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Frank Tillner Named COO at Osram Opto Semiconductors

Frank Tillner

Frank Tillner Named COO at Osram Opto Semiconductors

REGENSBURG, Germany — Frank Tillner has succeeded Elke Eckstein as chief operating officer. He will oversee chip and LED production plants in Regensburg and Penang, Malaysia. Tillner, 51, a native of Aachen, Germany, has many years of experience in semiconductor processes and production. Prior to Osram Opto Semiconductors, he served as senior vice president at Conergy AG.

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X Factor 2011

X Factor Rig Includes Martin Gear

PASADENA, CA – The American premiere of The X Factor took place Sept. 21 on Fox, and included auditions taped from live events staged across the U.S. The show featured a lighting design by Tom Kenny using a rig that included 40 Martin Professional MAC 2000 Wash XB moving heads and Martin LC Series LCD Panels. PRG supplied the gear.

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Pirate Voyage

Dolly Parton’s Pirates Voyage Attraction Relies on Rigging from J.R. Clancy

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – J.R. Clancy rigging products were used for Dolly Parton’s Pirates Voyage, an attraction featuring two life-sized pirate ships. There are 11 custom-built, variable speed drum hoists in the building, which had been used for Parton’s Dixie Stampede dinner theater from 1992 to 2010. J.R. Clancy’s Altus controller controls the hoists. Each has a 750-pound capacity and a top speed of 416 feet per minute.

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PLSN mobile device app

PLSN Launches App for Mobile Devices

LAS VEGAS — PLSN publisher Terry Lowe announced that users of Apple iOS or Android mobile devices can now download and start receiving PLSN on the go. “Now, no matter where you are, you can always be carrying around the latest issue,” Lowe said. “And you can get a copy the minute it comes off the press – no waiting until you get off the road.”

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High Resolution Systems Announces UDC 3.2.3

CLARKSTON, MI — High Resolution Systems LLC has announced UDC 3.2.3, a major new release for the UDC-400, the company’s software-based Universal Device Controller, used by companies involved with live event, staging and rental, worship, corporate industrial and broadcast markets.

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Trackspot Bolt

Trackspot Bolt from Barco/High End Systems

With Trackspot Bolt, the classic High End Systems Trackspot moving mirror fixture gets updated with a new LED lighting engine outputting over 3,000 lumens of white light. Other new features include rotating gobos, remote focus, anamorphic gobos and a wedged color wheel. The company also announced a trade-in program for the original Trackspots toward the purchase of the new version of the fixture, through the end of 2011.

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Acclaim Lighting AL-Control 1 Pro LED controller

Acclaim AL-Control 1Pro LED Controller

Acclaim Lighting’s  AL-Control 1 Pro LED controller, new to the U.S., combines the ability to control a variety of color changing effects and programmable scenes with a built-in clock for date and real-time scene triggering.  The U.S. version is the same as the European model introduced earlier, except it has a different panel size for single gang US junction box mounting.

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