CHAMP-PRÈS-FROGES FRANCE – Airstar has announced the appointment of Clément Guittet as Export Manager to strengthen its international presence. With 80% of its lighting turnover generated abroad, the company is focused on supporting and growing its global network.
LOS ANGELES – ADJ is proud to introduce the Element Series, a new collection of elegantly-designed battery powered, long distance wireless DMX (2,500ft/700M line of sight) par fixtures specifically created for up-lighting. Featuring models that utilize both quad color and hex color LEDs, as well as options with IP-rated weather-resistant construction, the Element Series covers every situation where up-lighting may be required.
JAKARTA – Earlier this year Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) held its annual dealers and distributors appreciation event in Jakarta, Indonesia. Creative Tech Jakarta selected an Analog Way Ascender 32-4K powerful seamless switcher, Vertige VRC300 premium remote controller and Pulse2 high-resolution mixer to facilitate dazzling multi-screen presentations for the two-day gathering. The event, which served as thank-you for business partners and a platform for 2017 marketing strategies, was held in the Bali Nusadua Convention Center.
BELGIUM – British lighting console and media server manufacturer, Avolites, has recently appointed Fairlight as the exclusive distributor of its lighting and video network control products in Belgium. The exclusive partnership, which took effect on the 1st of July, follows nearly two decades of successful collaboration between the two companies. Technical service in Belgium will be provided by Roadtech Services, Fairlight’s Technical Support in Belgium.
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish lighting designer Per Sundin relies on Hippotizer Media Servers to impress at prestigious annual music prize event held in the Stockholm Concert Hall. The Polar Music Prize is recognized as one of music’s most prestigious international honors and this year’s ceremony saw Hippotizer Media Servers playing a key part in Sundin Designers Sweden’s lighting and image display for the show.
EUROPE – Canadian singer / songwriter The Weeknd is currently rocking plenty of style and enjoying success, critical acclaim, multiple awards and several hits from his chart-topping third studio album ‘Starboy’ …. propelling him a long way from his underground roots and early anonymous mixtapes uploaded to You Tube in 2010. Lighting for 2017’s ‘Starboy Legend of the Fall’ tour has been designed by Sooner Routhier who picked Robe Spikie moving lights together with BMFL Spots and WashBeams to be at the heart of the rig.
MANCHESTER, UK – MDG was happy to see the students of London’s premier drama school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), taking full advantage of the capabilities of one of its ATMe haze generators during their recent production of Rona Munro’s Scuttlers.
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Harting has added a spring-loaded frame to the Han-Modular building block system, making it even easier and faster to create a modular connector that precisely fits each application.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Each year, PLSN honors regional lighting companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. PLSN readers – the people who actually work with these companies – get to decide who’s really the best. We are looking for your ideas on the best regional lighting production company in the U.S. and Canada. Let us know your faves (and, yes, you can nominate your own company).
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HAMBURG, GERMANY: Knight of illumination award-winning video designer Ben Miles has praised the Avolites Ai R6 media servers in their performance for festival opener Coldplay at the star-studded Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany, ahead of the annual G20 Summit. This year was the first time the event had been held in Europe – and featured performances by world-renowned superstars including Pharrell Williams, Shakira, Ellie Goulding, German superstars Herbert Gronemeyer and Andrea Bourani – all opened by multi-million selling British band Coldplay.
