MEXICO CITY — Robe named Showco as its distributor for Mexico. Showco, headquartered in Mexico City, has sales offices in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Cancun. Pictured here, from left, are Josef Valchar (CEO Robe lighting s.r.o.); Enrique Patiño (Commercial Director at Showco), Guillermo Traverso (Robe Regional Sales Manager for Latin America), Enrique Lask (CEO of GTM Holdings) and Harry von den Stemmen (Sales Director for Robe lighting s.r.o.).
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LOS ANGELES – Delicate Productions of Los Angeles and San Francisco is busy evolving with a host of new moves designed to exceed clients’ expectations and expand its portfolio for the future. The company has hired Jake Gukowsky as the new Account Manager for San Francisco who will be responsible for new client business development, working with existing clients and on site project management.
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LAKE FOREST, CA— VidOvation made two key announcements April 20, the appointment of Tom Miller as the company’s new vice president of sales and marketing, and its move to a larger headquarters facility in Lake Forest, California. More than double the size of the previous office, the new facility houses all of VidOvation’s executive, engineering, and manufacturing operations.
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SHANGHAI – Creative Technology (CT) announces that with immediate effect Chris Burke will take on the role of Managing Director of Creative Technology in Shanghai. Chris will also continue as Managing Director of CT in Hong Kong and Singapore meaning this appointment now puts all of CT’s Asia Pacific Business under his control.
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LONDON — Green Hippo made four additions to its UK-based team. Jacqueline Attard is the UK HQ’s new Financial Controller, while Phil Blue joins as Sales Manager, expanding the technical sales team. Rob Moss enlists as Junior Production Engineer, and Anastasia Nikolaou is the latest member of the London-based marketing team, securing the role of PR and Marketing Executive.
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CLEVELAND, OH — Hughie’s Event Production Services hired Daves Brooks, who had been running his own scenic shop in Cleveland, as a full-time scenic and creative consultant. Brooks joined Hughie’s on April 3. Hughie’s also acquired Brooks’ business assets, including his business, equipment and client list, as part of the arrangement.
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LONDON – Green Hippo named three new distributors for Italy (Milan-based Spotlight), South Africa (DWR Distribution) and New Zealand (Lexair).
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Continuing to add proven talent to bolster its rapid growth, Atlona has hired Scott Smith as Regional Sales Manager, Commercial, for the Southeastern United States. Based near Atlanta and bringing more than 20 years of experience in the audiovisual industry, Smith will work closely with Atlona’s direct dealers, distributors and representatives to support and expand the company’s commercial business in the territory.
MANCHESTER, U.K. – Lighting and rigging specialist dbn is joining forces with full service event technical company Audile, to create dbnAudile. The merged company promises to combine a wealth of experience, skills and talents across the disciplines of lighting, audio, rigging and creative video all under one roof in central Manchester. Pictured here, from left, are Stephen Page, Nick Walton, Rob Leach, Pete Robinson and Rob Ashwort.
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UK – VER are pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Skelton to the position of Commercial Manager on their UK Broadcast Team. Katie brings with her a wealth of industry knowledge gained through working with some of the world’s largest Broadcasters and Production Companies.
CORTLANDT, NY — Motion Laboratories named Rick Montgomery VP Sales for the Eastern U.S. and Canada. Montgomery comes to Motion Labs from Stagemaker, where he worked for the last eight years, serving as North American business development manager.
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NASHVILLE – Gene Brian, a former longtime Bandit Lites team member, has returned to the family, as Bandit is proud to announce his rehiring as Production Manager. Gene was a key member of the Bandit family in the 1990s and early 2000s when life took him to another city and away from Bandit. Although Gene was gone from Bandit, he was never forgotten, as most people at Bandit stayed in touch with Gene through the years as he was above all, a good friend.
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