ORLANDO – FL, – In response to consecutive years of major growth and expanding capabilities, Zenith Lighting, Inc has named long time team member Adam Vidaurri as Chief Operating Officer of the nearly 30 year old event and stage lighting company. Vidaurri joined Zenith Lighting in 2010 and quickly moved into a Sales Manager role and then more recently into the role of General Manager for the company’s South Florida location.
NEWFIELD, NJ – Ken Kepler and Ed Di Bona have formed KD Productions, a full service AV production/rental company serving the Atlantic City/Philadelphia markets. The partners, who started their company two years ago, have a combined 50 years of industry experience. Di Bona was most recently technical director at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ. Kepler spent more than 12 years as the lead audio engineer and lead project manager for Showorks Audio Visual.
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OWATONNA, MN – Wenger Corporation acquired the assets of Secoa, Inc. of Champlin, MN. The company says the acquisition will expand the products and services now offered for the performing arts market by Wenger and its subsidiary J.R. Clancy.
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BURBANK, CA – ARRI promoted Sebastien Laffoux to director of sales, camera systems. In this new role, Laffoux will oversee the camera sales team for North America with regional representatives based in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Laffoux reports to Glenn Kennel, president of ARRI Inc.
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LERMA, Mexico – Chauvet named Carlos Zamora de Martino general manager of Chauvet Mexico. Prior to joining Chauvet’s Mexican operation, Zamora held senior executive positions at a number of global companies. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Geo Lite LED Lighting. In his new position, he will be responsible for managing all facets of the Chauvet Professional, Chauvet DJ, Iluminarc and Trusst business in Mexico.
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MUNICH — At the Electronica trade fair here, Harting and Arrow Electronics announced and expanded distribution agreement Nov. 10. Arrow Electronics, which has been a Harting distributor in North America for 22 years, will now distribute the company’s products in the EMEA and APAC regions as well.
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PARIS,– Analog Way, an innovation-driven designer and manufacturer that specializes in computer and video signal processing and distribution, is pleased to announce the appointment of Philippe Vitali as Marketing & Communications Director. Effective November, 2016, Philippe Vitali has been named Analog Way’s Marketing & Communications Director. He will succeed Franck Facon who left the company at the end of October to pursue new opportunities. Philippe Vitali will be based in Analog Way’s headquarters near Paris, France.
DENVER, COLORADO –Westview Productions is pleased to announce the addition of Kara Kudzma as Project Manager for the lighting division. “We are very pleased to enhance our projects team with Kara’s skills. She brings a wealth of industry knowledge and will help our museum and exhibit customers with her extensive projects background,” Eric Bloom, President of Westview Productions said of her arrival. She is a great fit for our team, and brings a lot of jobsite experience with her.”
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, Furthering its commitment to innovating products for the custom installation industry, Core Brands today announced the appointment of Neal Ellsworth to the newly created position of Product Manager, New Initiatives. Effective immediately, Ellsworth will lead efforts to create new categories of products and new products within established categories working under the direction of Mike Jordan, Core Brands’ Vice President of Product Management.
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NASHVILLE,– In a move to continue the growth of their project management team, PixelFLEX is proud to announce the appointment of Jon Chavez to the position of Senior Project Manager. As part of the technical sales team, Chavez will assist clients with the successful application and implementation of the award-winning line of PixelFLEX LED video display technologies into video designs across multiple industries.
NYC – WorldStage is pleased to announce that Bob Magee has joined the company as Senior Account Manager, based in Tustin, California. An industry veteran who began his career in 1998, Magee will be supporting the company’s clients within multiple industries, including broadcast and auto manufacturing. “Bob is an industry icon with an exceptional reputation and is a significant addition to the WorldStage family,” says WorldStage CEO Gary Standard.
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FLOWER MOUND, TX — Rushworks, a company specializing in TV production technologies, signed a distribution agreement with Cache Media, a supplier of broadcast and AV equipment headquartered in Newbury, U.K. Cache Media will help Rushworks bring its PTX Universal PanTilt head to the U.K. and Ireland.
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