WUPPERTAL, Germany —Riedel Communications named Daniel Huard sales manager for Canada. He will work to increase awareness and adoption of the company’s products in broadcast, entertainment, and sports event applications, and to continue the growth of Riedel’s rental services.
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SYRACUSE, NY—J. R. Clancy, Inc., has named Anthony Seifritz to the new position of backstage service specialist to ensure safety backstage for customers. During his 25-year career with J.R. Clancy, Seifritz’s recent projects have included large automated rigging systems for Centro Cultural Corpartes in Santiago, Chile and Messiah College in Grantham, PA.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Pacific Coast Entertainment has moved to a new 30,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Huntington Beach with the official launch of PCE Scenic Studios, a full-service scenic design and set construction facility. The expansion will allow PCE to hire more warehouse and administrative staff, and add more AV, lighting and staging inventory.
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ARGYLE, TX – GoVision LP has promoted Justin Eaton to the new position of vice president, production services. Eaton is credited with building the company’s operations virtually from scratch and designing most of its technology infrastructure over his 10-year tenure.
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX – Xtreme Structures and Fabrication (XSF) has expanded its sales team with the addition of Heather Marie Short and Billy Phillips. Short’s entertainment industry background includes a stint with Tomcat USA. Phillips has worked for Tomcat as well, along with Texas Scenic and Phillips Rigging.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Production company Merestone has appointed Brittany Szemerei as its rental manager. An Arizona native and graduate from ASU, Szemerei was most recently… Read More »Merestone Appoints New Rental Manager
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NORTH CREEK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting has appointed Robin Lee as Northeast regional sales manager. Lee has extensive experience in entertainment lighting, most recently as PRG’s director of operations of North America.
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ORLANDO, FL and HAMBURG, Germany — Pangolin Laser Systems acquired the intellectual property of Phoenix Showcontroller GmbH and CO.KG. Pangolin also announced a plan to retain members of the Phoenix team for the mutual benefit of both Pangolin and Phoenix laser show control products.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX – Entertainment lighting and control manufacturer High End Systems has announced a distributorship with EZPro International (HK) Ltd. Effective immediately, EZPro will make HES products available to local distributors and resellers throughout China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. EZPro has dedicated a special team to focus on HES marketing and product promotion in the region.
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TEMPE, AZ – AV Concepts has appointed Anthony Stevens as its new vice president of business development. With nearly two decades in the corporate meetings and experiential event space, Stevens will lead the company’s national sales and business development teams. AV Concepts is probably most well-known for bringing Tupac to last year’s Coachella.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada – Christie Lites today announces the opening of a new stage lighting and equipment sales and rental office in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The new location – its thirteenth – strengthens Christie Lites’ multi-office network of full service and equipment across North America. Leading the Winnipeg office team is longtime Christie Lites Rep Ben Kantorovich and newcomer Gary Sywake, recently with Epic Production Technologies.
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