BOSTON – Darren Lussier and Brian McNamara of Image Production Services provided Boston-themed visuals for the Smith & Nephew booth at the Arthroscopy Association of North America convention using the PVP X3 LED video panel from Chauvet Professional. The event took place April 14-16 at the John B. Hynes Veteran Memorial Convention Center in Boston.
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LAS VEGAS – An audience of roughly 185 industry professionals applauded as ESTA’s Production Equipment Rental Group (PERG) honored two New York City Police Detectives from the Major Case Squad, Martin Pastor and Anthony Diaz, who have recovered more than $700,000 worth of stolen equipment over the past nine months. The award was given at PERG’s annual general membership meeting on Tuesday, April 19th at NAB in Las Vegas.
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Eyevis’ EYE-TOLED-5500-TIGF40 is a transparent OLED display with a screen diagonal of 55 inch and a high-quality InGlass touch surface for up to 40 simultaneous touch points. Thanks to the high transmissivity of the panel and the self- luminous properties of the OLED material, this innovative display type is a first choice for installations in the center of interior designs, any- where between objects and viewers, in front of exhibits and products that require illustrations.
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tvOne noted the release of v2.2 software for the company’s CORIOmaster and CORIOmaster mini. New features include ‘immediate mode,’ which lets users perform edge-blending and video monitor placement in real time rather than clicking ‘take’ after each adjustment.
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Elation Professional has added to its family of LED strobes with the new Protron 3K Color, a high-power LED strobe light featuring 240 CREE XLamp 3W RGBW LEDs and 40,000 lumens of power for an explosion of color. The Protron 3K Color promises a powerful punch of colored light.
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AMSTERDAM – Dutch House DJ Fedde Le Grand performed his Grand 2016 event at Amsterdam’s 20,000 capacity Ziggo Dome in mid-March. The sold out event featured an impressive lighting design by JJ Rotte from Dutch lighting and visual creative practice Light Image. Rotte included more than 200 Robe moving lights in the design. The lighting complemented a set design by Sightline Productions and included 43 Robe BMFL Spots, 65 Pointes, 64 LEDBeam 1000s and 48 CycFX 8 fixtures.
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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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RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA — Stage drapery manufacturer, Sew What? Inc. has produced another unique opening show drape for this year’s Kenny Chesney’s “Spread the Love” Tour, which kicked off April 23 in Auburn, AL. The tour will support the artist’s Noise album, which is due out early this summer.
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PRETORIA, South Africa — For Mumford and Sons’ “Gentlemen of the Road” South African Tour 2016, LD Ed Warren’s rig included 26 Martin MAC Viper Profiles, 12 MAC Viper Washes, 22 MAC Quantum Washes, four JEM ZR44 smoke machines and two JEM K1 hazers.
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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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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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