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The Netherlands -Check Evenement Realisatie, a rental company based in Apeldoorn has just invested heavily in Electro-Voice equipment. EV's Dutch partner, E-Audio Benelux, supplied the company with a powerful arsenal of Electro-Voice systems that included 12 XLC127DVX loudspeakers, four Xsubs, six TG5 amps, two TG7 amps and one new NetMax N8000-1500 with FIR-Drive.

"As a result of this investment in Electro-Voice line-array technology, we are able to offer our customers the finest sound and the latest technology," says Hans van der Wiel, Check Evenement Realisatie's managing director. "It also sends a clear signal that our company is able, even in these difficult times, to embark upon a major programme of investment."

Axel Nagtegaal, managing director of E-Au

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Eire - Cloud Electronics has confirmed Dublin-based Sound Productions as its distributor for Ireland.

The announcement follows a number of similar distribution appointments made by Cloud over the last year. The manufacturer says it is preparing a solid and proactive distribution network across the globe in preparation for new niche, high quality, commercial audio systems from the Cloud brand, as well as updated lines, all to be available in the near future.

Derek McGlynn, Sound Productions MD, commented: "Cloud has an enviable reputation in the contractor market and we are extremely pleased that Sound Productions has been chosen as the distributor for Ireland."

The appointment begins on 1 September 2009 and will be heralded with a Cloud dealer day, to be held on 3 September at the Clarion Hotel, Dublin.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Everybody wants to increase the sustainability of their events, but it's not always clear what this looks like on a practical level. PLASA is therefore working in partnership with the Sustainable Events Group to deliver a two-day Implementing BS 8901:2009 course, designed to provide PLASA Members with the expertise that will enable them to design, install and maintain a management system that not only meets the requirements of the standard, but delivers measureable benefits from day one.

The course takes the complex concepts that underpin the standard and turns them into practical, common sense solutions that can be used to improve management practice. Expert instructors, directly involved in the revision of the standard, the development of certification and experienced in sustainability management system implementation, provide a detailed skills transfer during this two da

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UK - The application of light is the philosophy of Lightinc Limited - a new lighting design and supply company established in June 2009 by creative lighting designer James Wadsworth.

"I am convinced that there is an abundance of design opportunities and new business in the national and international architectural and display lighting market for a highly creative experienced new company," says Wadsworth.

Lightinc will concentrate its efforts in three main areas: Projects - Independent lighting design and supply projects, including electrical installation, focusing, commissioning and maintenance of the lighting system; Products - The design and development of a range of lighting products. Wadsworth intends to develop these fittings to suit the requirements of the lighting specification market, along with products designed for specific lighting applications; Lect

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UK - Cirrus Research has introduced a new matt black version of its doseBadge personal noise dosemeter, designed specifically for companies looking for an inconspicuous way to measure personal noise levels.

Demand for doseBadges from the entertainment sector is high, says the company, due to the Updated Noise at Work regulations, which came into force in 2008. Under these regulations, employers in the entertainment industry are now required to manage the risk to their employees caused by excessive noise.

Apart from the entertainment sector, the new black doseBadge has also found favour with security companies, the police force and the emergency services, but is suitable for any application where a less visible personal noise measurement solution is needed.

"The doseBadge has proved really popular with musicians and orchestras, but because it is silver it shows up when i

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UK - Launching on 3rd September, the 2009 100 Hours of Carbon Clean up Campaign will give organisations another chance to sign up and take part in carbon saving activities.

The campaign is open to companies from all sectors who want to reduce the amount of carbon emitted from their buildings and to motivate fellow employees to get involved. In return, participants will be able to access an extensive list of carbon saving activities and expert advice.

This is the fourth Carbon Clean Up Campaign run by CIBSE - last year's campaign saw around 600 organisations sign up to cut carbon, including hospitals, museums, consultancies, local authorities and universities. Buildings already signed up for the 2009 campaign include Tate Britain and the Science Museum.

Mike Simpson, CIBSE President, said: "We are now in the fourth year of Carbon Clean up Campaigns and enthusiasm

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UK - AP has been handling security at Henley for the past 12 years. Senior operations manager for this year's event was Tommy Michalis, working alongside operations manager Sid Bradshaw looking after staff welfare, security supervisor Jackie Weller and a team of around 50.

"The festival attracts a prestigious clientele," says Michalis. "We are required to do meet and greets, check accreditation and make sure all members of the public who enter have the right attire on as this is a black tie event. We secure the whole site, making sure that venue capacities comply with regulations and that there is no illegal mooring by boats not associated with the festival.

"We also escort the principal artists from their dressing rooms to stage and back, as well as securing the site that the pyrotechnics are fired from on the opposite side of the river. There are sometime

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France - The opening night of the annual Jules Verne Film Festival was held at the Grand Rex cinema in Paris this year, with the theme Space Conquest. Many of France's top astronauts attended the gala to pay homage to the guest of honour, Buzz Aldrin, and FOH audio was managed by an Allen & Heath digital iLive system.

A documentary film about Aldrin and Armstrong's lunar conquest was projected on a large screen, accompanied by a specially-commissioned live orchestral soundtrack called A Symphonic Voyage to the Moon written and directed by Emmy Award-winning composer, John Scott, who wrote soundtracks for blockbusters including King Kong and The Saint.

The festival's technical audio manager, Serge Babkine, chose an iLive system, comprising an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-144 Control Surface, to mix and record the score that was performed on the nig

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UK - E/T/C London is once again supplying spectacular 90 metre wide large format projections for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. This is the fifth consecutive year that the company has been involved in this high profile event, and the second year that the projection canvas has been increased from 60 to 90m wide - following the success of the widescreen style last year. This extended area stretches the full width of Edinburgh Castle's walls at the far end of the Esplanade/arena, forming a dramatic backdrop to the performance space.

E/T/C London's Ross Ashton designed and produced custom artwork for the high impact projections which run for approximately 50% of the show. This is the most that projected images have been used to date since the medium was first introduced into the Tattoo's visual mix in 2005.

Four of E/T/C's PIGI 6K projectors fitted with double rotating scro

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UK - City Building Glasgow, an independent building and maintenance company was formed in 2006 from the Building Services Dept of Glasgow City Council and now has a wide range of contracts in the public and private spheres. Maltbury Staging has been working with City Building for over two years, supplying new build primary schools with a carefully designed package of staging and performance equipment.

Jane Martin at City Building discussed the requirements with Maltbury MD Philip Sparkes and agreed on a package of equipment which would provide a lightweight 7m x 4m stage with backdrop system and disabled access ramp. For complete convenience, easy grip hand-wheels secured the legs on a deck without the need for tools. The kit has proved so versatile and reliable that City Building has just placed its twelfth order.

Drawings and set up instructions for each school were submitte

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UK - XTA Electronics has announced the diversification of its product portfolio with the arrival at PLASA 2009 of its first installation product, the DC1048 integrated audio management system.

24 bit high-end converters coupled with 96k sample rate, ensure a bandwidth in excess of 30kHz and a dynamic range of over 112dB.

With its four inputs and eight outputs all electronically balanced on three-pin Phoenix connectors, the DC1048 also has GPIO interface built in along with the USB easy access front panel connector and RS485 networking.

Sound quality is assured through the heritage of the 4 Series processing platform and the use of high resolution, high sample rate audio converters.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Bosch Security Systems Communications Systems Division has announced that its RTS Intercom west coast regional office in Burbank, Cal. is being consolidated into its Burnsville, Minn. headquarters.

Effective 23 August 2009, this move is in step with both the recent restructuring of the division's sales organisation and the continued expansion of its training programme into larger, better-equipped facilities.

Burnsville is also home base for the Division's Bosch Conferencing & Public Address, Electro-Voice, and Telex brands.

Bosch Security Systems also offers training at facilities across the US, including locations in California, Georgia, Indiana, New York, Ontario, and Pennsylvania. The Burnsville facility will serve as the location for the Communications Systems Division's largest training seminars.

"Our focus on maximizing value for our customers shapes every

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Australia/UK - State Automation has announced the appointment of Cooper Controls as the exclusive distributor for its products in Europe.

State Automation is a privately owned Australian company specialising in the design and manufacture of advanced dimming systems for professional theatre, television and other entertainment applications. Cooper Controls is a specialist manufacturer and supplier of lighting control products to the entertainment and architectural lighting markets.

"Following unprecedented success in Australasia and the Far East we have been looking to further develop our business in Europe for some time," says State Automation chairman Chris Bishop. "Cooper Controls has an extensive dealer network and market penetration throughout the region. Through their Zero 88 entertainment lighting control brand they have a core knowledge of the markets our

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USA - Meyer Sound has announced its international education schedule for August to October 2009, with seminars to be held in Mexico City; Toronto; Los Angeles; Montabaur, Germany; Seville and Madrid, Spain; Duivendrecht, Netherlands; and Osimo Stazione, Italy. Some seminars will be taught in the local languages, including Spanish and German, and others will be interpreted by qualified translators.

Meyer Sound's education programme emphasis the science of audio and practice in live sound applications. The seminars will cover core audio principles encompassing sound system design and alignment, line array theory, equalisation, delay and acoustical prediction with MAPP Online Pro. Other courses explore system measurement and optimisation, FFT analysis, filters and phase relationships at an advanced level with practical reference to the use of Meyer Sound's SIM 3 audio analyser.

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USA - Harman Professional has announced the appointment of Hi-Tech Audio Systems as the authorised distributor for India. According to Harman Professional regional sales director Sushil S. John, this move "underscores Harman Professional's commitment to evolving and improving its service of the professional audio community in India".

Headquartered in New Dehli with satellite offices in Noida and resident engineers based regionally throughout India, Hi-Tech Audio Systems was established in 1990 by PK Gupta, director and Rajan Gupta, director. Hi-Tech Audio Systems' team of 65 engineers and executives is highly experienced in the Indian professional audio market, having led many major fixed installs, live sound and recording and broadcast projects and also having previously served a host of other leading manufacturers.

"As India's creative community continues to e

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UK - The Big Chill festival continues to pioneer the integration of visual arts with live performance, attracting some of the world's best visual acts to the Herefordshire fields to create the special visual presence that has become one of the event's key trademarks.

All the video requirements of the festival, including system design, production, and VJ programming, are concentrated in the hands of creative services resource company As Described Ltd, run by Adam Seaman and Jim Horsfield. Both men are enthusiastic supporters of the professional video mixers and samplers from Edirol by Roland, and chose the V-8 8-channel mixers as the front-of-house standard mix kit for all the main performance venues, including the principal outdoor stages.

The 2009 Big Chilll proposition draws in visual artists such as D-Fuse, Labmeta, Flicker, Bob Jaroc, Myogenic, Mowgli, Visual

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UK - Building on the success of its S6000 range, Trantec is launching its new S6 Wireless System, taking the 19" eight-channel concept to a higher level.

The rack-mounted S6 receiver comprises eight receiver modules, internal antenna distribution, headphone monitor, and USB connectivity - and now incorporates a comprehensive user interface on the front panel allowing the user to configure and monitor all channels, with or without an external PC.

When used in standalone mode the operator can modify frequencies, user names, and mute levels. RF levels, AF levels and battery status can be viewed and individual audio channels can be monitored through the headphone output. The frequency set can also be downloaded to the transmitters via an infrared port. Under PC control the system can be monitored remotely giving the additional functionality of RF walk tests, and RF spectral

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Germany - Mainz-based integration firm BFE Studio und Medien Systeme has specified Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC16 arrays as part of extensive presentation, sound reinforcement and conference facilities in three new buildings on Campus Westend of the Frankfurt University in Germany.

The Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main is among Germany's foremost educational establishments, with ambitions to be one of Europe's leading universities. Its current renovation and expansion plan on the Westend Campus site will take the total capacity of the campus from 10,000 students currently to around 45,000 by 2014.

Three new buildings, the House of Finance, the Rechts-und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Law and economics) building and the Hörzaalzentrum (centre) have been completed and equipped with AV systems designed by Datech consulting's Detlef Hartmann and installed, following a

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UK - The Youngman Group has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Staging Concepts, the Minneapolis, US based producer of lightweight modular performance staging systems.

The Staging Concepts range is now available throughout Europe via the Youngman Group's newly established Events division. Launched earlier this year, the Youngman Events division is dedicated to the needs of the events industry, including sporting fixtures, outdoor concerts, exhibitions and product launches.

The new division is headed by Jason Carlton who says: "The Staging Concepts system is the perfect complement for our own range of products for the events industry. Staging Concepts' is a complete system ideal for the end-user and specific venue applications."

Under the new distribution deal, Youngman will stock the Staging Concepts range at its warehousing site at Maldon, Essex and w

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Finland - FogScreen Inc. has introduced its "most affordable, simple and versatile model yet", the FogScreen eZ projection screen.

This new product has been designed with a compact body structure incorporating all the elements into the main screen housing. One power plug and one water line is all that's needed to connect the screen and start operation.

"FogScreen eZ is our new product for the price driven market in a heavy recession. For under 20k EUR you can buy an easy to set up, very affordable, high quality, original and patented FogScreen projection screen," says CEO Mika Koivula. "After the successful launch of the retail sector we are now looking to attract other outlets like visitor attractions in general, aquariums, corporate offices and night clubs. FogScreen eZ serves exactly the same purpose as the bigger FogScreen product family members:

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Spain - SoundMan-Server has been recently installed by Kontrolcla in L'Auditori, a 42,000sq.m auditorium designed by the architect Rafael Moneo in Barcelona. L'Auditori" includes three auditorium halls, a museum as well as a music academy. A fourth hall will open within the next few months.

With more than a thousand events last year, the auditorium has decided to invest in a modern sound and show control system. SoundMan-Server, controlled by Medialon's Show and Media Control system has been installed by Kontrolcla Show Control in the auditorium's halls.

One Medialon Manager Pro license is used for the Stage Managers to control all the audio paging system and service lighting.

One Soundman-Server license, one Peavey MediaMatrix, eight DMX512 transceivers and one KissBox I/O box are connected with Medialon Manager via TCP/IP across the new optic fibre building network.

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