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Robe, Anolis Specified for Iktomia Art Installation

SUTTHAUSEN, Germany – Robe CitySkape 48 and CitySource 96 and Anolis Inground 12 RGB LED fixtures illuminate a collection of art and sculptural works in an event called Iktomia. The art installation includes a garden, a gallery, an event location and the renovated old Railway Station in Sutthausen near Osnabrück, Germany. It was part of the artist’s master design plan that Iktomia should come alive after dark as well as being appreciated during the daylight hours, and so he approached German distribution company LMP to help specify the appropriate fixtures for the lighting design.

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Chris Gratton

Chris Gratton Joins Shockwave Cargo Team

ELIZABETH, NJ – Production manager Chris Gratton has joined the Shockwave Cargo team. He will continue his current role as an independent production manager while working closely with Shockwave Cargo clients and prospects to help with their shipping and touring needs. Gratton has 20 years of experience in the touring industry, including handling cargo on his tours.

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Octo-Pouch

Dirty Rigger Octo-Pouch

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK – The Dirty Rigger Octo-Pouch is designed for tool convenience, especially when working in the rig. The Octo-Pouch offers a durable 600 x 600 denier polyester nylon construction with a built-in buckle system to securely attach tools directly to the pouch, ready for quick release when required. The built-in draw-string closure net keeps smaller tools secure in the main center pocket. More tools can be attached on the multiple metal D-rings positioned around the pouch.

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Jeremy Lloyd

Jeremy Lloyd Joins Tait as Spectaculars Director

LONDON – Jeremy Lloyd has taken on a new role as spectaculars director at Tait, based at the company’s U.K. location. Lloyd has worked on many of the industry’s biggest productions during his 22 years of live event experience. Most recently he led the technical design and staging teams for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies in London.

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Jim Hutchison

CAST at Event Live Expo 2013

TORONTO – CAST Group previews its involvement at next month’s Event Live Expo Feb. 5-7 in Los Angeles with new products to showcase and a keynote presentation by CAST’s product manager and resident lighting design expert, Jim Hutchison.

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Fox Sports Media Group

Fox Sports Studio Adds Spyders for Content Feeds

LOS ANGELES – Vista Systems’ Spyders are at the core of a Fox Sports Media Group studio in Century City, CA, where the NFL on Fox, UFC on Fox, College Football Saturday and soccer coverage are produced.  The Spyders feed seven different monitor walls and are used to route images to the appropriate wall.  The network needs to easily create different presets and scaling and the Spyders facilitate changing presets in the middle of a live show.

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Carl Spaulding

Carl Spaulding Joins Barbizon’s Boston Office

BOSTON – Carl Spaulding has joined the team at Barbizon’s Boston office. In his new role, he will focus on sales of products and expendables. He was previously employed at ENTTEC, where was he Northern regional sales manager. Before that, he worked as sales manager at BMI Supply. He has also been a lighting designer, scenic designer, technical director, and master electrician.

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StageTek single deck

Wenger StageTek Staging

OWATONNA, MN — Wenger Corporation’s new StageTek staging was designed to offer the user more benefits over its older product line. The StageTek staging assembles quickly without tools, folding frames or other cumbersome understructure. The decks are 20 percent lighter than comparably sized Wenger Versalite decks and feature integrated hand grips that require 40 percent less grip strength to handle. Assembly time is also reduced.

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