The FRABA Group, an international supplier of sensors for industrial motion control and safety systems, has announced the opening of a new business unit in China. The new company, named the FRABA Industrial Automation (Shanghai) Company, Limited, will serve the rapidly expanding Chinese industrial automation market.
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NicLen GmbH continues to rely on Cameo in 2024. With its latest investment in the new ORON H2 phosphor laser moving head, the leading dry hire provider has added a real game-changer to its lighting technology portfolio. The IP65 hybrid moving head with phosphor-laser engine is now available in large quantities to all NicLen customers.
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Lighting Designer Daniel Knipper used 24 CHAUVET Professional Ovation Rêve E-3 IP LED ellipsoidals in his transformative design for the six-century-old Strasbourg Cathedral located in Place de la Cathédrale in Strasbourg, France. The full-spectrum color-mixing fixtures, which were supplied by XEOS, were hung on two porticos that flanked the façade. This arrangement allowed Knipper to highlight the architectural details of the façade by creating gobos based on digital photos.
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Girls Aloud are back on the road for the first time in 11 years, with their Girls Aloud Show tour, a lively, edgy, pop-tastic collage of foot tapping hits, creatively directed by Beth Honan and lit by Peter Barnes. Lighting, video, automation and rigging equipment – including some new innovations – and crew are all supplied by PRG UK to Production North, whose unfazable Iain Whitehead is overseeing all related technical production elements.
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Flames, lasers, and lights fired up the night sky at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in the UK as Arcadia launched its amazing new “Dragonfly” spectacular concept. Lighting included Robe’s new iBOLTS, a laser-source searchlight style moving light, and iPointe65s – an IP65 version of Robe’s MegaPointe moving light – as a part of the over 200 lights illuminating the Arcadia Arena.
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The Royal Theater Carré (Koninklijk Theater Carré) is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Founded in 1887, it was originally built as a permanent venue for the Carré circus family and their popular ‘horse-play’ circus-theatre shows, but was later repurposed to also stage a variety of performances, revue theatre and operettas. Currently, the auditorium is used for a mix of musicals, pop and music concerts, and cabaret shows. The auditorium lighting has recently received an upgrade with the existing lighting replaced by Anolis Ambiane XP56 LED fixtures fitted with 20° lenses.
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In the spring of 2024, the city of Riyadh welcomed Zarqa Al Yamama, the first grand opera in Arabic and first operatic work produced by… Read More »The Modulo Kinetic Media Server Drives Saudi Arabia’s First Opera
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PROLIGHTS products have been used to illuminate the facade of the Fez Smart Factory in Fez, Morocco, a key site in the program for technological and eco-sustainable development of the local industries, led by the Université Euro Méditerranéenne de Fès (UEMF).
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Vaughan, Ontario-based bb Blanc, a leading name in the audiovisual production industry, has expanded its equipment portfolio with the acquisition of 48 Claypaky Sharpy X-Frame lighting fixtures. This strategic move underscores bb Blanc’s commitment to provide high-quality and innovative AV solutions for corporate events.
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The new Lío Mallorca nightclub in Palma, Mallorca’s biggest city, has opened with a spectacular dinner show, featuring a troupe of singers, dancers, acrobats, and international artists. Cabaret Espectacular is billed as a high-octane cabaret for the 21st century. The fully immersive experience is brought to life with stage lighting from GLP.
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Solotech announces the expansion of its UK operations with a new, state-of-the-art facility in Manchester. Imperial 76, the new premises located in the Kingsway Business Park, will serve as a hub for Solotech’s Sales and Systems Integration Division, as well as support Live Productions operations.
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Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world’s premier pro AV and systems integration show, has announced a brand-new Innovation Park for ISE 2025. The ISE initiative is an exciting opportunity for newly established businesses who are looking to accelerate growth and win investment. Applications to take part in Innovation Park are now open.
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