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Airstar Lighting Solutions Reach New Heights at Rio Olympics and Paralympics

LE CHAMP-PRÈS- FRANCE – Airstar, the inventor and world leading manufacturer of balloon lighting solutions, was once again involved in what is arguably the most important sports event of the year: The 2016 Rio Olympics. For the 2016 milestone sporting event, Airstar do Brazil deployed a total of 34 Flex lighting balloons – 12 Flex 4K and 22 Flex 1K – in the legendary Copacabana area. The lighting solutions were installed around the field of play at the Beach Volley Arena (BVA) and the Triathlon Stadium.

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Penn Elcom Expands Cable & Rack Manufacturing

HASTINGS, UK – Penn Elcom has expanded the capacity of its specialist cable and 19 inch rack manufacturing facility in Hastings, east Sussex, UK, with a substantial investment in new cable cutting and stripping machinery from market leaders Schleuniger. This will bring the cable technology and production up to the highest levels. A bespoke built laser etching machine has also been designed and installed for adding logos, letters, numbers and other customizations to aluminum and steel rack panels, giving Penn the ability to offer further flexibility to its clients.

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Staging Concepts Reveals The MODA Seating Wagon

MINNEAPOLIS – Staging Concepts, an industry leader in custom staging solutions, has launched the Moda™ Seating Wagon, its latest modular seating solution for performing arts venues. Designed to provide additional audience seating for any size venue, this customizable product offers unlimited flexibility in seating capacity, audience configurations, and storage capabilities. Moda can range from a one-foot (30.5cm) low profile design height to a six-foot (183cm) profile design height.

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Christian Daniel

Christian Daniel Concert Gets Celestial Look with CHAUVET Professional

SAN JUAN, PR – Salsa, cumbia and contemporary North American pop all swirl together harmoniously in Christian Daniel’s lively vocal style.  Describing his captivating blend of music as “tropical pop,” the Puerto Rican-born artist has attracted a passionate fan base throughout the Americas as evidenced by his string of hits, including the chart topping single “Me Vuelvo Un Cobarde.”

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Cineo Lighting Showcases Products at LDI 2016

LAS VEGAS, – Cineo Lighting, a leader in the production of lighting systems available for the motion picture, television and photography industries, will be exhibiting its latest new products at LDI 2016 (Stand 1044). These products include the HSX Color-Tunable Soft Source, the HS2 Wave Remote Phosphor and the Quantum120 Color-Tunable Fixture. The LDI show runes from October 21-23rd this year, so please stop by and see the new products.

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Bandit Tours With Frankie Ballard

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Country crooner Frankie Ballard is out on tour bringing his classic country sound to fans across the nation. The ‘Sunshine and Whiskey’ singer is known for his vintage style on tour, something Bandit Lites lighting director Patrick Sieg focused on continuing. Using a Bandit supplied GrandMA 2 Ultra-Lite console, he worked to carefully accentuate Ballard’s four piece band, a component Sieg calls a major part of the performance.

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Visit High End Systems At LDI 2016

LAS VEGAS – Console and automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems will once again be exhibiting their products at the 2016 LDI trade show in Las Vegas, held October 21-23rd, and cordially invite attendees to visit them on Booth #2215. Key personnel from the company’s executive, sales and engineering departments will be on hand at the show to meet with customers, LDs and programmers. In addition to displaying their Hog 4 range of lighting consoles, the company is introducing several new products in their SolaRange and FX lines of LED based automated luminaires.

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Avo in Latin America

Avolites Takes Latin America By Storm

SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA – Avolites, the British manufacturer of intelligent media control solutions for the entertainment industry, is expanding into South and Central America – further to a significant sales and training tour in the region. Avolites Sales Engineer Javier Pastor has just returned from a hugely successful, whistle-stop tour of seven countries in just four weeks.

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Compact Rayzor 360Z™ from Elation a High-Speed LED Beam/Wash Luminaire with Zoom

LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional announces launch of a new beam/wash moving head in its Rayzor Series of compact and high-speed LED luminaires, the Rayzor 360Z™. The Rayzor 360Z houses (3) 60W RGBW LEDs for a powerful thrust of light and includes a 5° to 50° motorized zoom for the versatility of narrow to wide beam angle spreads. Lighting professionals will be able to get an up-close look at the speedy Rayzor 360Z at Elation Booth 2515 at the upcoming LDI show in Las Vegas.

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Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpys Shine at 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden

NYC– Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpys lit up the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden.  Lighting designer Bob Barnhart used a large complement of the fixtures for the live telecast, which was shown on multiple Viacom cable networks and through smart TV and mobile devices, MTV’s website and Facebook Live.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky products in North America.

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Mojo Barriers’ Busy European Touring Summer

KENT, UK – With over 1,000m of Mojo’s touring barrier supplied across 201 tour dates, this summer saw Mojo Barriers’ European business consolidate its position as a global partner to  artists touring UK and Europe; September 2016. All the tours benefitted from Mojo Barriers’ world famous stage barriers, with specially designed features, including Vario and Flex corners and Mega Exits, along with full support designing and installing customized barrier configurations within each venue.

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John Dunn

Studio Lux Welcomes John Dunn as the Director of Their LA Design Studio

 LOS ANGELES, CA – Studio Lux, an award-winning architectural lighting design firm with headquarters in Seattle, is proud to announce John Dunn as Director of their Los Angeles Studio. As a recognized leader in the lighting design community, John will bolster Studio Lux’s ability to deliver world class expertise and value to their established and growing national and international clientele.

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