GUANGZHOU — Milos Structural Systems conducted a two-day workshop at its factory here on Oct. 25-26 for a select group of customers from Indonesia, India, Singapore and China. The goal of the meeting was to present Milos Structural Systems, as well as its factory, products, and manufacturing processes. Educational sections of the workshop also served to inform Milos customers about using and working safely with Milos products.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — LD Martin Kuhn and Berlin’s NIYU media project lit a race track used by BMW at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September with nearly 900 Clay Paky fixtures. The setup included 115 Alpha Wash 1500s, 24 Alpha Spot 1500s, 25 Alpha Profile 1500s, 18 Alpha Beam 1500s, 28 Sharpys, 8 Sharpy Washes, 131 QWO 800 STs, 28 Alpha Wash 700s and 504 A.leda Wash K10s. Wuppertal, Germany-based Lleyendecker supplied the gear.
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Checkers Industrial Safety Products is now offering their new lightweight Grip Guard 3-Channel Cable Protectors with patent-pending Gripper Connectors. Weighing only 23 pounds, Grip Guard is up to 50 percent lighter than rubber 3-channel cable protectors and up to 33 percent lighter than other polyurethane 3-channel cable protectors. While lighter in weight, Grip Guard 3-Channel channel protectors are designed to maintain their strength and durability, making them well suited for entertainment venues and other applications.
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SYDNEY — The Sydney Opera House is using four Robert Juliat Cyrano 2500W HMI followspots for the Joan Sutherland Theatre (formerly known as the Opera Theatre). It’s the home venue for the Australian Ballet and Opera Australia.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — LD Carlos Gaber used 10 Robe LEDBeam 100s and four Robe CityFlex 48s along with other luminaires for a special event to launch the solo career of actress and singer Lali Espósito, at La Trastienda club here. Espósito, known simply as Lali, had performed as part of the pop group Teen Angels from 2007-2012. She released her first solo album, Lali, earlier this year.
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VERONA, Italy — Massimo Pascucci, lighting director for Mediaset, worked with a big rig for Gianni Morandi’s Oct. 7 and 8 concerts at the Verona Arena here. The rig for the sold-out shows centered on Clay Paky gear, including 200 Sharpys, 70 Sharpy Wash 330s and more than 60 Alpha Profile 1500s.
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Hosa Technology says its new USB-300 Series SuperSpeed USB 3.0 cables are up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0.
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IBIZA, Spain — Dave Singleton from The Shop Ibiza, who served as production manager for Ibiza’s BOOOM! Nightclub for the summer 2013 season, got Steve Warren from Avolites Media involved in the club’s ambitious visual design. Powered by a single Ai media server, the club offered guests multiple surface projections and LED screens.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — A multi-year touring production of the musical Wicked is slated to visit venues in the U.K. and Ireland into 2015 with visual support from Creative Technology (CT), which has also supported the musical production at London’s West End over a seven-year span.
Read More »NEW YORK — David Byrne and the cast of Here Lies Love, his musical about Imelda Marcos, including the time she spent in Tacloban, will be performing a concert adapted from the production to raise funds for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. It’s set for Nov. 25 at Terminal 5 in New York City. Proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders.
Read More »Field Template has released upgrades to its SoftSymbol packages of Altman, Altman striplights, Ayrton, grandMA consoles, High End Lighting, and Morpheus fixtures, for use in the Vectorworks environment. Designed by Steve Shelley, these upgrades include the latest equipment for all of these libraries. All six libraries include graphic SoftMaps and SoftData in PDF format. They also include Sam Jones’ fabulous Data Conversion macros, which convert all lighting elements from imperial to metric and back again in a single click. Full details about the upgrades and included fixtures and equipment after the jump.
For more details: www.fieldtemplate.com.
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