Prolight concepts group have released a new catalogue of products for 2019. The last 9 months have seen changes over at the new Prolight Concepts HQ. The bigger warehousing and office complex has allowed for more stock holding and efficient dispatching. This, in turn, has allowed it to expand it’s product range. The catalogue has over 2200 products featured and the introduction of multiple distributed brands including LDR, Lynx Pro Audio and The Confetti Maker. The new 2019/20 catalogue has arrived and will be officially released at Plasa, Leeds. Andrew Jeffrey, Managing Director commented: “Our 2019/20 catalogue contains over 2200…
Author: James Robertson
London and Dubai based event design and technical production company Maestra Group has added several new staff to the London team – filling new positions created due to extremely strong business in 2018. The company has also doubled the size of its premises in east London by acquiring the warehouse space next door, creating a brand-new environment from which to service and administer a diversity of shows and events. The new staff joining the team include two project managers, two production designers and another technical manager. Maestra London’s Managing Director Justin Hammond commented: “I’m always very energised to see new…
Fredrik Jönsson, is heading to Oslo’s “Riksteatret” in May to lead a lighting design workshop presented by Prostage. The workshop will be held over two days, and Fredrik will talk about a number of topics, including basic lighting principles, WYSIWYG CAD/Visualisation, methodology and process exemplified through case studies from his long career. In addition to the daytime program, all participants are invited to have dinner in the Prostage showroom at Bryn in Oslo in the evening of the first day. Fredrik Jönsson is a Swedish lighting designer. He has worked with lighting for more than 30 years, mostly in TV,…
4Wall Entertainment, a US-based provider of lighting and video rentals, sales, and services, has completed the asset purchase of HSL Group Holdings of Blackburn, UK. Since the initial announcement earlier this month, 4Wall worked diligently to complete its first international acquisition and is now proceeding with the integration process. The facility and location is being rebranded as 4Wall UK, creating the first international presence for 4Wall. 4Wall UK will be comprised of the former HSL sales team and staff, with former HSL Managing Director Simon Stuart leading the sales team and assuming the role of VP of Business Development. “With…
Music & Lights will be on show throughout the 2019 edition of Music Inside Rimini. The fixtures from their ever-popular brands Prolights and Tribe will be featured on the ‘Live You Play’ rock stages at MIR – the event dedicated to technologies specifically designed for ‘the show’ that will be held in Rimini from 5 to 7 May 2019. An impressive stage (stage N.3, Hall C3) fully lit by Prolights luminaires, recreates the atmosphere of a real live show offering visitors a true live immersive experience. The stage will host live performances and the chance to get up-close-and-personal with the latest lighting…
Designed by Kuba Czarnik, a brief look at the 2019 range of Prolights luminaries in action at Prolight+Sound 2019. www.musiclights.it
L-Acoustics and L-Acoustics Group have announced the future acquisition of a majority stake in DeltaLive UK, a specialist in audiovisual services and rental. This operation follows the November 2018 acquisition by L-Acoustics Group of HGP, a manufacturer of precision sheet metal, and its sister entity, API, specialised in powder coating. For the founders of DeltaLive UK, Paul Keating and Mark Bonner, this transaction coincides with the sale of their Dubai-based operations, Delta Sound to PRG, heralding a turning point in the history and activity of the company. For L-Acoustics Group, the acquisition of DeltaLive UK vertically reinforces its expertise in…
Music & Lights stand design at Prolight+Sound 2019 featured the largest footprint to date and played host to over 400 luminaires in the Prolights arena along with the 20 new lighting products in the touring, studio and architectural markets also on display which were launched during the event. The display area featured a new and innovative interactive touchscreen system allowing visitors to test fixtures at their own leisure, interact with the Music & Lights team and the dedicated global distributor network. New fixtures on show included: PANORAMAIPSPOT – A powerful 420W flexible IP rated moving LED Spot delivering stunning brightness levels,…
Leisuretec inspired the industry’s future bright sparks with a training day on Zero 88’s FLX / S Lighting Consoles. The event took place at Leisuretec’s HQ in February 2019, offering a group of home-educated students aged 13-18 the unmissable opportunity to taste the world of entertainment and theatre lighting. Zero 88’s FLX / S lighting desks provide a simple and intuitive solution perfect for applications where the user has little lighting knowledge but needs to operate their theatre, school stage, event or production. Each desk equipped with a visualiser, the group of young people learnt how to patch and set…
Martin Tremblay, President and CEO of Solotech, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Brigham as General Manager of the company’s DeKalb office. In recent years, Solotech has undergone significant international growth and has found that the addition of local general managers for Solotech’s offices best supports the vision and the business model of the company: Think Global, Act local. This new position will allow the company to maintain its operational efficiency while supporting its growth on a long-term basis. Under the shared responsibility of Philip Giffard, President, Sales and Systems Integration Division, and Mickey Curbishley, President of the…
Unique Sound Systems (USS) has been fielding successive generations of Martin Audio solutions extending back 16 years, and this year they have been right at the cutting edge of technology, deploying everything from the new compact ADORN series through to the popular and powerful XD12 up to the new Wavefront Precision (both WPC and WPM systems). At this year’s Cheltenham Festival, one of the most famous events in the UK horse racing calendar, upwards of a hundred Martin Audio loudspeakers were on duty throughout the event. The Jockey Club once again turned to their regular sound and lighting supplier, USS,…
Lighting designer Jan Van Lindt from PRSPKTIV DESIGN has been working with Belgian-Egyptian singer songwriter Tamino. Van Lindt recently lit three evenings at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels where he used five Robe MegaPointes on the floor behind the artists as the main dramatic lighting tools. He chose the MegaPointe – sourced from the venue’s 24 new house fixtures – to accent the intensity and drama of Tamino’s performance. Van Lindt commented: “It’s all about the music with him and my job as LD is to support with interesting visuals that don’t distract from what he’s singing”. The AB show…
dBTechnologies has announced the appointment of Sean Palmer as Product Specialist for its U.S.A. western region. Palmer, who has worked with bands like Big Wreck, Our Lady Peace, The Used and Cage the Elephant, will use his 20 years of touring and system design experience to support dBTechnologies’ dealers and reps with training, demos, project design and post-sale support. “I’ve worked with a lot of different speaker brands but dBTechnologies is a phenomenal company because it values both the science and the art and their products are based on some amazing technology,” said Palmer. “It’s always been my life’s goal…
Loudspeaker manufacturer Funktion-One has unveiled its latest technological development with the launch of Vero VX at Prolight+Sound 2019 in Frankfurt. Vero VX, which has been in development for the last three years, promises Vero sound for a wider range of venues and environments thanks to its more compact footprint. Funktion-One founder Tony Andrews said: “We’re delighted to introduce Vero VX to the world. Since Vero’s launch in 2016 we’ve had a lot of interest in a smaller system that offers the same performance characteristics and ease of deployment. Through significant engineering innovation, we’ve managed to achieve that objective.” The Vero…
Elation Professional’s list of world premiere product launches at the upcoming Prolight+Sound show just got longer. Elation Professional will be showing at Stand D56-58 in Hall 12.1 new luminaires in its popular Fuze and Paladin series. All new Fuze series fixtures include the Fuze Spot, Fuze Profile with a full-colour spectrum LED engine, and Fuze Profile CW with Cold White LED engine, all automated LED moving heads. The Fuze Spot and Fuze Profile – designed for theatre, television and a wide array of precision lighting applications – house a 92 CRI engine that utilizes a 5-colour homogenized LED array of…
Eilon Engineering invites visitors of the Prolight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt to Stand C44, Hall 12.0 to see the new Ron StageMaster 8000 Hoist Load Cell. This patent-pending load cell turns any hoist into a smart hoist, allowing for greater motion control, safer handling of complex loads, advanced data acquisition, increased productivity and reduced downtime. Hanging tons of lighting, sound and video equipment above spectators and performers involves great responsibility. With ever-increasing load weight and movement, complex lifting of expensive equipment requires a highly accurate and advanced single/multi-point load monitoring solution. The Ron StageMaster 8000 can fit any hoist and…
In 2018 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK hosted the annual Melodi Grand Prix Junior (MGP Jr) singing competition at the Telenor Arena. Known as the Norwegian version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Working to an extremely tight timeline, Le Mark was able to deliver the required Le Mark StudioTak flooring without issue. Thomas Nysveen, Head of Decoration group, NRK, praised the customer service received from Le Mark: “Thank you for your kind help regarding our Studiotak order. It was not a good feeling when we realised we had such a short deadline, but luckily for us you solved it, and the…
Penn Elcom will highlight four new products at the Prolight+Sound 2019 expo in Frankfurt next week on stand C43 in Hall 4. Penn Elcom’s new UltraFlite case panels are a 100% recyclable product that will become its next-generation flight case standard. Also new is the Vulcan Shockmount Chassis, bringing affordable military strength stabilisation to rack mounting scenarios; while a new range of Penn Elcom’s MOL automatic positioning latches and lid-stay hinges utilizes WeatherSeal technology; and last but not least, also new is a yellow cover available for Penn’s popular CROSS 3 cable protector. UltraFlite Panels The new 100% recyclable next-generation UltraFlite…
