International News

MUNICH  — Exactly 100 years to the day after ARRI’s inception, the film technology company held an exclusive centenary celebration for select guests at the Isarforum of Munich’s famed Deutsches Museum. On September 12, 2017, ARRI’s Executive Board and members of the Stahl family, the company’s owners, welcomed around 100 guests, including long-standing clients, partners, and companions from the global film industry. Pictured here, from left, are Franz Kraus (ARRI), Bavaria’s Minister of Media Ilse Aigner, Mayor of Munich Josef Schmid, Moderator Nina Eichinger, and Dr. Joerg Pohlman (ARRI).

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MUNICH – When one of Germany’s top lighting designers for broadcast, Thomas Gerdon, needed a multi-purpose luminaire to fulfil a number of roles for a major product presentation in TV show format, he looked no further than Elation’s hybrid Platinum FLX™ luminaire. “It was a quick decision to choose the FLX for the job,” says Gerdon, who has called the luminaire one of the best hybrids on the market and is well familiar with its multi-functional abilities.

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LENGWIL, Switzerland -Laserworld has a new feature on its website that is designed to make it easier for existing and potential customers to find the lasers that suit their needs.

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WALES – S+H Technical Support provided substantial quantities of its LED starcloth product to production designer Sid Scott of Scott Callaghan Art Production for the 2017 National Eisteddfod of Wales. The 9-day event was staged in a large field near Bodedern on Ynys Môn (the Isle of Anglesey), around 8 miles from Caergybi (Holyhead) and approximately 20 miles from Bangor on mainland Wales.

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LONDON – GLP arrives at this year’s PLASA Show riding the crest of a wave. The burgeoning UK operation, now under the stewardship of the experienced Simon Barrett and David Stewart, will be presenting a portfolio of unique LED and hybrid solutions. These have captured the imagination of designers worldwide over the past year, and their attributes can be seen in regular interactive lightshows choreographed by leading LD (and 2017 KOI nominated LD) Tom Campbell, who has been using quantities of GLP’s X4 Bars on tour with Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, while GLP products will also feature heavily on singer-songwriter Nick Mulvey’s upcoming tour.

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NEWPORT, RI – For the 20^th annual IYRS Gala, a fundraiser for the International Yacht Restoration School, which has campuses in Newport and Bristol, RI, Megan Alksninis lit the school’s Newport campus for the gala dinner and auction before turning up the visual heat with rock show looks for Kool and the Gang, the featured entertainers for the evening.

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HAARLEMMERMEER, The Netherlands –  Twenty of Robe’s new MegaPointe fixtures were used for the Main Stage at Mysteryland 2017, one of the Netherlands’ best established and most popular dance music extravaganzas. The MegaPointes were part of an impressive production lighting design by Sander den Otter from T-MINUS Design for the two-day event staged at Haarlemmermeer, a nature reserve just outside Amsterdam on Aug. 26-27.

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DUBAI, UAE – Prolyte Group will exhibit at the Prolight + Sound Middle East, set to take place Oct. 17-19 in Dubai, UAE. Prolyte will be showcasing its Verto truss and debuting the BGR70 truss. Visitors are invited to visit stand #4-E32 for a personal demonstration.

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LONDON – When it comes to some of the biggest names in the business, performing at some of the largest stadiums and venues across the globe, MDG know a thing or two about providing the perfect haze and atmosphere – for both the lighting and the artists. 

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LONDON – Ayrton continues its 15th anniversary celebrations with the launch of new products at the 40th PLASA London show where it will exhibit on Stand K32 alongside its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions. Featured products include the Ghibli, MiniPanel-FX (pictured here) and Merak.

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BERLIN – Since 1997, Berlin’s “Stars in Concert” at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center has brought a wide range of musical theatre acts to over four million spectators, making it one of the most successful live shows in Germany’s history. To provide a permanent wash lighting solution to the long-running “Stars in Concert” series, which features shows such as the Beatles’ “All you need is Love” and “Elvis Das Musical,” the Estrel Festival Center recently added 18 Rogue R2 Wash and 10 COLORado 1 Quad Zoom fixtures from CHAUVET Professional, supplied by Fischer.

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LONDON – Robe will be back in London at Olympia for the 2017 PLASA exhibition – which sees the event and the organization celebrating 40 years at the forefront of the vibrancy and innovation of the entertainment technology industry. Robe’s focus will be on its just launched MegaPointe all new multi-purpose moving light (pictured here)…globally launched just 10 days ahead of PLASA … which is its first international trade show.

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