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President Obama and Chancellor Merkel both visited Harting's booth in Hannover, Germany

President Obama and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel Visit Harting’s Booth at Hannover Trade Fair

HANNOVER, Germany – It might be unusual for the head of a world power to pay a visit to any company’s trade show booth. But Harting Technology Group noted that both U.S. president Barack Obama and Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel paid a visit, at the same time, to the company’s booth during the opening of the world’s largest industrial trade show, which took place April 25-29 at the Hannover Messe exhibition center.

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Fourleaf Takes Over GLP Distribution in Japan

Fourleaf Takes Over GLP Distribution in Japan

SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP has appointed the company Fourleaf Inc. to handle its market leading LED and discharge lighting fixtures in Japan. Described by GLP’s Sales Director, Asia, Søren Storm as “young, hungry and with a high energy level” he adds that Fourleaf has further credentials in that the company already has in-depth knowledge of the catalogue, and the existing users in the territory. Michael Muenz, GLP General Manager, Asia, is pictured here shaking hands with Fourleaf president and CEO, Shinichi Kikukawa.

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Bud Light Factory Parties at SXSW with Bandit Lites

Bud Light Factory Parties at SXSW with Bandit Lites

AUSTIN, TX – When Bud Light decided to throw a party at South by Southwest Music Festival, they went all out. Working with Mosaic and LiveNation, Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for both the Brazos Event Center and the rousing upstairs party, where musical performances throughout the weekend included Bleachers, A$AP Ferg, Yo Gotti, The Struts, MisterWives, Santigold, and Bloc Party, capping the festivities Saturday night with The Roots SXSW Jam featuring Big Grams (Big Boi and Phantogram) and other special guests.

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Mark Calvert from RES used Avolites' Ai S6 server for the project's pixel mapping and playback needs.

LED Cube Promotes VERY’s Spring 2016 Fashions with Assist from Avolites Ai S6 Server

LONDON – To promote British retailer VERY’s Spring 2016 fashion collection, Transition Video designed and fabricated a 5m x 5m LED cube clad with LED panels on three sides. Through their ad agency, St Luke’s, VERY turned to PrettyBird for creative content.  Working with PrettyBird’s Dori Oskowitz, Mark Calvert from RES used Avolites’ Ai S6 server to pixel map and play back the digital content, which included a fast moving array of dancers surrounding the cube.

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Photo by Robert Termine

Elation Platinum Fixtures Light Off-Broadway’s ‘Death for Five Voices’

NEW YORK – LD Susan Nicholson used Elation Professional’s Platinum Spot 35 Pro moving heads for front lighting, backlighting and texturing on a recent Off Broadway production of the new musical drama, Death for Five Voices. Nicholson used the Platinum Spot 35 Pro for front light and highlights for the production, which was staged March 24 through April 17 at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New Yorky. The production was inspired by the life and work of Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo.

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Mega-Lite Baby Color VW

Mega-Lite Baby Color VW

Mega-Lite’s Baby Color VW is designed to serve as a bright variable white fixture that is ultra-compact in size. The unit is equipped with 7 5W LEDs and has less than a 5” square body. The fixture has a 20°beam angle and comes with a diffuser that increases the beam angle to 25°. The Baby Color VW is controllable via DMX 512 and has amber, warm white, cool white, dimmer, CTO and strobe channels. It also has the control options audio trigger and master slave. The Baby Color VW has a double mounting yoke so it can to be set on the floor or hang from a structure. It has a digital display designed for ease of use. And the unit is equipped with power con in and out and 3-pin or 5-pin XLR connections.

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