SHANGHAI – After its inaugural show last fall, the Shanghai International Lighting Fair returns for 2015. The Sept. 23-25 2015 is set to take place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, with plans to occupy 20,000 square meters of fairground space. The event focuses on fulfilling the lighting needs of the Central and Eastern China regions.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Bringing advanced radio communications technology to the catwalk, Riedel Communications partnered with facility management provider Gegenbauer to provide an elegant and reliable communications package for Panorama Berlin, a leading trade show during Berlin Fashion Week. For the three-day event, Jan. 19-21, the two companies supplied a custom solution with more than 100 mobile radios and 20 headsets supporting security, traffic management, and event organization and access.
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ORLANDO, FL — PLASA Focus: Orlando’s educational seminar program will kick off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17 with a presentation by lighting designer Richard Pilbrow. The presentation, titled “Light and Theatre – 50 Years of Change,” is sponsored by elektraLite and Avolites distributor Group One Ltd. It will be held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel.
Read More »NEWPORT BEACH, CA — St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church features a terrarium roof that fills the space with the most energy-efficient light source available – natural daylight. The problem, however, is that the ambient light weakens the power of the church’s video presentation during its services. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, provided a solution.
OWENS CROSS ROADS, AL — A Feb. 6 explosion at a pyro factory near Huntsville, AL operated by Ultratec Special Effects left two dead and four injured. One of the injured was hospitalized in critical condition; the other three reportedly received minor injuries. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and OSHA officials are investigating the accident.
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Martin’s P3-300 System Controller LED video processor is now shipping. As the new flagship model of Martin’s P3 System Controller family, the P3-300 combines the Harman subsidiary’s P3 workflow with a new high-performance video-processing engine that can drive some 2,000,000 pixels.
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Martin’s RUSH PAR 2 CT Zoom is designed to serve as a single-lens LED PAR can that offers fully pre-mixed white color temperatures for a range of applications.
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LONDON – Metronomy completed a year of touring in support of their Love Letters album with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace. Ed Warren designed the lighting and set. The lighting setup included the floor package of Robe fixtures that the band had been using on tour, plus additional Robe fixtures for the big final show. In all, Warren’s rig included 14 Pointes, six LEDWash 300s, 39 LEDBeam 100s, 17 LEDWash 600s and 26 ROBIN 600E Spots, all supplied by Southampton based rental company GLS.
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BERGAMO, Italy – Clay Paky hosted an event for its international distributors at its headquarters here. More than 130 representatives from 53 countries around the world met in Bergamo Feb. 3-4, 2015 for an update on the future strategies of the lighting fixture manufacturer, now part of the Osram group.
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LONDON – For First Aid Kit, a folk rock duo from Sweden, LD Matt Waterfield used lighting supplied by west London based Colour Sound Experiment. The moving lights included 12 Robe MMX Spots, 22 Robe LEDWash 600s and 14 Robe Pointes, with eight Clay Paky A.Leda 20s LED washes on the floor fitted with B-Eye lenses. The set also featured 26 vertical LED battens from Chauvet Professional.
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