LERMA, Mexico – Elation Professional opened a new distribution center facility near Mexico City The facility, located near ransportation services in the town of Lerma, just outside of Mexico City, is headed by Abraham Levit and John Lopez, who will manage Elation Professional’s sales rep network in Mexico as international sales manager.
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NETHERLANDS – Belgium-based Painting with Light supplied lighting and video design for the current Stage Entertainment revival of the 1970s musical ‘Hair’ which is currently touring the Netherlands. Luc Peumans and his team provided a visual complement to Carla Janssen-Höfelt’s scaffolding-based set design
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ORLANDO, FL – Christie’s Mystique Install software, which promises to simplify the process of creating large-scale visual experiences, will be demonstrated at the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2016 from Nov. 15-18 in Orlando, FL. Christie Mystique is a suite of software, hardware, and services.
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AARHUS, Denmark—Martin by Harman announced the next leg of its “Enlightenment on the Road” demo tour. After successful runs in May and August, the tour will now visit seven cities in the eastern U.S. from Nov. 29-Dec. 14. Starting in Cleveland OH, the tour continues to Pittsburgh PA, Boston MA, Weehawken NJ, DC/Baltimore Area, Charlotte NC, and ends in Orlando, FL.
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AUSTIN, TX -– Production designer Tobias Rylander created a dynamic and versatile light show for Texas post-rock five-piece, Explosions in the Sky, using 16 of GLP’s X4 Bar 20 LED battens. Knowing these could be used to create big fields of light from an economical package, the designer sourced the fixtures from vendors, VER.
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BANGKOK, Thailand – The Road to Ultra Festival took place in Thailand for the third consecutive summer in 2016. A Milos roof was used to cover a 52 meter wide stage for the EDM festival, which is affliated with the Ultra Music Festival in Florida. The project used M390L (QTL) truss, which supported hundreds of video tiles, two 4x4x2 meter video screens, two 4x2x2 meter video screens, one 5 x 3 meter video screen, as well as additional lights and P.A.
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MDG’s Me8, featured at LDI last month, is the “monster” of the Me Series, with eight nozzles that can pump out a massive 800 cubic meters of fog per minute.
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LAS VEGAS and DUBAI – Within a two week window, Area Four Industries was present at two important exhibitions on two continents – LDI in Las Vegas and Prolight & Sound Middle East in Dubai. When LDI opened its doors on Oct. 21, 2016, the Lighting and Sound Industry was introduced to the newest force in truss and support structures: Area Four Industries America. In addition to MILOS and LITEC truss being represented at the Area Four Industries America booth, the new 8:1 EXE-RISE hoists and EXE Load Cell from EXE Technology were on display.
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LAS VEGAS – Sponsored by High End Systems, the 2016 Hog Factor National Collegiate Lighting Show Programming Competition was held at the recent LDI exhibition in Las Vegas. The contest was very close this year, with Webster University’s team The Fauxtons ultimately winning the competition on Friday, October 21st. The Fauxtons team of Josh Murphy, Natali Arco and Jon Ontiveros competed against The HOG Hushers from Carnegie Mellon University and Los Monos de Muerte from Southern Methodist University in the second annual contest.
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AMHERST, NY – Calibre named Stampede as its distribution partner for Calibre HQView switchers, LEDView switcher-scalers for LED displays and HQUltra scaler-switchers for rental staging.
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BURBANK, CA – ARRI promoted Sebastien Laffoux to director of sales, camera systems. In this new role, Laffoux will oversee the camera sales team for North America with regional representatives based in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Laffoux reports to Glenn Kennel, president of ARRI Inc.
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Chauvet Professional’s Rogue R3 Wash features 37 15-watt RGBW LEDS which can produce 21,000 lux at 5 meters when operating at 12⁰ zoom.
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