ROZNOV POD RADHOSTEM, Czech Republic — Robe Lighting s.r.o., based here, has acquired the complete range of LiteWare portable battery LED products from Bristol, U.K.-based Global Design Solutions (GDS). Sales, marketing, manufacture and support for the range of fixtures has been transferred to Robe, and the product line is available through both the company’s subsidiary offices and global distributor network.
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SOCHI, Russia — The 18-part opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics here was lit by more than 1,100 lighting instruments, all controlled by High End Systems’ Hog 4 lighting platform. LD Al Gurdon and programmer Ross Williams contributed to the visual design of the massive show.
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PARIS — 1024 Architecture, an art and design company led by founders Pierre Schneider and François Wunschel, is incorporating Clay Paky’s Sharpy fixtures as part of a pop-up 4D scaffold and light sculpture dubbed “Hyper-Cube,” a.k.a. Tesseract.
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CYPRESS, CA. — Christie announced Feb. 20 that Kenji Hamashima, chairman, president and CEO of the Christie group of companies, will step down from his current role starting in April but will remain as chairman, president and CEO of the Christie holding company, Christie Digital Systems Inc., as well as Ushio America Inc. Jack Kline, president and COO, Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. (pictured here) will assume the role of chairman, president and CEO of all of Christie’s operating companies worldwide.
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CLEVELAND, OH — CSR, an AV production company based here, is marking 20 years. Bob Leon, company president and CEO, credited his staff for the company’s success.
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