The name Leko is a contraction of the original manufacturer’s names, Joseph Levy and Edward F. Kook, founders of Century Lighting, which formed in 1929,… Read More »Nook’s Tidbits: The People Behind the Leko
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ORLANDO, FL –LMG, LLC, a national provider of video, audio, LED and lighting support, is pleased to announce plans to expand its current Orlando headquarters at 2350 Investors Row with a 50,000 square foot addition. Once complete, LMG’s headquarters will be 158,000 square feet. Construction will begin shortly and is slated for completion by February 2016.
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LAS VEGAS – LD Andrew Gumper and production company AG Production Services used 75 High End Systems Shapeshifter fixtures to frame the main stage entryway arches seen by the 140,000+ attendees of the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 19-21, 2015.
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LOS ANGELES — From the set of TV’s Dancing with the Stars to the live stage for the Move Live on Tour 2015, siblings Derek and Julianne Hough and their Move Dance team dazzled audiences across the U.S. in June, July and early August. LD Peter Morse specified a grandMA2-controlled rig that relies heavily upon new Clay Paky fixtures for the live production. VER supplied the console and Clay Paky fixtures, sourced via North American distributor A.C.T Lighting Inc.
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YELGUN, Australia – Wet and muddy conditions may have been less than ideal for concert-goers and crew attending the Splendour in the Grass Music & Arts Festival 2015, which took place July 24-26 in North Byron Parklands, but they proved a suitable testing ground for SGM’s range of IP65 LED ?xtures.
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NASHVILLE, Tn – Country star Thomas Rhett is out on tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The mutli-Platinum singer is currently lighting up the music charts with the Top 10 and climbing hit “Crash and Burn,” the first single of his upcoming album Tangled Up, slated for September 25th release.
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LONDON – The latest lighting company knocking on the door of Ayrton’s exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions Ltd, to purchase a number of Ayrton MagicBlade-Rs is TSL Lighting. As a company with an exceptionally diverse market that encompasses everything from dry hire through corporate events and concert touring productions to the burgeoning market of ‘special’ events, TSL is continually looking to be one step ahead in offering the very latest in innovation and performance.
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CLEVELAND, OH – Christie LCD flat panels and Christie Interactivity Kit are transforming how visitors learn about Cleveland, its history and its people at the Cleveland Digital Public Library. The library wanted a better way to promote its digital collection, which was limited to online viewing through the Digital Gallery, and realized it could highlight its collections on an interactive video wall and bring the material to life.
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LOS ANGELES – For Rush’s R40 tour, which ran from May 8 to Aug. 1, longtime LD Howard Ungerleider turned to Solotech for Philips Vari-Lite gear including VL4000 BeamWash, VL4000 Spot, VL3500 Wash FX and VL3500 Spot fixtures. He credited the VL4000 series in particular for their saturated color.
Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, introduces a new family of broadband, high power limiters that aid in protecting sensitive RF receivers and components such as LNAs that are in close proximity to high power signals.
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