BARCELONA, Spain — Grupo Adagio’s Adagio.pro division, which distributes pro audio and other entertainment industry gear to Spain and Portugal, is now handling products made by Italy-based RED Lighting, the new lighting company owned by R&D International, which also owns B&C Speakers.
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NEW YORK – Chris McMeen has joined Christie Lites as a new member of its Rental Rep team. McMeen is developing new client and market relationships in the New York City/New Jersey area and serving his client base from all 12 Christie warehouse locations across North America. He was most recently Northeast Regional Sales Manager at High End Systems, a Barco group.
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MUNICH – ARRI appoints Martin Cayzer as Chief Executive of its global network of camera and lighting rental operations. Prior to joining ARRI, Cayzer served as Managing Director of Panavision Asia Pacific for 13 years. He has 30 years of experience in the industry.
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CYPRESS, CA – Christie Digital Systems named Keith Klentz director, visualization and simulation sales, Visual Environments (VE). He will manage the VE sales team in the U.S. and Canada. Klentz has been in the visualization and simulation industry for more than 25 years. Prior to joining Christie in 2009, he worked for Barco for more than 20 years in visual systems engineering, market development and sales.
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LONDON – Green Hippo has added new members to its staff. Suzy Casserley, who started as an intern, officially joins the technical support and product testing team after receiving a BA Hons Degree in Lighting Programming at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance.
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NEW YORK – ARRI CSC appoints David Lamadrid as Chief Financial Officer of the equipment rental group. He will address the needs of ARRI CSC and its subsidiary Illumination Dynamics, based at ARRI CSC’s headquarters in Secaucus, NJ. Lamadrid joins ARRI CSC with more than 20 years of experience in management, finance and operations. As part of the management team restructuring, Hardwrick Johnson will become Senior Vice President of Rental. Ed Stamm, continuing as General Manager of ARRI CSC Florida, will be promoted to Vice President. Mark Machover continues as Vice President Finance.
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LONDON – Chaos Visual Productions named Alex Leinster managing director of Chaos Visual Productions Ltd in the UK. Leinster has worked for Chaos UK since it began trading in 2010. “Alex has done a fine job filling the breach these last few months,” said company president John Wiseman. “He has led from the front and proved himself the ideal candidate for the position.”
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ZURICH – Erwin Engel has joined Riedel Communications – a manufacturer of real-time networks for video, audio and communications – to handle sales and rental markets in western Switzerland. Engel is a video/broadcasting specialist with more than 20 years of industry experience. He most recently was responsible for Sales Engineering Broadcast at John Lay Electronics.
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FORT WAYNE, IN – Apollo Design Technology is celebrating their 20th anniversary as a manufacturer and distributor of custom gobos and other lighting effects. Apollo began in 1992 in the home of Joel and Keersten Nichols, where they made custom gobos. Today, Apollo employs more than 65 people and occupies a 31,000 square-foot facility here.
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico City-based Representaciones de Audio have been appointed territorial distributors for SGM Lighting. SGM was formally introduced to the broadcast market by its new distributor during the recent Telemundo exhibition, and having been established for the past 25 years, Representaciones de Audio believe they are well placed to exploit the SGM brand potential.
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LOS ANGELES – Atomic has opened an additional location in Los Angeles to help service its growing business in California and Las Vegas. Account manager Rachel Finn is in Los Angeles to assist clients with scenic goods and design services.
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