TORONTO, ON,– The award winning Chroma-Q Inspire range welcomes its newest and eagerly anticipated addition: the Inspire XT. The fixture will debut at the Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) taking place in Dallas, Texas on October 11-12, 2017 (booth #307).
NURENBERG – Player entrances and introductions are a time-honored tradition of any sport and serve as an important way to pump up both player and fan prior to a game. This season, when professional German ice hockey club, the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers, take to the ice, lighting effects from Elation Professional Platinum 1200 Wash™, Platinum FLX™ and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme™ add an extra level of excitement to the pre-game hype.
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MIDDLESEX, UK – Automation and motion control specialist and manufacturer Kinesys announces three new appointments boosting the team based at the company’s HQ in Hampton, Middlesex, UK. This is a result of a busy year to date, and a surge in business following the launch of a new range of game-changing motion control hoists – Apex – in April, plus an expansion of the brand’s worldwide dealer network.The new posts are in three key areas – digital marketing, software development and workshop technical.
GERMANY – Robe Deutschland officially celebrated the opening of its new HQ in Ismaning near Munich last week in an event which also showcased Robe’s brand new, just launched MegaPointe moving light to assembled guests and media. A slick and streamlined event enabled guests to tour the new office, warehouse and Light Lab facilities, then experience a specular lightshow designed, programmed and operated by top Swiss LD Ronald Huber, illustrating the many features and functionality of the new MegaPointe, together with other versatile fixtures from Robe’s current ranges.
SAN FERNANDO, CA– GLP US Inc. is excited to announce the appointment of Jim Gregory as their new Regional Sales Manager for the Southeast. Jim brings more than 25 years of industry experience to GLP, working with touring, local productions, house of worship, as well as special and corporate events, there is not an area of the industry he is unfamiliar with. Jim sees GLP as a great opportunity to work for a company that is not only growing in size, but also in ingenuity continuing to establish themselves as market leading manufacturers.
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NEW YORK—Lighting Designer Bradley King recently deployed Martin by HARMAN lighting fixtures on his Tony Award-winning lighting design for “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”. Based on an adaptation of a 70-word excerpt from “War and Piece”, the critically-acclaimed musical features an innovative and unusual set design that forgoes a traditional stage and uses curving runways to place the actors in the center of the audience.
BERMUDA – This summer fans from around the world amassed to the Cross Island of Bermuda’s Royal Naval Dockyard, the nine-acre home to America’s Cup Village, to watch the greatest race on water and enjoy world-class entertainment from artists of the Caribbean. The America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) turned to OSA International, Inc. to be the audio, video and staging contractor in order to add spectacular sound and visual attraction for the enjoyment of fans.
WALLERN, AUSTRIA – Automotive brand Peugeot is a huge user of audiovisual technology. Not only for its appearances at high-profile motor shows, but most particularly for the never-ending process of keeping its dealer network trained and updated about the new and upcoming vehicles that it releases every six months. In France, Peugeot has been doing this for years, sending out three teams who move from town to town throughout the country conducting their sales and service training roadshows.
NYC – Sapsis Rigging is proud to have been chosen to provide installation services for the new Miller-Scott Pipe Organ at St. Thomas Church in New York, NY. The installation work spanned over five months and involved lifting and setting all large components of the 102-stop organ. Working with the Dobson Pipe Organ Builders was both a pleasure and a privilege.
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DALLAS –Well-known house of worship lighting designer and technical director Bobby Dennis will be conducting an educational session for CHAUVET Professional at the WFX Conference on Thursday, October 12 from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Entitled “5 Steps To Greater Engagement With Light,” the session will cover simple, cost-effective ways that churches can use their lighting systems to create a more immersive worship environments.
GERMANY – Due to high demand, ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH is extending the proven CM-820 control series with a 12-channel controller for direct-controlled chain hoists compliant with BGV-D8 / DGUV V54 and D8plus. The linkable control unit for 12 chain hoists consists of a compact and robust 19″ steel housing with 6U. On the front side are clear directional pre-selectors with LED directional pre-selection display, on the rear are 3 multicore outputs for four drives of up to 1kW motor power and 2 grounding sockets for external loads.
LONDON – After headlining the sold out British Summer Time Hyde Park music festival in London, American rock band Kings of Leon kicked off the fall leg of their WALLS world tour with 16 dates in North America. Accompanying the band across the globe are two d3 4x4pro media servers provided by PRG; two more, provided by Video Design, were added to drive the additional equipment used in the Hyde Park show.The multi Grammy Award-winners’ tour supports their 2016 LP, WALLS (We Are Like Love Songs). Their seventh studio album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
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