Active Production and Design Names Susan Malphurs Service Manager
ATLANTA — Active Production and Design recently named industry veteran Susan Malphurs as the company’s service manager.
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4Wall New York Completes Move to New Facility
MOONACHIE, NJ — 4Wall New York has completed its move to a new 121,000-square-foot location from the 75,000 square foot facility the company has maintained here for the last five years. The move, to 35 State Street, also in Moonachie, was completed on July 22. Along with its expanded presence in the New York metro market, 4Wall maintains locations in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville and Washington, DC.
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Green Hippo Appoints New Distributor in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Video hardware/software company Green Hippo has selected Electrosonic SA cc as their new distributor in South Africa. The team at Electrosonic SA cc, a supplier of stage, theatre and entertainment lighting for more than 21 years, sees this partnership as an “exciting extension” to the range of brands that it represents, such as Martin Professional, CM Loadstar, ADB, Compulite Litec and Milos Structural Systems.
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Shockwave Cargo Names Jay Sendyk CFO
LOS ANGELES — Shockwave Cargo recently named Jay Sendyk as its chief financial officer. Sendyk, a 39-year entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience in production accounting, auditing and taxation services, worked previously as a principal at Sendyk & Co., Inc. and also Sendyk, Leonard & Co. He is a graduate of City University of New York-Baruch College in New York City.
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Riedel Names Franck Berger Sales Manager for France and North Africa
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications named Franck Berger sales manager responsible for France and the French-speaking regions of North Africa. He is based in Paris.
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Chris Patton Joins A.C.T Lighting Sales Team
LOS ANGELES – Lighting distributor A.C.T Lighting has announced that Chris Patton has joined the company’s sales team, and will concentrate in permanent installations and system sales. Most recently, Patton worked at Global Design Solutions (GDS). He was also a lead follow spot operator for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games in London.
Read More »HES and CSL Announce New Hog Console Partnership
AUSTIN, TX — Barco’s High End Systems (HES), based here, and Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) announced a partnership agreement designating CSL as a Major Hog Controls Reseller in the U.S. The full range of Hog4 consoles is now available to CSL dealers and rental clients from the distributor’s North Creek, NY home base.
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Starlite Productions Welcomes Nathan Kimball
MOORESTOWN, NJ – Starlite Productions welcomes Nathan Kimball, CTS DMC-E, to its growing engineering department. Kimball, a certified technical specialist with digital media certification, is… Read More »Starlite Productions Welcomes Nathan Kimball
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Lex Products Welcomes Sales Engineer
FIFE, UK – Phil Starling has joined Lex Products Ltd. as a sales engineer, responsible for growing and developing new customer relationships. Prior to joining Lex Products Ltd., Starling was a field-based business development manager at Magenta Research, where he was responsible for sales in digital extension and integration solutions for audio/video systems in the UK and Ireland.
Read More »LDR Names Atlanta-Based Canto USA as New U.S. Distributor
CASTEL GOFFREDO, Italy – Luci Della Ribalta (LDR), based here, said its Canto followspots and related LDR products, including Xpress 21 color scrollers, would be distributed by Atlanta, GA-based Canto USA starting Aug. 1, 2013. The company’s products will no longer by distributed by Ballantyne-Strong, LDR added.
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Steen Matthiesen Named Harman Martin’s EMEA Sales Director
AARHUS, Denmark — Harman Professional today announced the appointment of Steen Matthiesen to sales director, EMEA, for its Lighting Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Martin Professional. Matthiesen, a 14-year veteran of Martin Professional and former chief financial officer of EMEA, fills the role previously held by Villads Thomsen, who was recently promoted to global sales director.
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Harman’s Martin Appoints David Ravnkilde to Marketing Director
AARHUS, Denmark — Harman Professional has promoted company veteran, David Ravnkilde, to director of marketing of its Lighting Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Martin Professional. Effective immediately, Ravnkilde will assume responsibility for all product marketing and marketing communications and will report directly to Lars Dige Knudsen, vice president and general manager of Martin Professional. Ravnkilde joined Martin in 2004 and has held successively more senior management positions in product management and marketing.
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