NEW YORK—ESTA members voted on products at the recent LDI show in Orlando, recognizing innovation in three categories: Expendable, Widget and Equipment. The 2009 winners were Rose Brand for its Robo Glue, Sapsis Rigging’s SRI ProPlus Crossover Fullbody Fall Arrest Harness and the LightConverse 3D Virtual Show Platform v40.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Working with LD Simon Barrington, DBN Lighting is supplying a full lighting system for The Warehouse Project series of dance events through Jan. 1 in the arches beneath Piccadilly Station.
Read More »LEUVEN, Belgium — Global brewer AB InBev has updated the façade of its headquarters building with a 23-square-meter DB-220 digital billboard from Barco. The LEDs flash company information, beer commercials and city announcements.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Adlib supplied lighting and sound production for a recent tour by The Maccabees. Adlib’s Andy Rowe operated a lighting design created by Ian Tomlinson. The rig varied from a floor-based specials package that was used in conjunction with the house systems at each venue to a full rig supplied by Adlib for the Brixton and Manchester Academy shows.
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Bernie Munzelle, an executive with Hitachi for over 30 years who served as national sales manager, died Nov. 26 from heart failure. He had recently… Read More »In Memoriam: Bernie Munzelle, 80
Read More »Brutus Schwirtz, an ETCP-certified rigger, passed away in his sleep on Nov. 28, 2009. Schwirtz, 55, was in Detroit preparing for the Detroit Auto show with his son Shane.
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LONDON — British alt rock band, Muse, are now on a world tour in support of their fifth album, Resistance. Brilliant Stages constructed the set, working with a design by Es Devlin, under the auspices of production manager Chris Vaughan.
Read More »PADERBORN, Germany — MA Lighting named Riku Mikael Kauppinen regional sales manager for the Russian, Eastern European and Scandinavian market. MA managing director Michael Althaus welcomed Kauppinen on board.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — Summit Steel supplied a Kinesys automation system with K2 control and all associated trussing and rigging to fly and track five projection screens in the main presentation area of the 2009 Sainsbury’s Our conference, staged at the NEC.
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HELSINKI, Finland —Finnish lighting designer Mikki Kunttu has designed lights, screens and sets for the musical Play Me, a new production staged at the Swedish Theatre, based on a virtual reality game intertwined with a talent contest at the Q-Club.
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WORCESTER, U.K. — PixelRange and JTE named Paul Young as general manager. Young will head both the PixelRange and JTE brands and lead the commercial direction of all future business development.
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LOS ANGELES — Elation Professional presented its annual Elation Education Experience Award (E3) to Thomas Pendergrass of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. at the LDI Expo in Orlando, Fla. Elation Professional created E3 in 2006 to encourage young lighting designers to pursue careers in the House of Worship (HOW) market.
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