The ADJ Group is pleased to announce the recruitment of Laurent Paulussen as the new Director of Finance for the company’s European division. With a strong background in both finance and strategic leadership, Paulussen will become an integral part of ADJ Europe’s management team and help the business to continue its growth in this important region. An extremely experienced finance professional and qualified CPA, Paulussen spent the early part of his career working for PwC and KPMG in the Netherlands. Progressing to the position of Senior Audit Manager, his role involved completing audits as well as special mergers and acquisitions…
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PK Sound, the company that revolutionised three-dimensional wavefront technology, will be demonstrating its new Trinity 10 at The NAMM Show – the first mid-size, three-dimensionally controlled soundsystem of its kind. The company will offer daily demonstrations of both the Trinity 10 and its Gravity series of subwoofers within its demo room, located in suite 203 B inside the ACC Brand Showcase Section on Level 2. PK Sound’s demo room will feature a cast of special guests at the FOH position, each mixing a diverse selection of tracks featuring various artists through the Trinity 10 and Gravity loudspeakers. The current schedule is as follows – entry to…
One of the best, most energetic and appreciated rock bands in the Netherlands returned to their home base in Nijmegen, launching their fourth studio album with help of the brand new CLF Orion hybrid. Lighting Designer was looking for an extensive floor setup to emphasise all the accents in Navarone’s dynamic musical style. “The band wants me to create a lively and energetic show with a lot of variety. I needed fixtures that offer a huge amount of effect versatility, so that’s why the CLF Orion definitely caught my attention.” A powerful light source and efficient optics enable the Orion…
Kinesys has taken a look at a few of the acts that were on tour this autumn using the company’s automation kit to accomplish a diversity of creative tasks. The Prodigy “I wanted a bit of additional craziness going on behind the band,” stated The Prodigy Lighting and Set Designer Tim Fawkes … which is why he is utilising eight Kinesys Elevation motors to move four special 4m long lighting trusses up and down, just upstage of the band, for the current European leg of their No Tourists tour. The new album blasted its way to the top of the…
ROE Visual has announced the launch of the Vanish V8 transparent LED panel. The Vanish series V8 LED panel is designed to create high- transparency solutions for LED walls in any indoor environment. The ROE Visual Vanish V8 made its debut at LDI 2018, where customers could view front and back of the panel’s unique high-transparency and lightweight frame. The Vanish V8 complements the Vanish series of transparent LED panels. With a transparency of 60%, this ROE Visual LED panel offers outstanding performance through its high-brightness and excellent viewing angles. Designed for indoor applications, the Vanish V8 is lightweight and…
K-array is excited to announce the launch of K-array USA. With a new facility located in the greater Boston area, the Italian manufacturer will directly oversee operations of the sales, marketing and service of K-array’s unique audio solutions in the US. The new operation, already in effect as of 1 December, is headed by K-array Global Business Development Director, Rusty Waite and will work alongside manufacturer representatives SG Western (California, Nevada, Arizona), Marketing Concepts (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) and On The Road Marketing (New York City, New Jersey) who will cover their respective territories to grow the brand in the market. “It is the right…
GLP takes over Ehrgeiz and the Ehrgeiz team from the 1 January 2019 and continues its expansion into new business areas. By taking over Ehrgeiz GLP is resolutely continuing on its strong growth path and portfolio expansion, particularly in the outdoor sector, with innovative and high-quality solutions. Steven Braun, Managing Director of Ehrgeiz, stated: “Since both companies are located in the same place and are active in the same market, there have always been points of contact. Ehrgeiz has been successfully developing and marketing products in an increasingly competitive market in recent years. This fact has not escaped GLP and there…
The Adam Hall Group launched its new customer-oriented event concept, Event.Tech Days, on 21st and 22nd November 2018. In the new Experience Center at its headquarters in Neu-Anspach (near Frankfurt), Germany. The international manufacturer and distributor of event technology welcomed a total of 50 customers with 80 participants and presented the rental industry experts latest innovations from its solution portfolio, including from its brands of LD Systems, Cameo Light, and Gravity. Additionally, in a format coined ‘Tech Talks’, the rental professionals were subsequently invited to openly discuss and exchange their insights, ideas and views surrounding the future of the event technology industry…
Despite strong gusts of wind in cold and rainy weather conditions, around 600,000 people from Germany and abroad celebrated German Unity Day in Berlin that featured several event stages and the worldwide debut of two MILOS Steel PA Towers. The motto for the celebration was ‘Only with you’ and consisted of numerous events that took place at historically significant sites in the city. The highlight of the three-day celebration was undoubtedly the Citizens’ Festival at the Brandenburg Gate, which included a concert and fireworks display. With artists such as Nena, Namika and The BossHoss, freedom, tolerance and cultural diversity were…
Nashville-based production company 44 Designs (44designs.com) was an early adopter of Elation’s Artiste DaVinci and recently used the award-winning LED moving head spot in its production design for country music artist Jake Owen’s Life’s Whatcha Make It tour. Twelve of the full-featured DaVinci fixtures were put to creative use by Lighting Designer and Production Manager Chris Nathan on a successful six-month long tour that’s been on the road since last spring. Owen played sheds and baseball stadiums around the country over the summer with a recent fall leg moving into arenas. Nathan found the Artiste DaVinci a quality spot luminaire…
The remarkable LITEC Alusfera 76 II roof was recently selected to serve as the main stage for one of the most unique concert beach events of the year – the Summer Beach Arena. The Summer Beach Arena is an annual concert series at the Rimini harbour and has the main stage physically located right on the seafront beach. From July to August, live bands and DJ sets from well-known Italian artists and world-famous international stars entertain beachgoers from sunset to the early morning hours with great music and energetic shows. Many well-known local and international artists perform each year, working…
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disguise, formerly known as d3 Technologies, is making its mark at this year’s Live Design International. The company, which have just announced its new name, will demo the future of projection and showcase its award-winning gx range of media servers. d3 Technologies have revealed a new company name – disguise – at this years’ LDI. The new name wraps up a momentous year of key changes and growth for the company which finds an expanding international community using its technology at the heart of some of the world’s most exciting cultural experiences, in verticals including concert touring, broadcast, theatre, fixed…
UK based international entertainment industry engineering design and safety specialists and consultants BLUMANO launches Stage DB – a unique multi-lingual software tool for coordinating and collating all the necessary machinery / equipment documentation to meet production health and safety requirements. Stage DB has been developed for BLUMANO by Lluis Diaz-Guerra, also 1 of 3 directors of the company which launched in 2014. Since then BLUMANO has led the way in establishing important health and safety related working practices for the world of concert touring, special events and large spectaculars. Any tour or event needs to produce a fully organised bundle of…
PSAV, a leading global provider of event technology services, has announced the acquisition of Hawthorn. The joining of companies delivers on PSAV’s vision to connect and inspire people around the globe with impactful meeting and event experiences. Founded more than 30 years ago by its CEO, Martin Hawthorn, the Company is an award-winning creative technical event production company, recently recognised as ‘Production, Rental and Staging Company of the Year’ at the prestigious AV Awards. Hawthorn offers a comprehensive suite of services, including creative design, production, lighting, audio, video, staging, power distribution and rigging services in the U.K. Working with long-term…
Over the course of the festival season, event specialists, Video Illusions spanned the country packed with LEDs, event production staff, stage design and projection mapping. For its third successive year, the Video Illusions production team were video suppliers to Bloodstock Open Air, the UK’s largest independent heavy metal festival, held at Catton Hall on10-13 August 2017. In addition to being Bloodstocks most successful year to date with over 15,000 weekend tickets and the highest day entry tickets for Ghost on Saturday. The team at Video Illusions supplied the main stage with VIL6 IP65 5500 watts LED screens and VIL6 9m x…
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