BLACKPOOL, U.K. – Robe moving lights are playing a key role in the installed artwork, "Brilliance." The £3.5 million artwork consist of six aluminum-clad arches traversing Birley Street in the downtown area and lit by fixtures arranged along surrounding streets. The light show takes place every 10 minutes.
Read More »NEW YORK – The By Design Day fundraising event for Behind the Scenes and Light Relief in the U.K. will return in 2010, with support once again from lighting designers Paule Constable, Ken Billington and Ken Posner, along with Light Relief's co-founder, Rick Fisher.
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Robert S. Barber, president and CEO of BMI Supply, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. He was 54 years old. BMI Supply noted that Barber took great pride in serving his customers and pledged to continue operating with the same customer service and business principles.
Read More »Several popular brands of moving lights have a mode that allows the fixture to move faster than normal. You might ask why they don't just… Read More »Synchronize Automated Lighting Fixture Modes
Read More »COLOGNE, Germany – coolux GmbH, opened offices recently in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which are operated by a newly-formed business unit, coolux China Limited, which aims to serve the growing market for projection and digital signage in the region.
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PENANG, Malaysia – More than two years after breaking ground in 2007, Osram Opto Semiconductors has completed the construction and process-testing phases for its 377,000 square foot LED chip production plant here. Regular production of LED chips has now commenced.
Read More »SANTA CLARA, CA – Element Labs announced a partnership with two parts and repair firms: LightParts (Austin, Texas) and Lighting Hospital (Bristol, U.K.). Customers in the Americas and Asia will be serviced by LightParts and those in Europe, Mid-East and Africa (EMEA) will be supported by Lighting Hospital.
Read More »UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB has named JB-Lighting of Germany as the latest OEM partner to build W-DMX into their products. The technology will be installed at JB-Lighting headquarters in Blaustein-Wippingen, Germany and will include the JBLED moving head product line.
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BOLOGNA, Italy – Music Gate, a singing contest on Italian TV that is staged weekly at the Antoniano Theatre and broadcast on RAI Gulp, is being lit with Robe's Robin 300E Spot moving light fixtures, chosen by LD Giulio Palaferri.
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LONDON – HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the recent U.K. tour for the band White Lies, which relied upon a primarily white and near-white looks created by LD Chris Megginson.
Read More »PHILADELPHIA – Niles Creative Group used the 10-million pixel Barco LED wall at the indoor Comcast Experience to a new dimension for Comcast's 2009 Christmas Spectacular, producing the world's first daylight-viewable 3D experience.
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KANSAS CITY, MO – Rick McConnell, owner of XS Lighting, had been interested in LED alternatives to incandescent bulbs when the technology first emerged in the 1990s. So it was natural for him to try and heed the call from Mariner Kemper, chairman and CEO of UMB Financial Corporation, to "go green" and use more energy-efficient options.
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