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SECAUCUS, NJ– Our customers often wonder how to clean their curtains, cycs and nettings, and so we created a blog article to instruct them. The article describes how cleaning is important to maintain the look of soft goods products, but also to maintain their flame retardancy. When dealing with natural fiber fabrics (cotton, cotton/poly blends, linen, jute, silk) dry cleaning is a good option since it will help preserve the flame resistant qualities of treated fabric. However, the effectiveness of the FR chemical may diminish with each session of dry cleaning.

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[caption id="attachment_272517" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Robe Team[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – Robe enjoyed an action-packed LDI expo in Las Vegas, this year all the more memorable for collecting a coveted 2016 Parnelli award in the ‘Indispensable Lighting Technology’ category for the hugely successful BMFL WashBeam luminaire. Robe highlighted two brand new products for the first time at a U.S. exhibition – the Spiider LED wash beam – “the next big thing” from the Czech manufacturer, and Halo, an ingenious new LED ‘pixel technology’ device. Also new was the Spikie, a small, super-fast LED wash beam.

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LAS VEGAS – On the show floor at LDI today, Rosco Laboratories presented a check for $4,500 from the sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes, the charity that assists entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury. This year’s contribution brings the total contributions from Roscolux #359 to BTS to $21,000.

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CHICAGO — Prysm, a new two-story nightclub in Chicago, features a lighting design by Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting that makes use of fixtures from Chauvet Professional, including Rogue R1 and R2 Wash fixtures and Strike 324 LED strobes.

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DALLAS – InLight Gobos’ new mobile friendly website, inlightgobos.com, promises faster, easier navigation and ordering through mobile devices. The site gives users access anywhere at… Read More »InLight Gobos Updates Website with Mobile-Friendly Features

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LAS VEGAS – At Hakkasan Group’s Jewel nightclub, which opened this year within the Aria Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Dublin- and London-based Audiotek designed a lighting rig that includes Robe Pointe, DLX Spot and ColorStrobe fixtures.

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LAS VEGAS – Doughty Engineering, based in Ringwood, Hampshire, U.K> and Mount Juliet, TN, will be featuring its new Articulated Carriage at the LDI show this week. Visitors to stand 1946 will see the new product which Doughty has added to its Studio Rail 60 range and which has been designed with film, tv and theater in mind.

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[caption id="attachment_272475" align="alignnone" width="571"]Syncrolites frame Roger Waters in the desert[/caption]

INDIO, CA –– Desert Trip, a two-weekend, six-day extravaganza that ran from Oct. 7-9 and 14-16, featured top rockers including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters, and the Who. The event was produced by Goldenvoice, the company that runs Coachella and is owned by AEG, and took place on the same festival grounds, making the festival’s nickname, “Oldchella,” all but inevitable, given the average age of the rock legends performing there, most of whom started their careers in music more than 50 years ago. Syncrolite noted how its fixtures were used for Roger Waters’ visual design.

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IRVINE, CA — Jimmy Buffett’s “I Don’t Know Tour” ran from April 16 to Oct. 22 and featured a lighting design from LD Steve Hoover, who had designed and directed Buffett’s shows for years. On this trek, Bandit Lites supplied a rig that included Martin MAC 2000 Washes and MAC Auras, Vari*Lite VL 3000 and VL2500 Spots, Philips Showline SL Nitro LED strobes and GLP impression X4 S LED fixtures, with a grandMA1 Full for control.

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LAS VEGAS – Zylight, a provider of LED lighting solutions, was named the exclusive distributor of the LDDE line of theatrical and specialty lighting in North and South America. Manufactured in Austria and known for high output and pinpoint control, LDDE lighting instruments are used at many of Europe’s theaters and opera houses. Co-exhibiting with distribution partner USHIO, Zylight will showcase the LDDE product line during LDI 2016 at booth 2329.

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LAVEEN, AZ — For the World Classic Rockers’ recent show performing hits from the late 1960s through the 1980s at the Corona Ranch and Rodeo Grounds outside of Phoenix, John Garberson, owners of Creative BackStage, deployed fixtures from Chauvet Professional including Rogue R2 washes, Maverick MK2 Spots and Strike 4 fixtures. The band performed on a Stageline 260 stage.

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LAS VEGAS —Christie is participating at LDI (Oct. 21-23) with presentations at its LDI booth on the exhibition floor. The company also sponsored the “Pixel & Projection Mapping Summit,” a seminar that took place Oct. 19-20 and focused on the difference between pixel and projection mapping techniques.

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