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ADJ USA Expands Sales Team with Appointment of Luis Fermin

Luis Fermin

As part of its ongoing commitment to excellence in customer care, entertainment lighting equipment manufacturer ADJ has expanded its sales team in the United States with the appointment of Luis Fermin as Technical Sales Support. Bringing to the role a wealth of knowledge and experience, Fermin will strengthen the existing team, providing valuable technical support to customers both before and after orders are placed.Read More »ADJ USA Expands Sales Team with Appointment of Luis Fermin

Master FX and Volt Lites Announce New Partnership

Master FX and Volt Lites, a premier lighting and production rental company in Burbank, CA, have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing the accessibility of Master FX Fluids on the West Coast. The partnership creates a more efficient shipping network that will reduce delivery times and costs for customers in the region. By leveraging each other’s expertise and resources, Master FX and Volt Lites will be able to provide customers with exceptional service and support.Read More »Master FX and Volt Lites Announce New Partnership

Robe in the Spot-Light

Left to right: Lighting Technician Asbjorn Hemmingsen, Project Manager Ben Cooper, Workshop Manager Mike Skinner and Head of Lighting Production, Matthew Tong. Photo by Louise Stickland

Auckland based Spot-Light Systems – now part of the NEP Live Group – is among New Zealand’s leading lighting live show and event rental companies, and one that has continued to invest in Robe moving lights as the country emerged from the pandemic, adding 24 MegaPointes, 12 Tarrantulas to their existing fleets, and for the first time, 20 ESPRITES joined the inventory.Read More »Robe in the Spot-Light

Ayrton Appoints Topstage—and a Familiar Face—as its New, Exclusive Distributor for Sweden

Linnea Ljungmark forms Topstage and becomes Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Sweden

Ayrton announces the appointment of Topstage—and a familiar face—as its new, exclusive distributor for Sweden. Linnea Ljungmark will be leaving her position as Ayrton Regional Sales Manager to form a new company, Topstage, which will become the new Ayrton distributor for Sweden from Monday April 3, 2023.Read More »Ayrton Appoints Topstage—and a Familiar Face—as its New, Exclusive Distributor for Sweden

NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More

In recent years, NicLen has successively expanded its inventory of Cameo fixtures. Today, all of the manufacturer’s major series are part of the portfolio of the leading dry hire provider. Recently, NicLen GmbH and NicLen UK—as an independent offshoot in the UK—have once again stepped up and invested in large numbers of the Cameo S4 IP LED softlights, the new OTOS® models SP6 (Profile Spot) and B5 (Beam Moving Head) as well as the compact spot moving head AZOR S2.Read More »NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More

Making Platforms Fly

PLSN spoke with TAIT’s Paul Sapsis, Technical Director about the flying system and TAIT’s work on the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna. “We did a lot of very conventional work to do a very unconventional thing, said Sapsis. “Think of the system, essentially as a theatrical counterweight system driven by closed loop counterweight assist winches. Then to deploy that system theatrically, we laid out points like riggers and then built trusses into the roof itself for our sheave points and for where we had to do field rigging, essentially making their grid into a theatrical grid. We had eight points per platform. Eight points, four lines a side. Then we replicate the geometry that we hit on the platform with the rig in the air.”

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