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USA - Le Maitre unveiled two new machines at this year's LDI.

Le Maitre's HazeMaster has been engineered to withstand the rigours of the road when on tour.

Le Maitre have taken all their experience from HazeMaster's predecessors, the renowned Stadium Hazer and the MVS Hazer, and designed a completely new machine with a host of new features and benefits. Le Maitre's acquired knowledge and original investments have enabled them to produce a much more competitively priced unit, despite using higher quality, longer lasting parts, says the company.

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UK - The Arena Group has begun the installation of a temporary building that will host a variety of major indoor events throughout 2013 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland as it is named UK City of Culture, October 2012.

Arena's TFS structure will become the primary venue for Londonderry, extending its venue capabilities and enabling the city to host the UK City of Culture for 2013, which will present a celebration of Londonderry's culture to local and international audiences through a series of high profile cultural events. Arena's semi-permanent venue that is being built now will remai

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Australia - Mojo Barriers has opened a permanent Australian office giving event organisers and venues across the continent access to the full Mojo Barriers product range with enhanced logistical capabilities and customer service.

Mojo Barriers Australia officially opened doors on 2 October, and the operation is already in full swing for the start of the Australian event season. The main office and storage premises are based in Sydney and will house over 1,500m of stock, with additional barriers located across other major cities to allow for the most efficient and cost effective servic

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USA - Bringing home "one of the best results from any international trade show", this year's LDI Exhibition saw an outstanding level of development in Le Mark's USA distribution network, says the company.

With four new dealers ready to take stock of the entire Dirty Rigger gloves & accessories range straight after the show, plus an additional 80 high profile enquires, the team have again been overwhelmed with the response.

Dirty Rigger product manager Steve Marshall said, "Within a little over 12 months we've managed to secure 11 new distributors across the USA for ou

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UK - Edinburgh-based technical installation specialist Northern Light is the first company to purchase the newly launched SDRIVE motorised track system by Triple E.

Following an industry and press launch hosted by Triple E's managing director David Edelstein at Portsmouth's King's Theatre in September, Northern Light project manager Martin Tarpy purchased the SDRIVE system for The New Waverley School in Birmingham.

"We wanted to deliver the best possible solution for the school's main proscenium theatre and consulted a range of suppliers, including Triple E," says Tarpy. &

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UK - James Thomas Engineering has appointed Patrick Lockwood as special projects manager. Returning to JTE for his second stint with the company, Lockwood brings a wealth of experience from terms at Tomcat, Lite Structures and more recently Prolyte.

As special projects manager, Lockwood will handle every aspect from initial customer contact through to installation, as well as the development of new, cutting-edge truss products. "This will take us into an exciting future, and enable us to take the James Thomas brand back to the very front of truss manufacture globally," says

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UK - Right Structures has introduced three new models to its Geo Stage range, now available to the live events industry across Europe, October 2012.

The curved roof of Right Structures Geo Stage has been made available in 20m, 30m and 45m spans. Right Structures officially launched to the industry earlier this year and has continued to develop its range to offer festival and event organisers a flexible, structurally sound staging system.

Ruben Caruana, Right Structure's business development director, explains, "The creativity and flexibility of our modular Geo Structure System

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UK - Flightcase manufacturer 5 Star continues to enjoy brisk business this autumn with a wide variety of projects including a substantial supply of cases to Edinburgh-based lighting, sound and AV specialist, Black Light.

The cases - a series of general purpose and custom items - were purchased to protect and transport Black Light's newest equipment investments, including lighting and rigging kit.

5 Star designed, manufactured and delivered the order with their characteristic speed and efficiency so the cases were able to go straight into action on a range of events and hires.

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UK - The Bristol Old Vic, one of Britain's most historic theatres, founded in 1766 by 50 merchants, lawyers and politicians, has been given a spectacular £12.26m makeover in the first phase of a major redevelopment.

Originally designed by the Bristol architect James Saunderson, the theatre is believed to be the oldest working theatre in the UK. Stage Electrics was awarded the contract to design and install a completely new technical infrastructure and production lighting, audio and communications systems. The project has been headed by consultants Charcoalblue with design by Joh

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UK - A Stage Technologies rental AU:tour control system provided the overhead flying for Nicholas Hytner's triumphant version of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens at the Olivier Theatre in the National Theatre. The production, which opened on 17 July, finished its run on 1 November in front of a live audience in London and was live-streamed to cinemas around the world.

The Stage Technologies system included 15 BigTow winches, ranging from 12 BT200s and two BT390s which flew smaller scenic items to a single BT490 which moved a very large scenic wall. The control system included seve

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USA - CAST is pulling out all the stops for PLASA Focus Stamford with not one, but four new products, plus an educational seminar. PLASA Focus will be held 12-13 November at the Stamford Marriott in Stamford, Connecticut where CAST will be exhibiting in Booth 121 and will demonstrate their newest products, BlackTrax, wysiwyg R29, Vivien 2012 and Vivien Online.

Jim Hutchison, product manager wysiwyg and Vivien, will present the seminar entitled, The Birth, Childhood, and Apparent Adolescence of Lighting Design Technology as part of the PLASA Focus Professional Development Progra

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UK - Milton Keynes based Impact Production Services (IPS) supplied all the lighting, staging and rigging for the recent James Bond Premiere at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Working for Limited Edition Event Design, IPS built various Prolyte Truss and Layher Scaffolding based structures, which were then dressed with event branding and LED screens. IPS also supplied intelligent lighting fixtures from Martin, Clay Paky and Studio Due, along with a substantial quantity of generic fixtures, mainly 1k and 2k Fresnel's. All the lighting was controlled via a Chamsys desk.

Over 300m of Prolyt

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UK - Le Mark's mirror effect Studiotak studio floor wowed an estimated 3.5m viewers during its broadcast on the Jonathan Ross Show Saturday night. This week's live performance saw chart-topping Rita Ora control the stage singing her new song How We Do (Party).

Fitted with Le Mark's mirror effect floor from the Studiotak flooring range, the Rita Ora stage 'mirrored' the urban styling of the performance, providing a stunning high gloss visual effect.

Le Mark's Leanne Baker commented: "The studio floor looked stunning. It's quite rare for the mirror effect finish to be used

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USA - ETCP is a high quality certification programme that can further enhance your identity as a competent and knowledgeable leader in your field. Increase your credibility by becoming ETCP Certified.

Having ETCP Certification demonstrates that you are in the top third of the industry professionals in North America; furthermore, to maintain your certification, you must accrue continuing education credits which shows your employer that you are current with industry developments and practices. ETCP has issued almost 1600 certifications! Don't get left behind, submit your application tod

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UK - SES has just manufactured and delivered its first purpose built 1600A all HDPE Mains Distribution Unit which was ordered by Cardiff based 11th Hour Events for a long term job at the Cardiff Winter Wonderland.

This size MDU, traditionally built from steel, was designed from scratch by SES's Mark Cooper to fulfil the requirements of 11th hour events. Encompassing a 1600A Bus bar chamber, and 6 sets of outgoing powerlock, the design was a challenge even for Marks wealth of design experience. "Steel is a very forgiving and easy to work material, and can simply be bent and welded

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UK - Due to the "undisputed recognition and popularity of the PASMA name as the sole industry-recognised training scheme for mobile access towers", the Association says it has been made aware that a small number of unscrupulous companies are attempting to pass themselves off as PASMA Training Members, without having shown that they meet the industry standards needed to become an accredited PASMA member.

Says the organisation, "There is certainly no guarantee that these fake PASMA training companies will offer the quality of training required and expected within the indu

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UK - The Arena Group has helped create an improved facility at Ice Rink Canary Wharf, including London's first ever Ice Path, November 2012.

Nestled under the soaring buildings of Canada Square and bathed in twinkling festive lights, Ice Rink Canary Wharf is back with a sparkling new look for the 2012/13 season. The 807m² rink opened on 7 November with a spectacular ice show and live music and is expected to attract a record number of people before closing on 13 January 13, enhancing visitor experience across the Canary Wharf district during the festive season.

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UK - Devon based drapes, starcloth, LED and visual effects specialist S+H Technical has supplied 1100sq.m of lush red velvet Pea-Light Starcloth containing approximately 6000 inbuilt lights, plus an additional 6000 Pea Lights integrated into the set walls for Strictly Come Dancing, staged in BBC TV's TC1 studio, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London.

These elements are a vital component of Patrick Doherty's set design. They help set the mood for the UK's perennially popular series - now in its tenth season - which is broadcast live each week during BBC1's Saturday evening prime ti

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Belgium - Noxx Antwerp has completed its redesign with two ArKaos Stage servers driving video on a 30sq.m 3D sculpture and a 300sq.m LED ceiling.

Five years have gone by since Noxx Antwerp first opened its doors to the public in September 2007, five years making history, making of Noxx one of the biggest clubs in Belgium, Europe even. Noxx is also a stylish venue which can accommodate up to 2500 clubbers in five different areas.

The management recently decided to renew the design of the Main Room with a spectacular 3D mapping projection driven by an ArKaos Stage media server. They a

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UK - The first Source Book from Gerriets, produced in March of 2011, has been overwhelmingly popular, and the company has now published an expanded, 650-page second edition. Updates include new projects and products, a revised index, and more extensive information about our line of technical systems.

The new edition of the Source Book is published not only in the usual German/French/English version, but also in an English/Spanish/Portuguese language version.

Featured new products include the Batten Clew, an ingenious alternative to expensive point hoist systems and the

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USA - Mojo Barriers US office broke its company record, supplying 800m of its aluminium stage barriers to Made in America Festival, Philadelphia, 1 -2 September 2012.

The US crowd barricade specialists provided its largest single rental to date with the length of barriers supplied totalling over the height of eight Statues of Liberties. Its team designed and installed a bespoke configuration to keep the 100,000 festival goers safe as they enjoyed acts including headliners JAY Z and Pearl Jam.

Barriers were provided across all four stages and other sensitive areas throughout the fest

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China - Trussing manufacturer MILOS recently staged a very successful product seminar and safety awareness workshop at its facility in Guangzhou, China, which was well attended by companies and individuals from Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand and Indonesia as well as mainland China.

The two day event - the fourth that Milos has undertaken in China - was modelled on the workshops that Milos regularly runs in Europe.

It was open for any interested parties to apply for places, and was attended by a wide selection of entertainment industry professionals including riggers, project supervisors

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UK - PLASA Events has announced the addition of a new event to run alongside its ever popular northern trade show, PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013. The PLASA Riggers' Forum will take place on Tuesday 30 April, at the Royal Armouries at Clarence Dock, only a short distance from the Leeds City Centre.

Following on from the success of the first PLASA Riggers' Forum, held in London earlier this year, this new event is an opportunity for members of the rigging community in the North of England to share their views and experiences and to have their questions answered by a range of industry experts,

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UK - Le Mark's self-adhesive, high-gloss studio flooring was shown off at its best during this weekend's live seven-hour broadcast for Children in Need's 2012 appeal.

With action-packed performances from some of the UK's biggest names including Girls Aloud, Little Mix, One Direction and many more, Le Mark's self-adhesive studio floor once again stood up to the demanding non-stop requirements of a live show, says the company.

Le Mark's Leanne Baker commented, "It's amazing how much our Studiotak flooring can withstand when applied in situations just like the Children in Need eve

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  6. Gerriets adds two Vario lines
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