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From an operational point of view, the Wakefield office will be run by managing director Lee Brooks who will benefit from a strengthened management team to enhance the sales and distribution in the UK market across all brands. The Wakefield office will also be responsible for running a group-wide custom projects division. All bulk manufacturing will be handled by the group's two European plants, and global distribution will be managed from Prolyte Products Group HQ in Leek in the Netherlands.

"We are thrilled by the new opportunities at hand," states Fokko Smeding the new Gro

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VMB offers a total of 14 different lift models. The introduction of the TL-A Line Array lifts has attracted a lot of interest in the US with the product offering a practical solution for companies looking to set up a line array quickly and easily and above all safely.

Ben Sinclair, VMB's export manager commented, "We have been discussing distribution with Creative Stage Lighting for a while now. Interest for VMB lifts in North America has been increasing dramatically. We are delighted that Creative Stage Lighting will now be officially carrying them in North America. VMB lifts offer many special features and we are looking forward to demonstr

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Seesound's MD Nacho Alberdi met with Clockaudio MD Jim Hallington and international sales Rod Geary at the PLASA show in London to finalise contracts. Clock's range of high-performance microphones and DSP solutions will now be added to Seesound's portfolio of pro audio brands, alongside DigiDesign, Adamson and Powersoft.

Nacho Alberdi explains that Seesound has been targeting Spain's installation sector, looking for the best manufacturers and brands on the international scene. "We presented Clockaudio with our immediate and future plans, and they understood that we intend to be a very serious player in this market, from conference and AV business to court rooms and other traditional install work. Clockaudio i

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"Le Mark Floors are so easy to use, they make the difference between a 'standard' shop window display and one of completely different professional character and finished appearance. The way the floor wipes clean is brilliant, scuffs are easily removed and the durability of the floor is outstanding," says Mark Gibbons of Le Mark Group.

"This is the second time The Conran Shop have used Le Mark's flooring for their retail displays, the first looked just as visually stunning, really 'setting' the products on show."

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These NOS modules are now available on the CCSKills website and industry professionals are being actively encouraged to provide initial comment and consultations. "It is vitally important," says Hitchcock, 'that the modules are reviewed and commented on by as many individuals, automation professionals and interested parties as possible, to ensure that the NOS become a relevant tool for all employees and employ

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Accompanying the show on tour is an ETC EOS 4000 console. "ETC products are always really good and well made," comments Yates. "They're user friendly and 'simple' to use. They're just really good consoles. The EOS obviously incorporates a lot of ETC history but it also seems to have the best features from other consoles. It's like they've grabbed all the best ideas on the market - without copyright infringement - and put them into one console. I particularly like the dir

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Hannah Eakins, customer relationships manager for AED Rent UK said: "We weren't really sure what to expect as this is the first time we have exhibited at a UK trade show, but the welcome we have received has been a very warm one and we are looking forward to being open and providing support to UK rental companies from our new building in High Wycombe. We are very happy that we are finally able to announce the news!"

With warehouses and offices in Belgium, Germany, France and The Netherlands, AED Rent is one of the leading pure dry hire companies in Europe, supplying lighting, audio, video, trussi

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The appointments are: for Canada - Audio Distributors International; for Taiwan - Audio 6 Ltd Co; for Malta - Fusion Sound; for Lebanon - Mamari Freres sarl; anf for South Africa - Metropolis Sound. At the same time, a new UK-based company called Solution 1 Audio and headed by Chris Hawkes, will be handling Funktion One's distribution in France, Portugal, Belgium and Morocco.

Ann Andrews of Funktion One told L&SI: "We have been exhibiting at PLASA for over 10 years and it has always been a successful show for us. It was a particularly vibrant show this year and we are happy to welcome so many new distributors into the Funktion One family.

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"DiGiCo is a world-renowned brand with a broad product line which offers excellent value in terms of price and all round performance. As a result, it is a perfect complement to our current and future business model. I am delighted to be the sole distributor for DiGiCo in China," says Mr Danny Lau, MD and owner of Rightway Audio.

For DiGiCo, the change to Rightway is a natural progression for its ever-growing customer base in the region, says the company. Take up of the SD range of consoles, including its latest offering, the SD9, has been strong and utilising the sales and technical abilities of Rightway will ensure that the customer service, training and support for wh

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The new address is: 12349 South West 53rd Street, Cooper City, Florida 33330, USA; Tel : +1 954 680 1901.

With close proximity to all transportation hubs, the move will also consolidate the efficiency of Robe Inc's distribution network, says the company.

Robe Inc sales manager David Chesal and the team have already moved into the new offices, and have added a new member - Jerry Seay - to handle internal sales and co-ordinate the dealer network within the US.

Jerry Seay brings many years of experience in the worlds of production and moving lights to

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Since 1974, when the festival was revived, Crop Over has incorporated other elements of Barbadian culture and the event has transformed into an extravaganza that attracts people from around the globe. This year's festival featured several Calypso music performances and competitions. To ensure the thousands of people in attendance were able to hear and enjoy the festive atmosphere, high powered sound systems from D.A.S. Audio were placed into service.

Bridgeport-based Quality Sound Inc (QSI) was contracted to

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Gearhouse's project manager Dave Tudor comments, "It was the first time we have worked on the show, so we wanted to bring a fresh look and approach, increase the production values, and let the client see just what can be achieved with imagination, appropriate use of equipment and a bit of lateral thinking".

One of the challenges was to create a performance environment that would work in daylight - the show started at 10am and ended after dark, catering for the sold out 18,000 audience as well as the cameras (the show was recorded for DVD for future release).

The line up featured 14 of South Af

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Working in the former Eurostar Terminal at London's busy Waterloo Station for lighting designer Simon Tutchener was a project with many challenges.

The trains to Paris and Brussels had long left the station, but the perfect fashion runway remained in place along the concourse of Platform 4, complete with all the charisma and transitional charm of the neo-industrial setting. Tutchener and the Entec team's biggest challenges were working the light levels in the ever changing daylight conditions inside the glass roofed building, and installing lighting kit into very limited spaces. Some of this was over the old train tracks, which still contain live DC volt rails that are part of Waterloo's signalling network.

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Thousands of meters of ShowTex's inherently flame retardant Paris CS Velour line the entire building as acoustic masking. The main curtains are also made from the satiny 520gr/sq.m weight velvet. Drapes attached to custom curved Alu-Pipe tracks serve to mask all technical equipment, catwalks, grids, and wiring in the venue as well.

The House of Dancing Water is a show created and directed by Franco Dragone in the Li Chung (Sandi) Pei purpose built and designed Dancing Water Theatre at City of Dreams in Macau.

As one of the main features of Melco Crown Entertainment's leisure oasis City of Dreams, the 2,000 seat venue combines advanced technologies with a traditional bla

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Richard Martin Lighting supports lighting designer Dave Davey's design. The design brief set out for Davey when he first joined the production, was to "make the set look colourful without spill onto projection screens". To achieve this Davey opted for VL1000TS' "All hanging, focussed on to backing flats".

The VL1000TS luminaire combines the functionality of one of the most popular conventional lighting tools - the ellipsoidal reflector spotlight - with the versatility of an automated luminaire.

Automated functions include CYM colour mixing, rotating gobos, variable diffusion, and a zoom lens that ranges from 19° to 36° for normal imaging and a super zoom function that ranges to 70°.

Davey comments, "The VL100TS is the righ

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There are still places available for the event, which is being held in conjunction with Green Hippo at AC-ET's Northern sales office in Leeds. Technical staff from both companies will be on hand to demonstrate the full functionality of the Hippotizer, which has long been recognised as one of the leading media servers in the industry.

New for 2010, the V3 software continues to add an impressive selection of components including UberPan, VideoMapper, TextEngine, LiveMask and 3D Show Pre-visualisation.

UberPan is a multi-server screen management component that allows multiple Hippotizers to work together and create a

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Mirroring the show's success (it was the most watched VMAs in nearly a decade), Kenny says the MAC 101s were the most talked about lighting fixture out of the 1500 moving lights on the show.

"Once we brought them on site, it had so many scenarios we could use it in," Kenny commented. "Everybody loved it. The director, some of the bands, and some of the scenic people said, 'can we use that light?' It has a million and more uses. We hid them all over the place and used them as a scenic element, putting it in places that no other light can fit in."

Hosted by Chelsea Handler and broadcast live from the

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Production manager Simon Skeet, who started off using the Eclipse on monitors before handing over to engineer Lenny Goncharov, comments, "The first thing to say about Eclipse is that it has proven to be both reliable and stable. From an operational point of view, the flexibility of the control sur

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The show's theme, scenario, and music changed every week, starting off with Into the Blue, which was followed by Magic Green and Red Passion, and concluded by Colourful Cultures.

For this year's event, tarm Showlaser installed a total of 11 laser systems whose radiant atmospheric effects immersed the Autostadt in a sea of colours.

A pair of high-powered laser systems scanned the night sky from the roofs of the AutoTo

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FOH engineer Daniel Schindler first encountered the PRO6 touring as a monitor engineer for Turkish singer-songwriter Nil Karaibrahimgil. "From the first rehearsal for the Nil tour, I was blown away by the PRO6 sound," he says. "It sounds like an XL4 without 120m of copper between the source and the board. I've been looking forward to using the console with Riverside ever since. I also trained with German Midas distributor Mega Audio, and am proud to be a Certified Midas Digital User."

Schindler praised the natural sounding preamps and onboa

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It reveals that London dominated the theatre world with around 2.2 million foreign tourists spending £1.9 billion on trips involving the capital's theatres last year. The South-East followed, attracting 235,000 foreign theatre goers. The East of England, which features the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft, was next with 133,000 overseas theatre-goers.

Scotland, whose theatrical centres include Glasgow's Theatre Royal and Edinburgh's world famous Festival, attracted 120,000. The North-W

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Six new distributors have joined the AuviTran network this summer: AudioProgetti in Italy, InterSonic in Sweden, Lauda Audio in Poland, Music Data for the Czech and Slovak Republics, Merging Selector in Portugal and Dicroic for the Balkan states, including Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro.

"As AuviTran evolves beyond its origins as an OEM supplier, it is important that we surround ourselves with high-calibre technically literate distributors," says AuviTran founder Yves Ansade. "We have had long associations with many of these companies, which are already working with EtherSound partners such as Yamaha and Nexo, using our devices for the

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Presented at a ceremony on The Theatres Trust's Ecovenue stand at PLASA2010 in London, Global Design Solutions was voted for by visitors of this leading international trade show for event, installation and entertainment technology.

Products were nominated by participating PLASA2010 manufacturers if they could demonstrate improvements in sustainable theatre technology. They were used to illuminate a special stand featuring the work of The Theatres Trust's Ecovenue project.

Announcing that the Award will run again during PLASA2011, Director of The Theatres Trust, Mhora Samuel said: "We were delighted with the all the support we received from PLASA Events, our stand's sponsors, and the

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The event, attended by Prince Harry, climaxed with a reunion performance from Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams, amongst a host of other pop stars and comedians, including Tom Jones, Katherine Jenkins, Peter Kay and Michael McIntyre.

Showsec's operations director Simon Battersby along with project manager Paul Legge oversaw 280 Showsec security professionals during the show.

"The Help for Heroes concert was in aid of a fantastic cause and an event we are very proud to have been a part of," says Battersby. "The event was an emotional one