Audiotonix has announced they have reached an agreement for a next stage investment from Ardian, the world-leading private investment house. Ardian manages assets in excess of US$90bn across Europe, the Americas and Asia. James Gordon, Audiotonix CEO, is clear on the benefits the new investment agreement will bring: “This is an outstanding opportunity to partner with Ardian to enable further growth, and it represents a significant step in the future development of Audiotonix. We have built an incredible infrastructure within the group in the past five years, which has clearly benefited all our brands with manufacturing know-how, developing new technologies,…
Author: James Robertson
Absen has signed a partnership agreement with SQM as the company’s official distributor in Poland. SQM will have exclusive rights over the sale and distribution of the Aries AX1.5, the world’s first MiniLED rental display, in the Polish rental staging market. Headquartered in Poznan, Poland, SQM provides multimedia and audio-visual rental services for trade fairs, conferences and events across Europe. The company has recently added over 100 sqm of Absen’s AX1.5 product – part of the Aries MiniLED rental series – to its inventory, making it one of the few partners to be able to offer rental customers such a…
Atlona has promoted Thorsten Goecke to Director of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately. Based in Munich, Germany, Thorsten reports to Ralph J. Lolies, Panduit’s SVP/Managing Director for EMEA. In alignment with Atlona’s growing sales presence and partner network worldwide, Thorsten will work closely with his EMEA regional sales managers (RSMs) to boost demand, sales, and brand awareness for Atlona’s industry-leading AV over IP distribution, connectivity, and control solutions for commercial and residential applications. Thorsten has been instrumental in the implementation of Atlona’s shift to a “solutions-oriented” sales approach in the DACH region, and is…
Painting with Light (PWL) has created a 2-kilometre walk-through lighting and visual ‘experience’ in the centre of Bruges – one of Belgium’s most beautiful and historic cities and a UNESCO World Heritage Site – to add atmosphere, luminosity and magic for the festive ‘Wintergloed’ (Winter Glow) season. Commissioned by Bruges Plus, the organisation responsible for the town’s cultural events, PWL’s winning pitch was led by Peter van den Bosch (business unit manager for leisure & entertainment’) and lighting expert Iiris Rousku who designed the various lighting artworks with their team. It comprises a series of elegant, eye-catching, ephemeral and different…
When Sellersville Theater 1894 north of Philadelphia sought to upgrade their ageing lighting rig early in 2019 they contacted Artistic Concepts Group, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, for a solution and ended up demoing a number of potential fixtures. “Michael Wysolmerski at Artistic Concepts was very patient and brought in dozens of lights to demo,” recounted the theatre’s Technical Director and Production Manager, Daniel Faga. “We both knew the Artiste DaVinci was the winner as soon as we saw them in the space.” Sellersville Theater 1894 is an intimate and historic live performance venue located adjacent to the even more historic…
Living Water Bible Fellowship has upgraded its sound system with local AV integration firm, Lambda Audio Visual, who designed and installed a new Danley Sound Labs sound reinforcement system. “Living Water Bible Fellowship contacted us looking for some ideas to help improve the sound system in their main worship room,” said Ryan Durbin, owner of Lambda Audio Video. “We visited to check out their system and immediately noticed the unique shape and orientation of the room. It’s a rectangle with a peaked ceiling, with the stage set up on a long wall. There are balconies on both sides that look…
The team behind the ground-breaking ‘Blackout’ installation are pleased to release the results of the “UK Backstage Entertainment Industry’s Evaluation on Mental Health Awareness”. This pioneering study was launched alongside the acclaimed 6-minute immersive experience at PLASA Olympia in September. The Academic analysis was conducted by Dr Paul Hanna, Research Director in Clinical Psychology at the University of Surrey, who has been working with the core creative team since they launced the installation in May at The Guildford School of Acting. Mig Burgess, who headed up the Blackout project said: “I am thrilled that as many as 1300 of our…
Following the consecutive meetings between RGBlink’s offices in China and Venuetech’s facilities in Dubai, the two companies agreed to partner endeavors to develop the rapidly expanding Middle East market for video processing solutions together. RGBlink is well known for innovative high-performance video processing solutions; and has found Venuetech as a reliable partner with a complimentary distribution portfolio and wide on-ground experience servicing markets including integration and entertainment. “We are very pleased to welcome Venuetech onboard as a Middle East exclusive RGBLink distributor and we look forward to the forthcoming success of both companies”, said RGBlink CEO, Ben Hu. He continued,…
Chauvet has added highly regarded lighting specialist Luis Varona to its team as Business Development Manager for the Caribbean and Central America. He will be responsible for CHAUVET Professional and CHAUVET DJ products in that market. “Luis is well-known and respected throughout the region,” said Stéphane Gressier, Chauvet’s International Sales Director. “As a result of his varied experience, he has a deep, personal understanding of how lighting fixtures are used in virtually every type of application, His knowledge and insights, as well as his passion for excellence, will be invaluable in enhancing our level of support and service to the…
The Aquarium of the Pacific has opened its “aquarium of the future,” called Pacific Visions, which features a breathtaking immersive theater, multiple interactive art installations, and hands-on multimedia displays. Key to making the immersive component of the 300- capacity theater work is perfectly positioned sound provided by Renkus-Heinz. “To create something that truly impresses people today you can’t install just one thing,” said Brian Edwards, owner of Edwards Technologies, the integration firm that designed and installed the theater AV and FX system at Aquarium of the Pacific. “You need to understand the enabling technologies at play. You have to look…
