ASHLAND, VA – Czech Republic-based trussing and staging manufacturer Milos Group has acquired two leading trussing and staging brands, Litec and TOMCAT. The new deal makes Milos one of the largest global aluminum trussing and staging groups, with the addition of major manufacturing bases in Italy, Slovakia, Mexico and the US.
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SUNRISE, FL – CHAUVET promotes John Dunn to Business Development Manager of the West Coast. In his new role, Dunn will focus on two CHAUVET sub-brands, CHAUVET Professional and ILUMINARC. He joined the company in 2010 as West Region Business Manager.
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CHICAGO – Drape Kings has expanded into Chicago with its third regional office. The company offers an inventory of event drape and related items including rope and stanchions, quick & traveler tracks, kabuki drops, Star Drape, Hollywood quality Step & Repeats and in-house cleaning services.
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HAMPTON, Middlesex, UK – Kinesys appoints Cristiano Giavedoni as Marketing and Business Director. Giavedoni has previously provided business consulting services to Columbus McKinnon, and prior to that was the product manager for rigging equipment at Litec in Italy. He also sits on several international standards committees.
Read More »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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