On the Move

VENTURA, CA – Don “Donnie” Halchak has joined Ventura, CA-based Total Structures as East Coast Sales Executive. He will be based out of Wilkes-Barre, PA, but will be on the road much of the time visiting customers. Halchak comes from Mountain Productions where he spent the majority of his 13-year career involved with entertainment rigging, going from hoist tech to sales rep.

KENILWORTH, UK – Live video/AV production and rental specialist Central Presentations Ltd. (CPL) has appointed Lee Gruszeckyj to boost its busy Project Management team.  “Lee G,” as he is nicknamed, has extensive industry experience dealing with video and IMAG systems – both engineering and directing – and also projection. He has previously worked with CPL early in his career.

LAS VEGAS – Industry veteran Larry Robbins has joined Blue Planet Lighting as Director of Business Development in Las Vegas, where he will focus on new sales and strategic planning.

BOULDER, CO — Industry veteran Danny Abelson announced the formation of Zeehi LLC, a new company dedicated to developing solutions to improve the workflow of entertainment production professionals. Zeehi’s management includes other industry veterans with experience in audio and lighting product design, production management and fixed installations. Zeehi’s first entertainment technology solution, CueCast, will debut this summer.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Clay Paky has appointed Johannesburg-based DWR Distribution as its exclusive distributor for South Africa. The appointment is a direct response to the continued growth in the creative and entertainment industries in South Africa, a sector that, according to the Department of Trade and Industry, is valued at around R7.4-billion per year.

LOS ANGELES — Upstage Video, rental providers of mobile and modular LED video screens, has acquired Thousand Oaks, CA-based LED rental house JumboScreen Co. (JSC), which had been owned and operated by the late David Mann, who died last year in an on-the-job accident. Upstage Video will be shifting JSC’s operating base to a new 10,000-square-foot facility in downtown Los Angeles.

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Clay Paky has appointed RMB Lights and Sounds as its distributor in the Philippines. Serving the theatrical and television industry for 12 years, RMB is a wholesale provider of specialty lamps throughout the Philippines.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Brenda Caplen has joined Gearhouse ICS. Caplen has 17 years of experience in the Southern African conference and events industry, most recently with Evaluate Interactive Event Systems and Conference Communications.