DUBLIN – Management at the newly-rebuilt Aviva Stadium, a 50,000-seat venue that hosts rugby, soccer and other events, were a bit apprehensive about using LumenRadio's CRMX RDM wireless system to control eight Syncrolite 7K Xenon fixtures during the sold-out Magners League rugby game. But show manager Rob Jones at Gorilla Design confirmed that "the entire event went off without a hitch."
Read More »NEW ORLEANS – Big Screen Ventures, a new company that rents Barco B-10 mobile LED video screens for events and festivals, opened at 4300 Clio Street in downtown New Orleans, where it shares space with sibling companies RZI Lighting and Red Carpet Searchlights. The group of companies also recently purchased a larger warehouse to store their gear.
Read More »Panamax/Furman announced that Dave Keller, the company's senior vice president of sales and marketing, has been named as chairman of the Manufacturer's Group (MG) of the Independent Professional Representatives Organization (IPRO), a non-profit professional sales representative organization.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY – J.R. Clancy named Larry Eschelbacher director of engineering. Before his promotion, Eschelbacher served as the company's manager of controls engineering.
Read More »PACOIMA, CA – TMB named Kevin Woods to its global customer development group. Based out of TMB UK in London, Woods' role will be to maintain existing and establish new customer relationships, plus develop the markets for TMB products.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Visual Terrain, Inc. named Lisa Passamonte Green president and CEO. Her appointment follows the recent departures of Jeff Ravitz and Dawn Hollingsworth from the company.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – Mega Systems, Inc. named Rich Anders south central territory sales manager, serving sales representatives and dealers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Neutrik USA opened a new 25,000-square-foot headquarters facility Jan. 3, 2011. The company also assigned Fred Morgenstern, Thomas Chudyk, Chris Neethling and Gina Rider to new posts.
Read More »SECAUCUS, NJ – Rose Brand named Ernesto Gomez project manager of digital printing. He will be working with the Rose Brand sales team to serve existing customers and develop new business.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – Logan Productions, Inc. named Charles D. Craun director of production services. Craun has more than 25 years of lighting and production design experience in both theater and corporate environments.
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AUSTIN, TX – LightParts named Alex Ocampo head of repairs and parts sales for Martin Professional products. Ocampo has several years experience with various brands of automated lighting fixtures and consoles, and also speaks fluent Spanish. He will also oversee martinparts.com and LightParts' in-house network and IS duties. He can be reached at alexo [at] lightparts.com.
Read More »DUBAI, UAE – The Al Laith Group launched its Site Services division, which will work with the company's scaffolding and event services operations, headed by Paul Richardson, to supply toilets, offices and general purpose cabins for all types of events.
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