Infinity Chimp 300 Lighting Controller powered by W-DMX™

FRANKFURT – Highlite’s Infinity Chimp 300 desk is being showcased at Prolight + Sound 2017 – it includes an output capable of transmitting DMX wirelessly with W-DMX™. This is the world’s first professional console with built-in wireless transmitter from W-DMX™. The Infinity Chimp 300 desk is a product making a statement in entertainment lighting – the desk houses a 22’’ full HD touchscreen, 4 encoders and 10 faders with multiple pages.

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LONDON — Chroma-Q sponsored an event on March 14 at Pinewood Studios west of London that featured perspectives on lighting design from award-winning cinematographer Phil Méheux BSC and television lighting designer Gurdip Mahal and others. Méheux is pictured here with fellow cinematographer Oliver Stapleton.

WENDLINGEN, Germany – Harman Professional Solutions announced that Lightpower will distribute Martin’s stage lighting products in Germany and Austria. Harman’s own team will concentrate on business development of audio, video and other lighting products in Germany and Austria.

OSAKA, Japan — Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away on April 1, 2017 at the age of 87. Born February 7, 1930 in Osaka, Japan, he founded the Kakehashi Radio electrical appliance store, where he also repaired electronic organs and experimented on prototypes for new models. A few years later, he turned his focus entirely to developing musical instruments and founded Ace Electronic Industries to create products under the Ace Tone brand. Ace also became the Japanese distributor of Hammond organs.

FRANKFURT – Ayrton celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2017 and will mark the occasion with the addition of new members to the Ayrton team. To complement the excellent team led by Founder and CTO Yvan Peard, Christopher Agius Ferrante has taken on the role of CEO, Michael Althaus is the new Global Sales Director, Simon Gasch joins Ayrton as a Regional Sales Manager and Chunyan Hou is the new Legal and Administration Manager. Ayrton will be at Hall 3.0 Stand G81.

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MUNICH – Robe lighting announces a new wholly-owned subsidiary – Robe Deutschland GmbH – which will be based in Munich and have a regional sales force covering the entire country. The new company hits the ground running in this key European market with an exceptionally strong, experienced and well connected ‘dream-team’ on-board.