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Tomcat USA Moves into New Manufacturing Facility

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Tomcat USA Moves into New Manufacturing Facility

KNOXVILLE, TN – Tomcat USA has moved into its new manufacturing facility and U.S. headquarters in Knoxville, TN. The new 50,000-plus square-foot facility at 5427 North National Drive will house manufacturing operations as well as design, sales and administrative staff. Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with Knox County officials lauded the move, which represents an investment of $2 million and the creation of 50 jobs.

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Litepanels at Plattsburgh State University

Litepanels Goes to School

PLATTSBURGH, NY – The students of the Communications Studies program at Plattsburgh State University recently unpacked new lighting destined for their upgraded production studio. Litepanels donated the lighting, which included Sola 6 focusable Fresnels and 1×1 panel lights.

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ILC Hosts Lex Product Seminar

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) is hosting a free Lex Products “Panel to Plug” seminar on Thursday, April 11. There are three sessions planned: 10 am, 1 pm and 3 pm. Lex Products’ Keith Wilkerson (territory sales manager) and Patrick O’Keefe (product manager) will discuss the complexities and changing power distribution needs of permanent installations and temporary show productions.

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Rosco Laboratories to acquire GAM Products

Rosco Labs to Buy GAM Products Inc.

STAMFORD, CT — Rosco Laboratories, Inc., based here, agreed to acquire the assets of Los Angeles-based GAM Products Inc. GAM, makers of GAMColor, GAM Patterns, Blackwrap, TwinSpin and other products, has been serving customers in the theatre and film community for more than 35 years. The acquisition promises to dramatically expand Rosco’s offerings to designers, technicians and artists.

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Most Las Vegas Cirque Shows Go Dark for World Water Day, March 22

LAS VEGAS — “We would like to reinvent fundraising night,” said Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to the Las Vegas Review Journal, explaining why six of the seven venues hosting Cirque productions went dark on Friday, March 22, at the height of Spring Break tourist season in Las Vegas. The day is designated “World Water Day” by the One Drop foundation, a charity Laliberte founded to save lives among the world’s poor with sustainable clean water and sanitation systems.

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ArKaos Forms ArKaos Pro Division

BRUSSELS – ArKaos is forming ArKaos Pro, a new division to serve the large-scale, professional level show and lighting projects which now dominate much of the ArKaos client base. The new division will operate alongside the existing ArKaos organization. ArKaos is officially making the announcement in April at the Prolight & Sound show in Frankfurt.

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One Direction

X-5 LED Strobes Provide Extra Flash for One Direction

LONDON – For One Direction’s Take Me Home world tour, the production team of Production North, Lite Alternative and Wigwam were brought in. They were to transform the cityscape arena concept of creative designer, Elizabeth Honan, into reality. Production designer Paul Normandale used 30 of SGM’s new X-5 white LED strobes for the first time to replace conventional xenon-driven devices.

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Maroon 5 tour rig includes Clay Paky Sharpy, grandMA2

Maroon 5 “Overexposed” Tour Rig Includes Clay Paky Sharpys, grandMA2

LOS ANGELES – Maroon 5’s Overexposed tour of North America includes Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, which are used as a wall of light upstage of the LED screens; when the screens rotate, 144 Sharpys are revealed. Production designer/artistic director Demfis Fyssicopulos credited the grandMA2 console used for the tour, not just to control the Sharpys, but also “a plethora of media servers and custom Control Freak Systems solutions.”

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