LLANELLI, U.K. — The PAI Group of Companies — incorporating Vaughan Sound Installations, Lighting Technology Projects, PA Installations and Link AV — has been awarded ISO 9001 certification. Shown here, PAI Group’s Trevor Owen, on right, receives the certification from Richard Thomas of Business XL Consultancy Ltd.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Martin Professional A/S named Frank Hoehn as senior vice president – business development & marketing. Hoehn had previously held the position of senior vice president – architectural.
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DETROIT — At this year’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), XL Video Deutschland assisted three major German car manufacturers: VW, Audi and Mercedes Benz.
Read More »NEW CASTLE, DE — Video WallTronics marked its 20th year of providing video displays to large audiences, renting and selling LED modular panels for all applications with additions to its product line.
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NASHVILLE — Travis Shirley, head of Houston-based Travis Shirley Live Design, is using 35 PixelLine 1044s from James Thomas Engineering to give a distinctive look for Buckcherry, now taking part in a four-band tour through North America in support of their album, Black Butterfly.
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MIDRAND, South Africa — LEDVision, a Gearhouse South Africa company, supplied 200 square meters of LED screen, microwave links and control for the fifth round of the 2009 A1 Grand Prix World Cup. This was staged in South Africa for the first time at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit.
Read More »LONDON — LD Al Gurdon used 24 i-Pix BB4 LED 4-lite units on the 2009 BRIT Awards show at Earls Court. Special brackets allowed for two BB4s to be rigged together, and six of these “8-lite” units were positioned on the front truss, pointing into the audience.
Read More »LONDON — A 15-way Kinesys automation system was put into motion recently on the U.K. arena tour version of the TV hit, Strictly Come Dancing.
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DUBAI, UAE — A multimedia show for Zayed University, which was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, included more than 60 Clay Paky fixtures in the show designed by Gulf Arena.
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LONDON — Architainment supplied over 1,300 Philips SSL iColor Cove MX Powercore LED fixtures for an installation in the refurbished atrium of Tower 42, London’ s tallest building. Paul Croft Studios, in conjunction with Architects Design Partnership (ADP), refreshed the look of the main entrance and reception area with a new lighting scheme created by Light Bureau.
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JOHANNESBURG — Disney Theatrical’s musical, Beauty and the Beast, recently opened at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town from the Montecasino Teatro Theatre in Fourways, Johannesburg, where it was seen by more than 160,000. The lighting rig there included 42 Robe ColorWash and ColorSpot 700E AT moving lights.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Silk Road, a bar and restaurant built within a heritage-listed building, is operated and designed by Nick Zampelis and co-designed by architects Woods Bagot to inspire the ambience of a bygone era, but the lighting is strictly 21st century, with 77 LED fixtures from Anolis.
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