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Solotech Announces Shareholder Shift

MONTREAL — Francois Menard, president and shareholder of Solotech, recently announced shifts among its shareholders. Denis Lefrancois, co-president and one of the main architects of Solotech from its beginnings in 1977, has departed, along with a major Quebec-based institutional investor. In their place are three new strategic financial partners for the company: Claridge, Capital Regional et Cooperatif Desjardins and Investissement Quebec.

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LSC Releases APS Distro

LSC’s APS (Advanced Power System) power distribution unit is designed to remove the problems caused by the large in-rush and earth-leakage currents common with modern switch-mode power supplies found in audio amplifiers, intelligent lights, video-walls and LED fixtures, resulting in unwanted breaker trips.

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Rasmus Mogensen Named Martin Regional Support Manager, Asia

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional named Rasmus Mogensen regional support manager, Asia. He is based at Martin’s Singapore office. Mogensen had previously served as a regional support manager and in field service technician for Martin Scandinavia. He will now lead Martin Singapore’s service department and report to Jonas Stenvinkel, managing director of Martin Singapore.

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Jonas Stenvinkel Named Head of Martin Professional Asia Pacific

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional named Jonas Stenvinkel head of Martin Professional Asia Pacific. Stenvinkel, who previously served as sales director of EMEA North, will work from Harman’s base in Singapore. He will lead Martin’s sales and service staff in the Singapore and Asia region and report to Thomas Marcher, director of sales at the Harman Professional Regional Sales Office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Kanye West Tour, Disrupted by Truck Accident, Resumes

PHILADELPHIA — Kanye West’s elaborate, multi-truck Yeezus tour, launched Oct. 19, was disrupted by a highway accident involving a truck carrying custom truss made by SGPS/ShowRig for the production’s 60-foot-diameter LED screen. The truck had been en route to a Halloween show in Vancouver, BC.

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Pete's Big TVs supplied the LED video display for Twitter's IPO launch day.

Pete’s Big TVs Enhances Twitter IPO for NYSE

NEW YORK CITY – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs went to Wall Street to help Twitter open the New York Stock Exchange and launch its IPO offering on Nov. 7, 2013. Says Pete’s Big TVs VP Guy Benjamin, “We were contacted by production manager Michael Ahern with a week’s notice to supply LED video display of Twitter’s logo and Twitter feed for their big IPO launch day, when they began publicly trading on the stock market.”

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Bandit Helps Light the ‘Fuse’ for Keith Urban and Yahoo

NASHVILLE, TN – On Sept. 6, Keith Urban launched his seventh album, Fuse, with a live performance that was streamed across the globe.  The concert was a part of the Yahoo! Music’s Ram Country and took place in downtown Nashville.  Lit by LD Victor Fable and programmed by Susan Rose with support from Mark Carver, Andy York and Buddy Lunn, the team worked with Bandit Lites to transform Cumberland Park into the appearance of a full tour production.

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Mega-Lite N-E Color FX18

The Mega-Lite N-E Color FX18 is the latest LED wall wash unit from the company.  It features 18 3-watt LEDs and offers individual control of each LED.  The lenses of the fixture are set to a narrow to medium beam angle of 25?.  The fixture is 40″ long and weighs in at 8 pounds with no fans for silent operation.  There are 3 modes of DMX operation for any level of control desired as well as built-in presets.  It comes with 3-pin XLR for data and a PowerCon in and pass through for power.

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