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LAS VEGAS — Entertainment Labor Force, dba ELF Labor, named John C. “5ive” McInnis as director of operations of the company’s Las Vegas office.  McInnis brings 20 years of experience in large theatrical and rock arena installations to the company. He has previously handled staffing, project management and production support and labor.

ASHLAND, VA — Milos America has relocated its corporate offices and warehouse. The 18,000 square-foot facility handles sales and support for North, Central and South America. The address is: 10520 Lakeridge Parkway, Suite A, Ashland, VA 23005; Phone: 800.411.0065, Fax: 800.411.0165.

SPLIT, Croatia — Six Robert Juliat follow spots were used at the 21st World Handball Championships held here recently — two 1200W RJ Korrigans, two 1200W RJ Super Korrigans and two 1800W RJ Victors. The championship also helped open the 28,500-square-meter Spaladium Arena, which seats 12,000.  Rhino Production supplied the gear.

Martin’s Maxxyz Modules is a lighting controller system based on a series of modules that can be used in different combinations to create a custom console to fit individual needs. Five modules are available to build a custom console or can be used with Maxxyz PC™, Maxxyz™ or Maxxyz Compact™.

WINSTON SALEM, NC — Christian artist Chris Tomlin’s “Hello Love” tour is playing arenas across the U.S. into 2010, lit by MAC III Profiles and other fixtures spec’d by Jon Weir of production company and lighting supplier Majestic Productions Inc., Summitville, Ind.

NEW YORK — G-Star Raw’s fashion show for its fall 2009 collection, part of the Mercedes Benz Fall 2009 Fashion Week, was lit by Scharff Weisberg. The event was staged by Sightline Productions and Dizon Inc. in New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

LAS VEGAS — Corporate extravaganzas may be less extravagant these days, but people still enjoy a good party. The creative challenge for the party-givers is to do just as much — or more — with less.

WARSAW, IN — The Da-Lite Design Center is for projects requiring custom projection screens, and also features the screen company’s line of wood products, including media work stations, lecterns and equipment rack carts.

BRONX, NY — Yankee Stadium opened the season with the latest HD Diamond Vision™ display in center field from Mitsubishi Electric, which has been providing LED video displays for the team since 1983 and for major league baseball since 1980. The screen features 1080 resolution from more than eight million LEDs (light-emitting diodes) for replays, updates from around the league and messaging.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Wybron’s Gel Swatch Library Version 1.3, which has nearly 1,000 gel colors, now features Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) graphs five times larger than the app’s previous graphs, revealing color details for lighting production professionals.