NASHVILLE – Gear Park, Nashville’s full-service facility that specializes in storage of musical and stage equipment for artists, named Steve Powell general manager. Steve joins the team following 18 years of working at Bandit Lites. Gear Park’s goal is to provide clients with a safe, protected, and comfortable space, to not just store equipment, but to work on the gear all while in a user friendly environment.
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MANHEIM, Pa. – Mojo Barriers US has appointed Jordi van Berkum as the company’s new US manager, 6th Feb 2017. Since the acquisition of Mojo Barriers by EVAGO Group on 18th Jan 2017, CEO Alex Borger has been taking on board the ambitions of the new owners and visiting the global network of offices with them. A trip to the USA in January with EVAGO CFO Lorenz Schmid resulted in the appointment of Jordi van Berkum.
MINNEAPOLIS – The Show Syndicate is excited to announce the acquisition of Woofer Audio and the addition of Luther Bell to their team as Project… Read More »The Show Syndicate Acquires Woofer Audio and Adds Luther Bell to Staff
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ORLANDO and CHICAGO — VER announced a major expansion of its lighting division in early February with the addition of Orlando and Chicago as full-support lighting locations. This follows VER’s opening of a full-support lighting department in their London branch last fall. New hires include John “JP” Pratt and Anthony “Looch” Ciampa in Orlando and Ryan Bundy and Terry Heisler in Chicago, for VER’s new 94,000 square-foot location near Midway Airport.
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TUSTIN, CA. – WorldStage is pleased to announce that Shawn Oatey has been promoted to the new position of Director of Marketing and Dan Esparza has joined the company as National Account Manager. Both are based at WorldStage’s Tustin, California office.
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA – A new company with a familiar name, Strong Lighting, has arisen. The new Strong Lighting will carry on the traditions started in 1926 by Harry Strong of innovative products and outstanding customer service. Sales and support of the iconic Strong product line along with the SkyTracker line of outdoor advertising lights and Syncrolite automated searchlights will be included in the offerings of the new company.
LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib named Tony Griffiths head of special projects. With an industry career dating back 27 years, Griffiths has worked with some well-known names in the UK, including AS Green, Harkness Hall (now Harkness Screens and Hall Stage), PCM … and most recently fabric specialist J&C Joel, where he was a director for eight of his 12 years there.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada — AV integrator Advanced named Ibrahim Saad director of design engineering. Saad comes to Advanced after serving as a technology consultant/projects lead for ET Group and, prior to that, he spend more than 13 years at Techno Q.
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LITITZ, PA — Upstage Video has moved its headquarters to the Rock Lititz complex in rural Pennsylvania. The company, founded in 2005 in Pottstown, PA, is one of the live event production companies occupying Pod 2, near the main Rock Lititz rehearsal facility.
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TUSTIN, CA — WorldStage notes that its new Southern California office in Tustin doubles the size of both its office and warehouse space. The new 58,000-square-foot location is at 1111 Bell Ave., Tustin, CA, 92780.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA — Mountain Productions named Simon Franklyn, a veteran who has worked as a tour production rigger for top artists including Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac and The Who, as the company’s Director of West Coast Operations. Along with his touring experience, Franklyn has supported complex events including Lotte World in Seoul, the 1996 Olympic Games, an 80,000 square-foot scaffolding system for Universal Studios’ Jurassic Park, and work on the main stages at Desert Trip, Panorama and Coachella, among other projects.
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DENVER — With little experience in the rigging and installation world, Todd Henderson joined Westview Productions as a technician and dedicated himself to his career. After years of working on theatres, museums, and a diverse range of projects nationwide, he refined his skills and focused on rigging as a trade specialty. Now a four-year team member at Westview Productions, Henderson is a project Site Foreman, and most recently passed the ETCP certification in Theatre Rigging.
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