Continuing its commitment to supporting its customers in China, Brompton Technology has announced the launch of a customised Chinese version of its website. Including all downloadable documentation, as well as product and feature pages, it makes Brompton’s technical information readily available to the Chinese market. A major part of Brompton Technology’s strategy in recent years has been to find ways of strengthening its support for its panel manufacturer partners, most of whom are based in Shenzhen, China. The new website is the latest in a string of initiatives, the first of which was the creation of an office in Shenzhen…
Author: James Robertson
DTS Lighting has appointed Maurizio Gidoni as Technical Director. His background education in electronic engineering is also featured with great skills in management and process industrialization. Moreover, Maurizio’s problem-solving attitude and long experience in managing crowded technical teams, make him the perfect leader for the research and development department. The addition of Maurizio to the DTS team is part of the ongoing process of DTS to strengthen the company position in the top segment of the professional lighting industry worldwide. During his thirty-year career, Maurizio developed a strong leadership attitude, alongside with a fundamental teamwork and coaching skills. For 10…
Offering stunning views over Tokyo, CÉ LA VI is a new luxury dining, bar and club lounge complex spread across the 17th and 18th rooftop floors of the revamped Tokyu Plaza Shibuya Fukuras shopping mall. The CÉ LA VI marque is already well known as the top floor bar of Singapore’s five-star hotel, Marina Bay Sands, and CÉ LA VI Tokyo has now opened as the first concept-imported restaurant in Japan for such a global brand. Patrons can take advantage of a café bar, high standard dining, drinking and DJ performances in a luxurious space, or they simply come for the…
Operating within the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, offers a comprehensive educational curriculum as well as excellent opportunities for participation in the performing arts. Dedicated to providing a unique avenue to express the most imaginative and affective aspects of life, the performing arts program utilizes two performance spaces highlighted by a 1450-seat theatrical auditorium. Desiring the latest in production technology to best prepare their student technicians for the opportunities which may lay ahead, theatre manager Shaun McIlquham recently integrated a new inventory of Siren Series LED Followspots from Altman Lighting. “This is…
Immanuel Baptist Church has been serving Little Rock, Arkansas for 125 years, and it recently upped its commitment with the creation of City Center. City Center is a community centre with an 800-person capacity venue, classrooms, clinics, and more. It is built into a former Kroger grocery store that was adjacent to Immanuel Baptist’s sanctuary on the west side of the city. Regional AVL integration firm Paragon 360 of Springfield, Missouri, designed and installed a complete AVL system for City Center. A Danley Sound Labs sound reinforcement system leverages Danley’s point-source pattern control in the challenging acoustic space. The Paragon…
NEXO has gradually begun restarting its manufacturing operations in Plailly and Saint-Pierre-de-Côle. The return to normal service, in accordance with the guidelines of the French authorities, will involve adjusted working hours to meet health and safety protocols, and the current demand. Most of the company’s key suppliers have now resumed their own activity. For several months, the NEXO team has been continuously adapting itself, staying proactive and agile in the face of the unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus. Jean Mullor, company CEO, explains that “our first goal remains the health of our employees, guaranteeing them a safe working environment…
Riedel Communications has announced that Lutz Rathmann has joined the Riedel Group management team as Director of the Managed Technology Division. An engineering graduate, Lutz most recently served as CEO at APS. He also previously held several management positions at Riedel, including Deputy Head of Global Events. Rathmann succeeds Kai Houben, who has moved to the management team at wige SOLUTIONS, a media company particularly well known in motor sports, after serving at Riedel for more than 25 years in various roles. “I am very pleased that Lutz is returning to us — he’s a very experienced and strong leader…
Dave Berry, Media and Tech Associate of Mount Hope Church in Lansing, Michigan, used the Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer and Waves plugins for broadcasting the church’s sermons. On choosing the eMotion LV1 Live Mixer, Dave commented: “We have two LV1 systems in use in our broadcast studio and the second in our road system. Our first LV1 rig started out for our livestream, then we pulled it to use for FOH during a long weekend statewide youth conference and then back to broadcast. Its timing back to broadcast was rather strange, since that was when the COVID-19 quarantine in…
John Selldorff, President and CEO of Legrand North and Central America has announced the appointment of Steve Durkee as Legrand | AV’s next President. Steve brings to the position a wealth of knowledge and an array of experiences in the AV industry. “Steve has been a key leader running the commercial side of the AV business including all aspects of sales, product and service, and he also has significant experience in the residential custom integrator channel,” said John. “He’s been a driving force in the innovation of our products as well as a champion leading our customer experience efforts.” Steve…
Genelec is to donate a percentage of every sale of its new RAW loudspeaker range to the Audio Engineering Society (AES), for the remainder of this year. Additionally, Genelec will be funding ten one-year AES memberships for those individuals whose lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Founded in the United States in 1948, the AES is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Since then, the Society has grown to become an international organisation that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio, and disseminating new knowledge and research. Genelec…
