SYRACUSE, NY —Two J. R. Clancy employees, Bridget Cox and Patric Finn, have been promoted within the company. Cox is now the company’s Director of Project Management, and Finn has added Product Development to his responsibilities.
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PONTIAC, MI – Detroit-area club owner/promoter Amir Daiza recently launched Elektricity, a new venue focusing exclusively on electronic music with live appearances by local and international artists. Elation Professional lighting is featured in the club, including the new Platinum Beam 5R moving head as the venue’s signature light.
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LONDON – Green Hippo has appointed Justin Fitzpatrick as the new Technical Sales Manager for Asia. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Fitzgerald comes with broad experience including positions as Sales Director for a UK based Nurse Call system and Creative Director for advertising agency in Kuala Lumpur, plus 10 years as a Producer and Creative director for clients around Asia including Montblanc and Louis Vuitton.
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DE MEERN, Netherlands – Mojo Barriers has extended their global distribution network further by appointing Norwegian security firm Vaktvesenet AS as their official distributor of its stage barriers. This means that Norwegian clients now have access to the full range of Mojo products including aluminum stage barriers, gates, exits, corners and bar barriers.
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UXBRIDGE, MA – Morgan Crane has joined event production company Blackstone Productions as Director of Sales and Marketing. Crane’s 20 years of sales and marketing experience most recently included senior positions for Projection Presentation Technology at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center.
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AMSTERDAM — Integrated Systems Europe set a new record for number of exhibitors — 825, up 15 percent from the year before, with close to 200 new exhibitors, and overall attendance — 40,869, up 17 percent from the year before, for the AV and electronic systems integration trade event that occupied 11 halls of the Amsterdam RAI from Jan. 31-Feb 2. Other new records include total floor space (about 323,000 square feet) and registrants for the pre-show conference and educational sessions (more than 2,000 for the first time.)
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CALGARY, Alberta – Johnson Systems Inc.’s new DPC-12 and DPC-24 Digital Pack Controllers (DPC?s) for CD80 Portable Packs and Compact Rolling Racks are direct plug-in… Read More »JSI DPC-12 and DPC-24 Digital Pack Controllers
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AUSTIN, TX – For 20 years, Production Designer Manfred Voss has been with the popular German TV game show, “Wetten, dass..?” (translating as “Wanna bet that…?”) which counts on ordinary people performing outlandish tasks for its entertainment value. Voss chooses the Road Hog Full Boar to control up to 16 SHOWPIX pixilation luminaires and
12 SHOWGUN 2.5 automated luminaires for its broadcasts on ZDF TV throughout Europe.
ASHFORD, UK – UK rental company Visual Elements has upgraded 100 Chroma-Q Color Block DB4 LED Fixtures in its inventory to the new Color Block Plus Replacement Engine. The new engine offers more than two and a half times the light output – 750 lumens – of the original Color Block DB4 (290 lumens) with the internal switch set to full power. The newest installation of the Color Block Plus DB4 LED fixtures is at the Roundhouse.
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LONDON – XL Video supplied the UK leg of Kasabian’s recent “Velociraptor!’ world tour with a camera and PPU system, media server control, projection and scenic Barco MiStrip LED elements. Video director Paul “Eggy” Eggerton and engineer Wolfgang “Wolfie” Schram worked on the IMAG looks, while set was a collaboration between LD Nick Gray and the band’s creative dirctor Aitor Throp.
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