On the Move

MOONACHIE, NJ- Just 4 years after its last move, 4Wall New York is moving into a new facility that is almost double the size of the previous building. The new 234,274 sq. ft. facility is now the largest of 4Wall Entertainment’s nine locations. The new 217,274 sq. ft. of shop space is positioned to accommodate customers with greatly expanded prep areas and a new communal space with workstations dedicated for customers to utilize during prep. 

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[caption id="attachment_281211" align="alignnone" width="700"]Jean Louis Blanchard[/caption]

TORONTO, ON,– A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting, rigging and video technologies is honored to welcome Jean Louis Blanchard as Vice President, Business Development. A.C. Lighting has entered into an era of growth. The hire of Jean Louis unfolds the commencement of the company’s strategic development plan for growth, to provide their clients with world class products, backed by world class service.

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[caption id="attachment_281092" align="alignnone" width="800"]Tom Madden[/caption]

NEW YORK, NY –The Barbizon Lighting Company announced today that its Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Tom Madden as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 27, 2017. “Tom recognizes and deeply values the Barbizon culture, something which initially drew him to the company and which he feels strongly about honoring and fostering” read a statement from the Board of Directors.

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[caption id="attachment_281067" align="alignnone" width="800"]Martin Fournier[/caption]

PARIS – (For Immediate Release) – Chauvet has announced that Martin Fournier has joined the company as its European Sales Director.  Fournier is an experienced lighting industry figure in Europe, having spent the last 22 years serving the professional lighting market in Europe.  He comes to Chauvet from Harman International, where he most recently served as that company’s Sales Director for France and Benelux Professional Solutions.  Fournier began his career in 1995 with Martin Professional.

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WASHINGTON, U.K. – Multinational flight case hardware and 19 inch racking manufacturer Penn Elcom announces the launch of a new distribution center in Mumbai, India. This will be based in the Vasai area and will be headed by Rodney D’Monte. Rodney will initially be working with six staff which will increase as the operation ramps up.

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ORLANDO, FL – Zenith Lighting named LD Ben Coker technical manager. Coker, LD for Porter Robinson and others, has extensive experience in stage and event lighting, having worked his way up as a stagehand, shop laborer, master electrician and LD.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary – A range of Mojo Barriers aluminum crowd safety barriers are now based in Budapest with the announcement of a new Mojo distributor giving convenient, cost effective barrier rental for festival  organizers and tours coming to Eastern Europe on Nov. 17, 2017.

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DUBLIN, Ireland – Mountain Productions, a leading North American supplier of staging and event production, continues to expand with the launch of their e-commerce website, MTN Shop, in Europe.

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CYPRESS, CA – Ushio America, Inc. is acquiring Zylight LLC, a manufacturer of innovative lighting products for the entertainment production industry. Both William F. Mackenzie, president and CEO of Ushio America, Inc., and Charlie Collias, co-founder and SVP of Worldwide Sales of Zylight, lauded the deal.

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[caption id="attachment_280894" align="alignnone" width="800"]Adrian Forbes[/caption]

KNOXVILLE – Area Four Industries proudly welcomes Adrian Forbes-Black to its team as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. Adrian is based in California and will be responsible for west coast regional sales of the eight Area Four Industries’ brands – MILOS, LITEC, EXE Technology, Mobiltechlifts, Xstage, Xtruss, JTE and TOMCAT.

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[caption id="attachment_280891" align="alignnone" width="800"]DOUG GUSTAFSON[/caption]

BOSTON – Available Light is proud to announce that Doug Gustafson will join our team as Managing Director of Available Light. Doug joins us from the International Association of Lighting Designers, headquartered in Chicago where, for the last five years, he has served as Director of Finance + Administration.

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[caption id="attachment_280870" align="alignnone" width="800"]Matthew Mullen[/caption]

MIDDLETON, WI – ETC announces the hiring of Matt Mullen as the new Rigging Regional Sales Manager for the Midwest territory. In this position Mullen will be responsible for supporting our reps and dealers in their efforts to provide ETC rigging products to their customers. He will be based in the Cincinnati area.

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