LITITZ, PA – Scott Nacheman and Charlie Fisher will be featured speakers at the Event Safety Alliance’s first Event Safety Summit, set to take place here in early December. They will offer their perspectives on the mechanical and operational failures that were implicated in the 2011 structure collapse at the Indiana State Fair, which killed seven and injured 58.
Read More »CINCINNATI, OH — USITT is accepting nominations through Dec. 15 for the Wally Russell Mentoring Award, to be presented here at USITT 2015 in March. Russell, a Canadian LD and TD, had leadership roles at University of Toronto, the National Ballet, Strand Lighting USA, Theatre Projects Consultants and the Los Angeles Opera before his death in 1993. Thern Stage Equipment, Philips Strand Lighting, and the Wally Russell Foundation are the award’s sponsors.
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LOS ANGELES – Shockwave Cargo added Tadd Samuelson to its team at the company’s LAX office location. In addition to his skills as a professional DJ, Samuelson brings experience in logistics operations leadership and project management.
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SERIATE, Italy and MUNICH, Germany — Osram completed its acquisition of Clay Paky on Oct. 13. All necessary approvals from the respective authorities have been granted regarding the acquisition. Also on Oct. 13, Pio Nahum assumed the role of CEO of Osram’s Clay Paky unit.
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NASHVILLE — Bandit Lites recently expanded its inventory of products from Chauvet Professional, including Nexus Aw 7×7 LED panels, Nexus 4×4 fixtures and Rogue R2 Beam fixtures. LD Chris Lisle used the Nexus Aw 7×7 LED panels for Miranda Lambert’s Platinum Tour, pictured here.
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LONDON — In addition to the Gottelier Award, given posthumously to Pasquale “Paky” Quadri, founder of Clay Paky, and accepted by Pio Nahum, pictured here, a number of manufacturers were honored for product innovation at PLASA 2014. They included (with products in parentheses) Clay Paky (Mythos), Elation (Sniper), Philips Vari-Lite (VL4000 Spot), Philips Strand Lighting (Emergency DMX Bypass Switch), GDS (ArcLamp), RC4 Wireless (DMX4dim Series 3), Neutrik (XIRIUM X) and Robe (BMFL). This year, the optional Gold Award was also presented, to LumenRadio for its CRMXchip. The awards ceremony was held Oct. 7, 2014.
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