LONDON – White Light is now an authorized Philps Vari-Lite Service Center, offering maintenance and repairs of VARI-LITE products across the UK and Europe. The staff has been trained to handle all VARI-LITE products, from the VL500 and VL3000 to the VLX range of LED fixtures. To quicken their service, White Light has invested $100,000 in spare parts to help carry out immediate repairs.
Read More »OMAHA, NE and AUSTIN, TX — Ballantyne Strong has chosen LightParts to take over the day-to-day support of Technobeam. LightParts will now handle all support, repair and replacement parts for the moving mirror light fixtures.
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MIDLAND, TX — Tomcat, a brand of The Vitec Group, named Mike Garl president and general manager. Garl, who joins Tomcat from James Thomas Engineering, where he was previously the president and managing partner, will be responsible for all the day-to-day activities at Tomcat.
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KITCHENER, Ontario – TELUS Spark, The New Science Centre is welcoming visitors with the help of 48 Christie MicroTiles and an assortment of Christie projectors. The Calgary, Alberta venue opened for people of all ages and abilities to explore and discover science, technology and art in new ways. A second wall will be installed later this year, comprising an additional 22 Christie MicroTiles.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Jack Morton Worldwide-produced general sessions at Dreamforce 2011 and VMworld 2011 used Prelite Studios, LLC to previsualize their extensive lighting design needs. In addition, Prelite helped make the transition to the lighting rigs for each conference’s gala concert – Metallica headlining Dreamforce and The Killers at VMworld – smooth and efficient.
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Valasske Mezirici, CZECH REPUBLIC – An energy saving Anolis LED lighting scheme designed by Petr Kolmacka has been installed to highlight the City Hall Tower in Ostrava. The city’s first civic lighting scheme is part of the process of helping to create a new cultural identity for Ostrava, the ‘City of Colors.’ Kolmacka, Anolis’ brand manager, designed and managed the lighting project. Challenges included the copper cladding on the exterior. The lighting is programmed to switch on at dusk and off at dawn, and runs right through the night.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – Univision 41 TV in San Antonio recently decided to update the look of its news sets from its outdated, conservative old set with dark wood veneers to sleek new furnishings with bright, colorful lighting. Local company Event Ignition designed and installed the new lighting for the new looks, outfitting three different sets with products from American DJ and sister company Elation Professional.
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