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UAE - The AC-ET stand at PALME Middle East 2010 will feature new LED lighting and control systems from Chroma-Q and Jands.

Previewing at the show is the Chroma-Q Color Force 72 / 48 range of 6ft 12,000 lumens output and 4ft 8,000 lumens output LED battens. The range provides a smooth, uniform coverage for washing areas up to 26ft high.

Also previewing is the Chroma-Q Color Charge, a 600 lumens, rechargeable battery powered, ultra portable LED light source which combines wireless control with an environmentally friendly NiMH battery and interchangeable head design.

The new generation of Chroma-Q LED models, which includes the Color Block 2 multi-purpose fixture, feature advanced RGBA colour mixing and control management technologies. Together these provide an increased colour palette, a high CRI of at least 90 and theatrical grade dimming, all in the same fixture.

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UK - White Lightreports the addition of the Robert Juliat Cin'k to its comprehensive hire stock. This 5000W tungsten Fresnel is already in action in the West End, on the award winning play Jerusalem lit by Mimi Jordan Sherin.

Offering a highly controllable beam through its 250mm (10") Fresnel lens, Cin'k offers a beam range adjustable from 10 to 54 degrees, and up to 4000 Lux across a 3m beam at 10m throw. A graduated scale on the side of the fixture makes it quick and easy to return the focus back to a pre-defined size, suitable for use in the repertoire rigs frequently found in opera and dance or repeating focuses in television studios. Cin'k also features double front runners, allowing colour filters to be fitted or changed easily behind barn-doors or other accessories without the need to clip colour to the barndoors.

Cin'k is compact enough to fit into the tigh

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UK - Osram's COINlight-OSTAR LED modules and control gear have been specified by consulting mechanical and electrical engineers Michael Popper Associates and included in luminaires produced by lighting manufacturer Metro, to illuminate the f Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

The modules were specified to provide a high level of light output as well as long lamp life. It was essential that the modules come equipped with a long lifetime as the fittings are in an awkward location which makes re-lamping difficult.

The Crucible Theatre is a 980 seat auditorium that is renowned for its innovative theatrical productions and also hosts the annual World Snooker Championships. Over 750 Osram COINlight-OSTAR LED modules were installed in the main auditorium as part of a massive renovation project and overhaul of the complete Crucible site.

The original lighting for the auditorium starry s

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Portugal - Coemar and Audium, a major Portuguese distributor of professional audio, video and scenic lighting equipment, consolidated their 10-year partnership at the annual presentation held at the Estoril Casino in Lisbon in February. Present at the exhibition were leading Portuguese lighting designers and rental companies.

Lighting designer Josè Rosado decked out the stage at the Casino using the new Infinity moving head fixtures.

For the Infinity range Portugal marked the last leg of a European presentation tour which concluded at ProLight&Sound in Frankfurt.

Co-starring on the stage at the Casino were the ParLite, StripLite, StageLite and CycLite units, part of the LiteLed range of projectors. Coemar used these to create a spectacular six-hour show.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - ProLight&Sound proved successful for Clay Paky. Many Clay Paky Global Network partners visited the stand where a special demo room was set up outside so that each product could be presented in detail.

Pio Nahum, Clay Paky marketing manager, says:"We got very positive feedback from this show, which confirmed that our product choices and commercial policy are right, at a time when our reference competitors are announcing negative results for last year and a difficult recovery. Our distribution network is increasingly widespread on five continents, and our product range has grown to include new items, such as LED screens."

The Alpha 1500 line was presented in full force for the first time. A beam shaper, a spotlight and a washlight have been added to the previously launched beam moving light and long-throw washlight, so that the line now consists of five model

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Germany - Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analogue interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications announced at Lighting+Build in Frankfurt one of the industry's smallest, most energy efficient 3-Watt (3W) high power LEDs with high color rendering index (CRI) for use in a wide range of solid-state lighting applications.

With dimensions of 5 mm by 4 mm by 1.85 mm thick, Avago's compact 3W ASMT-Jx33 is packaged in a six-leaded small outline package (SOP) and capable of being driven to up to 700 mA to provide high flux output performance. Additionally, this competitively priced compact LED emitter provides a wide viewing angle and features long life reliability, says the company.

The ASMT-Jx33 has a wide viewing angle of 140-degrees to meet the needs of designers who require good colour uniformity. This LED provides a high typical CRI of 80

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UK - True to its longstanding tradition as a DJ-centric company, American DJ Europe has tapped a well-respected DJ to be the area sales manager of its southern UK sales district. The company named the Simon Fletcher to this position after an extensive search of possible candidates.

Fletcher will be responsible for looking after the sales of the American DJ family of products in his region. As part of his job, he will be visiting dealers on a regular basis and building relationships with them. He will also be interacting with the DJ community in the UK at shows and events, and soliciting feedback on how the company's products can best meet their needs.

An amateur DJ since the age of 13, Fletcher worked as a sales executive for a number of international companies in the UK until eight years ago, when he left to pursue his DJ-ing career. As a DJ, Fletcher has worked at some of th

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Kuwait - Layali Febrayer is Kuwait's leading music and poetry festival and is considered a major cultural event in the Gulf, bringing some of the most creative and exciting artists, singers, writers and intellectuals to Kuwait from all over the Arab world.

The 2010 event was televised by Alwatan Television Network in Kuwait beginning 4 February and running Thursday and Friday nights for three weeks and streamed live on the Internet.

ACT Lighting Design of Brussels, Belgium was responsible for set design, lighting design, and content design. Koert Vermeulen was principal lighting designer, working alongside lighting designer Thomas Boets. Marcos Vinals was set designer and content art director, and Joris Corthout was content designer.

Vermeulen was creative in his use of colourful action over the stage, using over 160 Clay Paky Alpha Series fixtures, including 60 Alpha

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Belgium - When Belgian construction group Besix celebrated its 100th Anniversary, Robert Juliat followspots were present to help highlight the occasion.

The Besix Group is the largest in Belgium, and operates in construction, roads, infrastructure, environmental, concessions and property development sectors. Most recently it has been a subcontractor on the five-year construction of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, currently the tallest building in the world, and Yas Island, where the first F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi took place in October 2009.

The 100th Anniversary celebrations took the form of a spectacular show, The Bridge, performed at the 13,040 m² Palais 5 at Brussels Expo.

Luc Petit, designer and director of large scale spectaculars and long term associate of Franco Dragone, was brought in to create this special performance - which combined dance, acrobatics, lighting, m

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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden is running a special promotion to attract fans to their Facebook fan page. All who join from now until 10 May will be entered into a draw to win free W-DMX gear. Current fans will be included in the draw.

"We want an easily accessible way for our current and potential clients and OEM partners to keep track of what we're doing," says Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution, "We think this new social media outlet is a great way to do that and we want to spread the word as fast as possible."

The draw will be held on May 15 and announced on the Facebook site.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - North American entertainment lighting specialists, Complete Production Systems, (CPS) has supplied Chroma-Q Color Punch LED fixtures to a leading casino resort for their exclusive show nightclub. Part of the casino's extensive entertainment facilities, the venue features a stylish design reminiscent of the hippest clubs in L.A. and New York. It is also equipped with state of the art lighting and sound systems to cater for the diverse range of musical acts, comedians, amateur nights, karaoke and fashion shows hosted by the venue.

CPS was approached by the casino to provide a new concert stage lighting system for the circular club. With its pie-shaped stage area being located directly behind the service bar and just 12ft below a curved soffit, the venue presented a number of technical challenges for CPS. They needed a lighting rig that would use very little power and be unob

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The Show Goes On - Icelandic volcanoes and closed airports have not stood in the way of attending this year's PALME exhibition which closes today, say the organisers. The eighth annual PALME Middle East 2010 was officially opened at the Dubai World Trade Centre by Engineer Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality. "PALME has always been an important show at which to do business and this year is no exception. The exhibition has grown 10 per cent compared to 2009, proving the importance of the date on the international entertainment calendar," said Alex Heuff, exhibition director.

The team from A.C. Entertainment Technologies drove through the night to Nice, France, from London to board a flight to Dubai, arriving at 1am this morning to make the show. "We said we would be at the show and when we say something we mean it, but this is also an impo

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UK - Artistic Licence will use PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010 (27-28 April 2010, Leeds Royal Armouries) as the launch-pad for its new Flexi-Strip. Composed of a length of totally encapsulated LEDs on a strip of flexible circuit board rated at IP67 (based on factory certification), Flexi-Strip's encapsulated housing protects its LEDs from moisture, dust and damage, making it ideal for both internal and external applications. Flexi-Strip is available in 1m or 5m lengths - or can be cut to size - and has a self-adhesive backing tape for rapid mounting.

Powered by a 12V PSU, Flexi-Strip comes in Bright or Super-Bright options, with full RGB colour-mixing, and can be dimmed using Artistic Licence Rail-Pipe. A Warm White Super Bright version is also available.

Also showcasing on the Artistic Licence stand will be the Multichrome-Tile, which represents the next step in the expanding range o

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UK - ETC will be demonstrating its range of control desks and LED fixtures at the PLASA Focus show in Leeds later this month.

Featuring the patented x7 Color System, the five different Selador LED models produce a light and colour quality that conventional LED systems cannot duplicate. This system produces bright broad-spectrum whites and intense colours equally well, rendering pigments and skin tones in a far more natural way, says the company.

The latest additions to the Selador range are Vivid Fire and Vivid Ice, which produce warm reds and cool blues, alongside a new and improved Vivid-R, which now produces 50% more light - while consuming 10% less power.

In addition to the Selador Series, ETC will be showing models from the Eos, Congo and SmartFade control desk families, including the newest in the Eos line - Element, which is directed at smaller theatrical venues and s

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UK - PLASA Events, organisers of PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010 - which takes place next week on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 April at the Royal Armouries in Leeds - report that the event looks set to break records this year, as visitor pre-registrations have topped 2,500 - an increase of some 20% on last year's inaugural show. PLASA Events has also announced the availability online of the Digital Edition of this year's PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010 Show Guide - click here to view the Guide in advance of the event.

The exhibition space itself sold out long ago, as last year's returning exhibitors were joined by 33 new names, filling both The Royal Armouries & Saviles Halls. Dozens of new product launches have been announced, many making their first UK appearance following international launches at Prolight&Sound in

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Angola - Robe moving lights took centre stage in the 11th November Stadium, Luanda, Angola, for both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.

Lighting for the events was designed by Carlos Silva and Pedro Leston, from the live show and event design practice, A Fundição, based in Lisbon, Portugal, and it was they who specified the 160 Robes, which were supplied along with other lighting equipment by Angolan based rental company, Puromix.

A Fundição is well known for its innovative and imaginative approach to design and communication at live events, utilising a variety of visual mediums including lighting, and they have also worked before on several occasions with Puromix. The themes for both shows focussed on the significant cultural and political events in Angola's recent history, and its vision for the future.

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USA - The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Seattle City Light has been selected to lead a national effort to guide municipalities in evaluating light emitting diode (LED) street lights. Edward Smalley of Seattle City Light will lead the Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium, which will collect, analyse, and share information and lessons learned related to LED street lighting demonstrations.

Interest in LED street lighting is growing rapidly across the country, fuelled in part by cities looking to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act/Block Grant funding to replace existing street lighting with energy-efficient LEDs.

Starting this week, cities and power providers and others who invest in street and area lighting are invited to join the Consortium and share their experiences through national and regional meetings, webcasts, web-based discussion fo

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Denmark - M1 is the latest lighting controller from Martin Professional. With the full power of a larger desk and the agility of a smaller one, the M1 is an all-in-one lighting control unit. Following the philosophy and simplicity of Martin's current controller platform, the Martin M1 is a powerful yet compact and affordable full-featured lighting console.

Designed from the ground up to deliver the highest ratio of features vs price on the market, the M1 fits the bill in today's tight, ROI-conscious economy, says the company. Quality tested and reliably stable, the M1 is the result of over a decade of console development at Martin. It is built using the best components on the market and is made to endure the toughness of rental and touring.

The Martin M1 is equipped with a fast dual-core processor that makes operation extremely snappy. The dual core processor ensures that the

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UK - Entertainment lighting supplier White Light will be showing a full spectrum of lighting products from the many manufacturers it distributes in the UK at this year's PLASA Focus Show, which takes place 27-28 April at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

So comprehensive is the range of equipment on show that White Light will have two stands, one in each of the exhibition's halls.

In the Royal Armouries Hall, White Light will be on stand RA-C4. Products on show there will include the newly launched VSFX3, a radically updated version of White Light's popular, long-established optical effect that is fully compatible with existing discs and projectors, but also provides better slow-speed movement and on-board DMX and RDM control. VSFX3 will be shown with Robert Juliat's 350LFX projector; other products from the Juliat range, including the Victor 1800W MSR followspot and Lutin 1000W a

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UK - At this year's PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010 exhibition, Lightfactor's stand will major on new products from Italian lighting manufacturer DTS, for which it is the exclusive UK distributor. These include the Titan LED wash light, the XR3000 Spot and the new XR300 Beam, which utilises FAR technology to give full 360° rotation on both pan and tilt axes.

From Novalight, the ever popular Nova Flower 2K will be on show; from LDR a wide range of fresnels, profiles and PC fixtures, plus a brand new 2K discharge source follow spot.

From UK manufacturer Cogent will be a selection of the latest LEDs - white light, RGB and colour changing along with a selection of drivers including the new mains dimmable drivers.

Lightfactor reports it is enjoying unprecedented success with DTS's range of professional lighting products - including a full range of moving lights and a robust architect

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UK - Fifty Nine Productions (War Horse, Waves, Satyagraha) has teamed up with Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi to create a spectacular new live show combining theatre, film, animation, art installation and live music. The production opened in Vancouver in early April and is now touring the world with London performances on 26 and 27 May at the HMV Forum, Kentish Town, plus numerous festival appearances throughout the year.

Fifty Nine has previously designed sets, video and film projection for a variety of theatrical and operatic production companies including the National Theatre, ENO, Royal Opera House and Metropolitan Opera New York. The company is now making its first foray into the world of rock music.

Jónsi's live show has been conceived of as a collision of two worlds - the immediacy and energy of rock and roll with the sophisticated production values of a theatrical s

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UK - Specialist UK LED manufacturer i-Pix shows its latest products at PLASA Focus in Leeds, UK, next week, all of which build on the success and popularity of the BB4 and BB7 series wash lights.

Totally new is a range of white LED engines - initially to be shown at the exhibition in i-Pix's BB1 fixture. Also new is the BB2, a self contained two-cell fixture and the BB 2x2 which is made up of a pair of BB2s.

The versatility of the BB series, plus i-Pix' innovative LED control technology and attention to quality engineering and detail will be demonstrated in full.

i-Pix launches a range of white light LED engines, absolutely hot off the production line from Germany. Initially shown in the BB1 fixture, these are available now across the full BB range in Warm White, Cold White and a super-smooth Warm-to-Cold white mix.

The Warm White has a colour temperature of 3000 degrees K

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France - Robert Juliat has announced the arrival of the Aledin LED Profile Framing Spotlight. The Aledin is the first product of its type to achieve significant output and "superlative framing and projection ability" from an extremely low-powered LED light source, says the company.

Based around Robert Juliat's 600SX Series profile, the Aledin™ benefits from the famed double condenser optical system and retains all the features of a standard Robert Juliat profile.

Aledin's low power consumption is of value where power availability is limited, whilst the choice of colour temperatures make it equally at home in a theatre or opera house lighting rig, whether tungsten or discharge. Aledin is also suitable for environments such as historic theatres or museums, since there are no UV or IR emissions to damage sensitive fabrics or exhibits.

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UK - GDS (Global Design Solutions) is celebrating a "phenomenal response" to its attendance at last month's ProLight&Sound, Frankfurt and USITT, Kansas City.

The Bristol-based manufacturer started its international trade show run in Frankfurt where it exhibited alongside its German distributor on the Lightpower Village. Showcasing LiteWare HO (High Output), the newest edition to the LiteWare range, GDS received an exceptional response. In addition to its successful product launches the manufacturer signed four new international distributors at the show.

Managing director Matthew Lloyd comments, "The response we received at this year's ProLight + Sound has surpassed all expectations. The launch of the new LiteWare HO and the new TCP/IP CueSystem were very successful and attracted great interest from both international customers and press."

The following we

  1. Megaman shines at Light+Building 2010
  2. PRG showcases Vari*Lite VLX at PLASA Focus
  3. Robe DigitalSpots in black & white
  4. Lighthouse Technologies makes Philippines debut
  5. W-DMX Shows Generation 4 at PLASA Focus
  6. AC-ET grows business & servicing facilities
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