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JTE Truss Supports R&D for Rover’s Return Mission to Mars

Jet Propulsion Lab uses James Thomas Engineering

JTE Truss Supports R&D for Rover’s Return Mission to Mars

PASADENA, CA — A James Thomas Engineering 20.5” SuperTower system was used to construct a test stand at Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) in California for the return mission from Mars. The plates and gates of the tower system were employed to make all connections for the tower’s different levels. The test stand will be used to simulate the speeds of samples that have been jettisoned off Mars by the rover and returned to earth via an ascent rocket for detailed chemical and physical analysis.

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Adam Vidaurri

Zenith Lighting, Inc Names Adam Vidaurri as Chief Operating Officer

ORLANDO – FL, – In response to consecutive years of major growth and expanding capabilities, Zenith Lighting, Inc has named long time team member Adam Vidaurri as Chief Operating Officer of the nearly 30 year old event and stage lighting company. Vidaurri joined Zenith Lighting in 2010 and quickly moved into a Sales Manager role and then more recently into the role of General Manager for the company’s South Florida location.

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Glass Animals

Glass Animals Make Headlines at London’s Iconic Roundhouse with Jands Vista

UK – Lighting designer, Louisa Smurthwaite utilized the award-winning Jands Vista system to provide an elegant lighting design for hotly tipped Oxford indie rock band, Glass Animals’ recent biggest UK headline show at London’s iconic Roundhouse venue. Their latest album, How To Be A Human Being, was released in August to much critical acclaim, and their debut amassed over 200 million Spotify streams.

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High Output Inc. Keeps Claypaky Scenius Fixtures Busy on the Presidential Campaign Trail

LOS ANGELES – The 18 Claypaky Scenius fixtures recently acquired by the Canton, Massachusetts office of High Output Inc. for its rental inventory have hardly spent a moment on the shelves.  The moving head spotlights at the top of the Claypaky range experienced a busy general election season and continue to service many national broadcast and corporate projects.

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Moonbathers

Elation ACL 360 Bar™ Effects for Delain’s “Moonbathers” European Tour

NETHERLANDS – Apropos this November’s supermoon, which had celestial observers bathing in the moonlight of the largest full moon in years, Dutch symphonic metal band Delain is touring Europe this fall on a “Moonbathers” tour and using the versatile effects of Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Bar™ LED battens to complement the big-hook metallic rock show. Lighting designer on the tour is Nick van Balen

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Video wall at Dragão Stadium

Calibre plays at FC Porto, Dragão Stadium

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE, UK, – TAC (The Audiovisual Company) in Portugal has upgraded its media presentation rooms and main stadium LED displays at FC Porto, Dragão Stadium with Calibre LEDView720 and LEDView730 4K scalers. Eduardo Costa, General Technical Manager at TAC said: “We use Calibre to adapt input resolution to the main stadium LED Screens during live games or for digital signage at corporate events. The scalers have multiple output for local monitoring of live output feeds.”

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BMFLs Create Columns of Light

BMFLs Create Columns of Light to Celebrate Cesare Battisti

TRENTO, ITALY – Twelve Robe BMFL WashBeams were utilized by artist and lighting designer Mariano de Tassis in a breath-taking and installation at the mausoleum of Italian patriot and Irredentist Cesare Battisti in Trento, Italy. The installation was produced by Filmwork Factory to celebrate the centenary of the death of Battisti. The original idea of highlighting the mausoleum with 12 powerful beams shooting up into the night sky to match the 12 columns of the monument was Mariano’s himself, pitched to the Municipality of Trento.

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GLP Fixtures used to light Daimler stand in Hannover

RGB GMBH Puts Daimler Stand In The Right Light At IAA Commercial Vehicle Show

HANNOVER, De.  –: the Daimler AG booth was illuminated with the latest fixtures from GLP at the world’s most important trade fair for commercial transport and logistics, which took place in Hannover in late September. The world market leader in commercial vehicles presented 70 trucks, vans and buses from brands Mercedes-Benz, Fuso and Setra. The premieres were brought to life thanks to an impressive 144 GT-1 discharge lamp fixtures from GLP.

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Barco breaks the reality barrier, delivering the ultimate simulation experience in immersive training at I/ITSEC

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Barco, a global leader in visualization technology, will reveal its latest innovations in visualization and audio designed to power advanced simulation and training applications at I/ITSEC 2016. Visitors can see Barco’s new solutions in action at the world’s largest modeling, simulation, and training conference from November 28-December 2 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

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Tom Odell on tour

Wrong Crowd for Colour Sound

UK – Colour Sound Experiment is supplying lighting for the current Tom Odell tour, a lively mix of dynamics and style created by Jonny Gaskell who has been on-board with the popular singer / songwriter since April this year. The current touring campaign follows the launch of his second studio album, “Wrong Crowd”. The tour started earlier in the year and included a festival run, with this leg being the first full on production design tour carrying a full lighting rig … for which west London based Colour Sound made some new investments.

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Robert Juliat Merlin followspots focus their beams on the catwalk at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Focused Wizardry from Robert Juliat Merlin at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid

MADRID – Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid, is Spain’s biannual style statement for the international fashion stage, and a forum in which Robert Juliat’s Merlin followspots were able to work their magic. Entrusted with its high-profile lighting design, Citylight S.L., a leading Madrid-based rental, sales and installation company, boosted its lighting inventory with the purchase of four Robert Juliat Merlin followspots to ensure the country’s hottest fashion moments were bathed in light of the highest quality.

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ADJ To Hit The Road This Fall With Pop-Up Trade Show

LOS ANGELES – Following a hugely successful launch at LDI in Las Vegas last month, the ADJ team will be hitting the road this fall to give customers across the US the opportunity to see the company’s exciting new products firsthand. The latest leg of ADJ’s Road Tour will run from November 29 to December 15 and take the form of a ‘Pop-up Tradeshow!’ The tour will hit South Texas, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and New Jersey and the ADJ Team will visit two different locations on each day!

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