over four million spectators, making it one of the most successful live shows in Germany’s history. To provide a permanent wash lighting solution to the long-running “Stars in Concert” series, which features shows such as the Beatles’ “All you need is Love” and “Elvis Das Musical,” the Estrel Festival Center recently added 18 Rogue R2 Wash and 10 COLORado 1 Quad Zoom fixtures from CHAUVET Professional, supplied by Fischer.
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PixelFLEX LED Featured at WFX 2017
NASHVILLE – When the 2017 WFX Conference and Expo opens the show floor at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center, Nashville-based PixelFLEX LED will be on-hand to showcase the true power of LED video to enhance any worship experience. As worship leaders are continuing to implement revolutionary technologies into their permanently installed and live event production designs, the PixelFLEX LED showcase will be highlighted by the new FLEXTour and the award-winning FLEXCurtain HD LED video technologies, and can be found in Booth 1301.
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Robe at PLASA 2017
LONDON – Robe will be back in London at Olympia for the 2017 PLASA exhibition – which sees the event and the organization celebrating 40 years at the forefront of the vibrancy and innovation of the entertainment technology industry. Robe’s focus will be on its just launched MegaPointe all new multi-purpose moving light (pictured here)…globally launched just 10 days ahead of PLASA … which is its first international trade show.
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Robert Juliat Announces Plans for PLASA London 2017
LONDON – Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at the 40th PLASA show at London’s Olympia on Stand K38 alongside its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions. The company’s latest followspot releases will be officially launched at the show: Oz (pictured here) and Alice are 600W LED models offering a cool white source for long and short-throw applications respectively. They are the first professional LED followspots able to deliver a high output comparable with that of 1200W discharge followspots, and offer the same high-quality functionality and characteristics as all Robert Juliat’s Compact followspots.
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Ken Truong Named President of FOR-A Corporation of America
CYPRESS, CA — FOR-A promoted Ken Truong to president of FOR-A Corporation of America. Truong was previously chief technical officer for FOR-A. Truong’s career with FOR-A has spanned 18 years, during which he served as technical director and then chief technical officer.
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High End Systems to Launch SolaFrame 750 at PLASA 2017
LONDON – High End Systems will launch their new SolaFrame 750 automated luminaire at the upcoming PLASA 2017 trade show in London. The company’s Sola Series range of products, which includes the Spot, Frame, Wash and HyBeam lines, is the most fully realized offering of Bright White LED automated fixtures available. The fixture will make its debut on HES Master Distributor AED’s stand C30 at London Olympia on September 17th-19th. The SolaFrame 750 will also appear on ETC’s stand J30.
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SparkBlaster Non-Pyrotechnic Spark Generators
SparkBlaster indoor fountain machines create a cold spark fountain from a special granulate. The sparks exit the unit at a very low temperature, so this does not cause any fire hazard, unlike similar pyrotechnic effects. The SparkBlaster is fully DMX controllable through two DMX channels. The display at the back of the device shows the temperature of the heating device during heat-up period. When having reached the operating temperature, the SparkBlaster can emit sparks continuously, usually no re-heating time is required.
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Elation to Debut Artiste Dali, Dartz 360 Fixtures at PLASA 2017
Elation Professional will debut two new fixtures at PLASA 2017 in London Sept. 17-19, Stand H40, the Artiste Dali and Dartz 360. The Artiste Dali (pictured here) features a new LED/laser phosphor light engine. The Dartz (pictured below) is a color-mixing LED beam/spot fixture with gobos and effects.
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