On the Move

PYRBAUM, Germany — Evago AG, which owns Bümo, a provider of structures and other products for the live event industry, has acquired all of the shares in Mojo Barriers’ global crowd barrier business. Mojo Barriers, which supported 2016 tours for The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Muse, among others, will continue to operate as a standalone company under Evago’s ownership, the companies said. Mojo’s main office locations in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA and Australia along with distributors in 20 other countries will continue to offer its global customers the same Mojo Barriers’ products, led by Alex Borger, CEO. Outgoing co-owners Cees Muurling and Hedwig de Meyer also spoke favorably of the deal.

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LOS ANGELES — The ADJ Group of Companies announceD that technical salesman Mike Turner has joined the company this week. Turner will take on the role of Regional Sales Manager, covering Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, representing the ADJ Lighting, American Audio, and Accu-Cable product ranges.

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NASHVILLE, TN — SES (Special Event Services) named Chuck Young as the general manager of the company’s Nashville location. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, SES has additional locations in Nashville, TN, Concord, NC and Sacramento, CA. The company provides audio, lighting, video and rigging for a variety of projects.

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SUN VALLEY, CA — GLP Inc. named Montreal-based AVL Media Group as its new Canadian distributor. The company was founded by Steve Kosters, and is headed by MD Andrew Hope, who has 30 years’ experience in the world of live entertainment. GLP Inc president Mark Ravenhill made the announcement.

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BURBANK, CA — Riedel Communications has hired Alfred Monterrubio as a Service and Support Engineer for the company’s North America technical services department. Monterrubio joins Riedel with nearly a decade of experience in quality control and management for broadcast technology solutions.

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[caption id="attachment_273991" align="alignnone" width="800"]Michael Bridwell[/caption]

AUSTIN, TX —Screen Innovations (SI), the purveyors of innovation in two-piece projection and beyond, has announced the appointment of Michael Bridwell as Vice President, Sales and Marketing. In this newly created role, Bridwell will apply more than twenty years of marketing and sales experience towards SI’s ambitious growth goals. Effective immediately, Bridwell is already actively working with the Screen Innovations family to create unmatched experiences for SI’s present and future customers.

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[caption id="attachment_273983" align="alignnone" width="687"]Cynthia Austwick[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – In the run-up to Christmas, Green Hippo opened its arms and welcomed Cynthia Austwick, their new West Coast Account Manager to the U.S Office. Cynthia hails from Baltimore, most recently working for 4Wall Lighting in Washington, DC. Having worked in the entertainment industry since 2007, Cynthia has worked with some brilliant people across the US and UK, and with a background in lighting, she also enjoys working on the bigger picture, the overall production design and ensuing all visual elements work well together.

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[caption id="attachment_273957" align="alignnone" width="200"]Scott Vontobel [/caption]

NEW YORK, NY – Acolyte LED announces the promotion of Scott Vontobel to President of the company, including its offices and all employees globally effective January 1, 2017. This will include leadership of Acolyte Worldwide, United States, Acolyte Asia (China and Hong Kong), Dubai, Australia and New Zealand. Since joining Acolyte in 2015, Scott has been able to look and work with all aspects of the business and has a complete grasp on the challenges ahead of us and the future of Acolyte in this very competitive market.

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[caption id="attachment_273943" align="alignnone" width="329"]Bret Jacob, Director of Builder Sales[/caption]

PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, – Underscoring its commitment to accelerate growth in the builder channel, leading automation, audio and power solutions provider Core Brands today announced the promotion of Bret Jacob to Director of Builder Sales, with responsibility for developing and implementing the company’s channel programs in the home and commercial building segments.  In this new position, Jacob reports directly to Core Brands Vice President of Sales Jeff Costello.

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LOS ANGELES – All Access Staging & Productions, worldwide leader of entertainment staging services, is pleased to announce addition of Mark Hedges as the general… Read More »All Access Staging Introduces New General Manager

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PITTSBURGH – NEP Group, Inc. have completed the acquisition of Creative Technology’s parent company Avesco. Based in Pittsburgh, USA, NEP is one of the world’s largest outsourced production partners supporting premier content producers across the broadcast and live events industries. Alongside Creative Technology (CT), NEP operates four other Live Events businesses focused on Large Screen Display. These comprise Faber AudioVisuals and Mediatec Solutions in Europe along with Screenworks and Sweetwater in the US. 

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SOUTHFIELD, MI, – ​​​​​Bluewater Technologies Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of its sixth facility. In order to accommodate the continued growth and forecast of new employees required to support increased demand, Bluewater has moved part of its audio visual integration operations to a newly renovated 26,000 sq. ft. space in Farmington Hills, Michigan. This move will support Bluewater’s on-going growth plans.

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