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Danny O’Bryen Returns to NEP Screenworks as President

PITTSBURGH, PA — NEP Inc. announced that Danny O’Bryen will return to the company as president of its Screenworks division. O’Bryen, who left the company in January to start a new business, has over 30 years experience in the industry. O’Bryen, an original founder of Screenworks, will lead the staff, manage day-to-day operations, and oversee every Screenworks project.

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Hometown Heroes

2011 Hometown Hero Lighting Company Finalists Announced

LAS VEGAS — The regional winners of the 2011 Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year have just been announced: Canada: Tour Tech East (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia); Northeast: Excel Lighting Services (Baltimore, MD); Southeast: Paradigm Production Services (Tamarac, FL); Midwest: Technical Productions Inc. (TPI) (St. Louis, MO); Southwest: Gemini Stage Lighting (Dallas, TX); Northwest: Hollywood Lighting Services (Portland, OR).

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ADJ Atmospheric RG LED

ADJ Atmospheric RG LED

American DJ’s Atmospheric RG LED creates a psychedelic atmospheric effect from new “web type” red and green laser patterns and a dark blue LED wash, all built into one case. This laser effect features one 30mW green laser, one 80mW red laser and one 3W dark blue LED that creates the wash part of the effect.

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Robe ROBIN 1200 LEDWash

Robe ROBIN 1200 LEDWash

Robe’s ROBIN 1200 LEDWash, which uses the same multichip LEDs as the ROBIN 600 LEDWash and ROBIN 300 LEDWash, features 61 LEDs in four concentric rings. It promises smooth mixing, true whites and the homogenized light engines of the LEDWash 300 and 600, along with light weight, full functionality and low power consumption.

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IAVM Recognizes Richard Shaff with ICCC Lifetime Achievement Award

COPPELL, TX — Dave Anderson, director of the International Association for Venue Managers (IAVM) Convention Centers/Exhibit Halls Committee, announced that Richard Shaff, general manager of San Francisco’s Moscone Center and Regional Vice President for SMG, would receive the 2011 International Convention Center Conference (ICCC) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is presented to individuals recognized by their peers for outstanding contributions to both IAVM and the convention center industry.

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OCCC West Building

CD+M Renovates Lighting Control System for OCCC West Building

ORLANDO — CD+M Lighting Design Group recently completed a $1.6M renovation project at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). The OCCC, which has 2.1 million square feet of exhibition space, is comprised of two buildings joined by a sky bridge. This project upgraded the lighting controls system in the West building, which houses 141 meeting rooms has 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space.

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Martin gear at Oriflame meeting

Eurovision Standout Performs at Oriflame 2011 Directors Meeting with Martin Fixtures

KIEV, Ukraine — For this year’s annual Oriflame directors meeting, attended by some 6,000 of the cosmetic company’s representatives from Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, set designer Nik Vishnevetski and lighting designer Dimitri Pruidze supported a performance by Eurovision 2008 winner Dima Bilan with a lighting rig including fixtures and control gear made by Martin Professional and supplied by Gali-Leo Rental.

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Robe at EXIT

Studio Berar’s Lighting Designs for EXIT Festival Include Robe Gear

NOVI SAD, Serbia — The four-day EXIT festival drew more than 100,000 to the Petrovardin Fortress on the banks of the River Danube to hear Jamiroquai, Nick Cave, Pulp, James Zabiela, Fedde le Grand, Underworld, Marco Cariola, Beirut, Laibach and other artists perform. Studio Berar, who has supported the festival since it began in 2000, once again included fixtures from Robe in the rig for two of the larger stages.

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