OSTEND, Belgium – XL-Technologies, a Belgium-based LED sales and solutions company, has been formed. It has been set up to offer LED technologies for a variety of shows, events, displays, art and installations and will also serve as worldwide distributor of the Pixled LED brand. The new company will be led by Koen Bossuyt.
ANAHEIM, CA – Coemar Infinity Wash XL fixtures are playing a key role in Star Wars: In Concert. Show Director and designer Steve Cohen is deploying 42 Infinitys as the main wash lights for the show's 86-piece symphony orchestra, according to Cohen's associate production designer, Seth Jackson.
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NEW ORLEANS – RZI Lighting and Barco/High End Systems held an open house Dec. 9-10 at the New Orleans Scottish Rite Temple. The event featured a range of lighting and projection products including DL.3s, Showgun 2.5s, Studio Beams, and the brand new Cyberlight 2.0.
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TOKYO and SINGAPORE – Robert Juliat opened two new branches recently, in Tokyo and Singapore. The company also named Masaaki Segawa president of Robert Juliat Japan and Jamie Boey branch manager in Singapore, which will also serve customers in China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and India.
Read More »LONG ISLAND CITY, NY – I. Weiss congratulated project manager Lauren Duffy on her recent ETCP certification, and announced that all of its rigging division supervisors have now been certified by ETCP.
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COQUELLES, France – Coquelles near Calais, France, is known for its terminal for the Channel Tunnel connecting the U.K. and France. The City Council of Coquelles decided to update the look of one of its key commercial streets – Avenue Charles de Gaulle – with a lighting scheme using LED fixtures from Anolis.
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NEW YORK – Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) teamed with technical producers Production Glue to deliver an understated look for the Guggenheim Museum's first annual Art Awards.
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QUEBEC – Ambiances Lighting & Visual Design's Aurora Borealis, a lighting project that will be setting the façade of grain silos in the old port area of Quebec City aglow through 2013, is using fixtures from architectural lighting manufacturer Iluminarc.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Gearhouse South Africa's Cape Town branch supplied staging, lighting, audio, LED and technical crew to Out The Box Productions for the annual "Switching on of The Festive Lights" on and around Adderley Street.
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SYDNEY – LSC's Clarity lighting control software and VX20 wing were used for the main stage, called The Musik Haus, at Oktoberfest 2009, a five-stage event put on by ARC, organizers of student events at the University of New South Wales, which was attended by close to 8,000 students.
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PITTSBURGH – W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB was used for the lighting effects, lasers, strobes and video projections at the Pittsburgh 250 Three Rivers Regatta held last summer. The event included the F-1 ChampBoat Series competition, a concert by Soul Asylum and a fireworks and laser display.
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WASHINGTON, DC – General Dynamics' two booths at the U.S. Army's exhibition, AUSA 2009, spanned an aisle and included two tank-sized demonstrators weighting more than 45,000 pounds. The booths, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, were designed by H.B. Stubbs Companies (HBS) with a production package provided by Production Resource Group (PRG).
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