WENDLINGEN, Germany – Harman Professional Solutions announced that Lightpower will distribute Martin’s stage lighting products in Germany and Austria. Harman’s own team will concentrate on business development of audio, video and other lighting products in Germany and Austria.
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LumenRadio, world leaders in reliable wireless DMX, announces the availability of the RDMchip – the world’s smallest wireless RDM receiver. TiMo just got a baby brother – the RDMchip. RDMchip has all the features of a TiMo RX crammed into a package of just 6×6 mm. Add a few ancillary components and you have a highly integrated wireless receiver that can talk both DMX and RDM. The RDMchip is a result from close cooperation with some of LumenRadio’s key customers that selected LumenRadio as their preferred technology provider for wireless technology.
OSAKA, Japan — Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away on April 1, 2017 at the age of 87. Born February 7, 1930 in Osaka, Japan, he founded the Kakehashi Radio electrical appliance store, where he also repaired electronic organs and experimented on prototypes for new models. A few years later, he turned his focus entirely to developing musical instruments and founded Ace Electronic Industries to create products under the Ace Tone brand. Ace also became the Japanese distributor of Hammond organs.
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FRANKFURT – Ayrton celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2017 and will mark the occasion with the addition of new members to the Ayrton team. To complement the excellent team led by Founder and CTO Yvan Peard, Christopher Agius Ferrante has taken on the role of CEO, Michael Althaus is the new Global Sales Director, Simon Gasch joins Ayrton as a Regional Sales Manager and Chunyan Hou is the new Legal and Administration Manager. Ayrton will be at Hall 3.0 Stand G81.
MUNICH – Robe lighting announces a new wholly-owned subsidiary – Robe Deutschland GmbH – which will be based in Munich and have a regional sales force covering the entire country. The new company hits the ground running in this key European market with an exceptionally strong, experienced and well connected ‘dream-team’ on-board.
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NETHERLANDS – To mark the launch of their highly anticipated new album ‘Humanz’, Gorillaz performed a secret one-off show at Printworks, London, and Mojo Barriers showed it’s not all about big tours and festivals by supplying its world-class stage barriers to this prestigious event, 24th March 2017. The world’s most successful virtual band celebrated the release of their new studio album with a very special performance which saw Gorillaz play ‘Humanz’ live for the first time in a ‘’triumphant comeback gig’’ (NME) supported by Telekom Electronic Beats.
NETHERLANDS – With the appointment of AED Distribution NL as Prolyte distributor, AED Distribution BE as ProLyft Service Point and the appointment of Controllux BE… Read More »Prolyte Group Expands Distribution in Belgium and the Netherlands
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KIEV, Ukraine — The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, to be staged May 9-13 in Kiev, Ukraine, will feature more than 800 lighting fixtures from Elation. Lighting designer Jerry Appelt is working with head of production Ola Melzig on the project.
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FLORENCE, Italy – The organizers of Showlight, a quadrennial event set to take place May 20-23 in Florence’s Palazzo Dei Congressi, noted that the event’s speaker program has been finalized. Speakers include top LDs Al Gurdon, Durham Marenghi, Rob Halliday, Aldo Visentin, Luc Peumans, Mikki Kunttu and Jeff Ravitz, among others. The event will also feature Neal Preston’s rock ‘n’ roll photography.
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MEXICO – On March 15th, the ADJ Group celebrated the grand opening of its new distribution center facility in Mexico with a party that included inspiring light shows, great food, even better company and a 12-piece Mariachi band! The new facility, which serves all ADJ Group brands (ADJ, Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting, Global Truss America/Duratruss and American Audio), opened late last year in response to a high demand for ADJ brands in Mexico.
LONDON – The d3 team, who will be in Hall 4.0, Stand C21, will be showcasing their current pro range as well as launching the new gx range, specifically geared towards the generative content wave. They will also be revealing a sneak peek of their new company rebrand. The international trade fair for entertainment, integrated systems and creation, is one of the biggest in the industry calendar. Last year, 940 exhibitors attracted over 43,000 visitors.
FRANKFURT – Prolyte Group continues to innovate and will launch a new truss type at the P+S exhibition in Frankfurt. The BGR70 truss is in essence a low volume truss with extreme load bearing capacity. The truss can handle large spans as well as extreme loads. A pre-camber system, to guarantee zero deflection, is one of the great features this truss offers. Unlimited Productions, has been instrumental in the development and first deployment of the system. The BGR70 truss is available for the market as of now.