BARCELONA, Spain — Grupo Adagio’s Adagio.pro division, which distributes pro audio and other entertainment industry gear to Spain and Portugal, is now handling products made by Italy-based RED Lighting, the new lighting company owned by R&D International, which also owns B&C Speakers.
Read More »NEW YORK – Karl Ruling, technical standards manager at PLASA, announced plans for a Connectivity Pavilion at LDI, set for Oct. 19-21 in Las Vegas. Ruling is looking for manufacturers interested in having their products in a booth that is set up to show the interoperability of the products made possible by control protocols standards including, but not limited to, ANSI E1.11 (DMX512-A), ANSI E1.17 (ACN), ANSI E1.20 (RDM), ANSI E1.31 (sACN), and others.
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SUNRISE, FL – Ilumipanel 40 IP is an architectural LED wash light designed for small spaces to uplight walls, trees or statues. It is equipped with 40 3-watt RGB LEDs and 30-degree lenses with impact-resistant glass lens cover and a dry-seal GORE valve. Other features include built-in automated programs and customizable color temperature presets. The fixture’s dimensions are 3.5 x 14.6 x 12 inches / 82 x 371 x 306 mm and it weighs 18.25 lbs / 8.28 kg.
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NEW YORK – Chris McMeen has joined Christie Lites as a new member of its Rental Rep team. McMeen is developing new client and market relationships in the New York City/New Jersey area and serving his client base from all 12 Christie warehouse locations across North America. He was most recently Northeast Regional Sales Manager at High End Systems, a Barco group.
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NEW YORK – 4Wall New York provided lighting for a recent Justin Bieber show at the Apollo Theater, which was also filmed for Bieber’s NBC television special, Justin Bieber: Around the World. 4Wall provided event production company Event Resources with a lighting package that included Martin MAC Aura and MAC 301 LEDs, as well as Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot fixtures.
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MIDDLETON, WI – The Source Four incandescent ellipsoidal spotlight will be 20 years old this fall. Introduced at LDI in 1992, the fixture is now a mainstay of conventional lighting in a wide variety of rigs. ETC recently noted that more than 3 million Source Four fixtures have been manufactured, sold and put into service. That tally does not include the new Source Four LED fixture introduced this year.
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MUNICH – ARRI appoints Martin Cayzer as Chief Executive of its global network of camera and lighting rental operations. Prior to joining ARRI, Cayzer served as Managing Director of Panavision Asia Pacific for 13 years. He has 30 years of experience in the industry.
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LAS VEGAS — The votes from PLSN readers are in, the results tallied and the regional winners of the 2012 Hometown Hero Lighting Company competition have been named. They are: Canada: Midnite Hour Productions (Etobicoke, ON); Northeast: East Coast Lighting & Production Services (Warwick, RI); Southeast: Design Productions, LLC (Birmingham, AL); Midwest: Intelligent Lighting Creations (Arlington Heights, IL); Southwest: Precise Corporate Staging (Tempe, AZ); Northwest: Alaska Universal Productions (Fairbanks, AK).
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SUNRISE, FL – CHAUVET is launching new moving heads and video panels to the European Market at the PLASA show Sept. 9-12 in London. It will also highlight its new Ovation line of theatrical fixtures and will introduce its architainment line of ILUMINARC indoor/outdoor lighting products.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has launched Vectorworks Cloud Services in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Vectorworks Cloud Services provides greater convenience, collaboration and freedom for users to access their designs from any location, at any time. All members of the Vectorworks Service Select software subscription program receive access to Vectorworks Cloud Services and 5 GB of storage capacity.
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LJUBLIJANA, Slovenia – Event Lighting provided Robe moving lights to fill most of the rig for the Red Summer Dance Party with Tiesto and other DJs at the Arena Stozice. Event Lighting’s LD Jernej Gustin, who designs for many top Slovenian bands, specified more than 75 Robe fixtures including ROBIN 600 LEDWashes, ColorSpot 1200E ATs, ColorSpot 700E ATs and ColorSpot 575E ATs.
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