Most recently, Thornton completed a contract as managing director of Stage Directions, an in-house media and event production sales and rental company in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, Thornton was with Apogee Sound International, rising rapidly from the position of National Sales Manager to Vice President of International Sales. His extensive background of sales and managerial positions also includes design, installation a
The move into this area is new to Massteknik UK but has proven extremely successful for Massteknik Sweden utilising knowledge gained within the LED rental business over the past twenty five years, says the company.
Clulow's career in AV began with the Plasmascreen Company where he headed the sales team, moving on to managing the company. His move to Aviation Television and Communications supporting airshows worldwide saw other skill sets being required. His last position saw him working as business development manager for ADI.
Mike Bone who heads Massteknik UK says: "With us developing our business into this new and growing market sector Garry's knowledge and expertise makes him a valuable addition to the team."
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Paoloni comments: "I am looking forward to developing our brands in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe where Italian made products are very much aimed. FBT manufactures almost all its entire production in Italy, covering the complete production cycles at our plant in Recanati, near Ancona. FBT's organisation includes total product design, engineering and manufacturing in Italy and I am looking forward to bring my contribution to the future success."
Luigi Paoloni joins forces with the FBT's export managers Roberto Mataloni, h
The company's statement says: "Beyer will be best remembered as a man who did not bow to convention yet still maintained a strong sense of traditionalism. After his father's death in 1959, he took over as Managing Director at the age of 26 of the still family owned manufacturing business and held that position until his retirement in 2002.
"He gave up a very promising career with the US Army and with it his great dream of a military life, although anyone visiting him at the factory could be forgiven for thinking that they had landed in the army because of his impressive collection of military vehicles and his management style.
"He led beyerdynamic for over 40 years and was instrumental
Willcox has worked as a user of Stage Technologies' systems for numerous productions over recent years; first as a systems engineer at the Millennium Dome's Central Show in 2000, then as head of automation teams for Miss Saigon, Witches of Eastwick and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He has also worked as an automation operator for a number of Cirque du Soleil's touring shows and as the senior automation technician for the Royal Shakespeare Company's Courtyard Theatre.
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Joining Monacor UK from Peavey, Haywood said that the vast range of products represented in the company's catalogue provided a tremendous challenge in all market sectors - from MI retail to pro rental and install.The broad range of LED lighting was particularly exciting he said.
Commented Damon Crisp: "This move reinforces our willingness to compete in a professional marketplace; with Barry's experience we are confident we will be able to deliver a continually-improving service which is fully-supported."
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Craig Eagleson has been promoted to the position of engineer from his project manager job at Clancy. Eagleson joined the staff a year ago. In his new position, he will work on research and development of new products in all areas of Clancy's expertise, with emphasis on automation and motorized rigging.
Jennifer VanWaldick joins Clancy as the company's accounting manager. Formerly an accountant for Bowers & Company, VanWaldick came to Clancy in December 2007. She now handles accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing for the company.
Bill Jones brings more than 35 years of theatre experience to his new position as estimator for J. R. Clancy. He works closely wit
Ben has a proven track record within the industry starting his career almost 40 years ago at Jac Van Ham, the Audio & Video equipment specialist in Holland. After spending 10 years in the production then installation departments, Ben moved on to the Sales team to finally become Jac Van Ham's General Manager after 20 years in the company.
Having built a strong and respectful experience, Ben decided in 1996 to buy Jac Van Ham's Audio & Videos department and set up his own company called Wytec which become one of the industry's favourites as a distributor in Europe.
Managing director, Adrian Brooks, commented: "Ben and Litestructures have known each other for many years. He knows our product range, and our way of working, very w
Chilvers has been a 5 Star case user for 10 years, ever since his early days as an apprentice with lighting rental company, Hawthorn Theatrical. He has also worked as a technical manager at venues, including the Kings Lynn Corn Exchange and Arts Centre and the Princess Theatre in Hunstanton.
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"Andy will continue to bring great enthusiasm and passion to the Board," said NSCA executive director Chuck Wilson. "We look forward to his leadership. At the same time, we thank Nancy and our two other retiring board members, Randy Vaughan and Rick Scharmann, for their hard work and dedication to NSCA."
Ron Pusey, president and CEO of Communications Specialists of Virginia, moves into the role of vice-pre
Beccegato has extensive experience in the industry, previously owning his own creative agency called Sedicinoni SRL, based in Verona, Italy. There he also worked as senior designer and produced video graphics and other visualisations for events, business meetings and conventions, both in house and for other Italian communications agencies.
In his new role, Beccegato will be responsible for directing some of SPS's other graphic designers and taking the creative lead in corporate event projects. He will also be working alongside many of SPS's clients to establish briefs and to present and sell ideas.
Robin Coles, managing director at SPS commented, "Adding Jack to the team is a great boost to the creative arm of our
Lightfactor Sales was acquired by the Polaron Group in December 2004 prior to Polaron's acquisition by Cooper Industries in March 2007 and currently operates within the Cooper Controls division of Cooper Lighting.
Simon Sparrow, director global operations for Cooper Controls and Emma Waissman join the Lightfactor team to provide additional management support and allow the team to focus on customer needs. Peter Coles continues as the primary point of contact for Lightfactor .
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Light Engineering, the company Cliff formed in 1980, is a wholesale supplier of specialist lighting and sound products and has been for many years a member of PLASA (the Professional Lighting and Sound Association). From its base in Walthamstow in London's East End, the company provides a wide range of over 1,000 professional lighting and sound products, and is especially known for its expertise in creating custom mirror balls and other novelty shapes. In 2003, Light Engineering merged with Multiform Lighting, a specialist manufacturer of lighting controls since 1971.
Cliff's funeral will take place this Friday, 11 July, at the City of London Cemetery in Wanstead.
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John says he is looking forward to the challenge of managing Essential's full service team, coordinating in-house resource and engaging the best of the industry's freelance talent to deliver a first class service to Essential customers.
The recent additions to Essential's team, combined with new investment into Vari*Lite stock and a constant fixture replacement policy that keeps equipment in peak condition, ensures that Essential remains the UK's premier lighting supplier for event organisers, freelance lighting designers and the trade, the company says.<
"We are deeply saddened by Angus's passing," said friend and colleague Gregory Cohen. "He was a dear friend, colleague and partner. Words are beyond inadequate to express this loss. Angus was a dedicated father and husband; it was impossible to work with him without realizing how much he cared about his family. He was a world class electrician and a friend to be treasured."
Sinex was a renowned production electrician who has worked on high profile corporate events, television productions and concerts for over two decades. He served as a lighting designer and electrician for on many of our industry's largest productions.
For those close to Sinex, a sit
Richard Northwood is pleased to welcome his new recruit. "COMS has been exploring the possibilities of expanding the acoustic services that it offers to clients and after a lot of searching found the ideal candidate in the form of Paul Malpas and managed to tempt him away from quite a senior position at Arup Acoustics to join and help grow the team at COMS," remarked Northwood. "Paul has a great combination of enthusiasm an
Weimann has held leading sales and marketing positions at Frankfurt-based ProAudio Marketing for brands such as QSC. During the last three years, Weimann served as the registered manager of the German branch of Spanish loudspeaker manufacturer D.A.S. Audio.
"Lothar's experience in pro audio sales and in-depth knowledge of speaker systems make him a great addition to our sales team," says Jim Sides, CEO of Meyer Sound Germany. "I have personally known Lothar for more than 15 years; he is an industry veteran with a very good reputation throughout the German pro audio industry. These attributes make him uniquely qualified for this position. I am very happy to have him on bo
Dave Crump will take over as managing director of the CT London business with immediate effect.
"CT is now the largest division and contributor within the Avesco Group and these changes and the commitment to develop the business reflect the importance of the CT to the group and Avesco's strategy going forward," says CEO Ian Martin.
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Max Nembhard has joined the company as business development manager, having spent the last three years in the AV industry, most recently with Aspect Visuals. Nembhard has been recruited to the PSL sales team specifically to work in the exhibition sector, presenting PSL's inventory of AV and IT display technology to corporate customers, stand designers and builders and consultants.
As the rental market continues to flourish, PSL is building up its stock of flat screens, which have become almost de rigeur at exhibitions and as repeater screens at large live events.
Managing director Gary Davis comments: "There has been a market shift towards the more widespread use of LCD screens, which have a longer life expectancy and a
"I'm very excited about my new role," says Kelly. "It will offer our distributor network a new resource as we look forward to a completely networked range of digital products from Midas and Klark Teknik. The possibilities and flexibility of these new products mean that this type of technical support, for both our distributors and end users, becomes very important. Although our products are always easy for the operator to use, the technology u
Menke has been active in the pro audio sector for some years. For the last eight years he was international sales manager for a leading microphone manufacturer.
Vice-president sales EMEA Robert Hesse comments: "In Franz-Josef Menke we have found the perfect man for the job. We are focusing maximum energy on Electro-Voice microphones as part of our growth strategy, and I'm confident that we will see the fruits of our efforts very soon."
Menke stated: "It's really special for me to be part of the EVI Audio family - as we are one of t
Hughes has been a full-time employee at SSE for the last two years, and a regular member of its freelance crew for over 10 years prior to that. During his time at SSE, one of his remits was to look after their digital console stock, including maintaining firmware and software upgrades as well as being responsible for keeping their freelance crew trained on all of the various platforms. He was also involved with some external training of professional engineers too, and is firmly of the belief that training is an invaluable tool to introduce new consoles into the market, and instil confidence in a new product with the end user
As well as responsibility for turnover and profitability, Kamil Swobodzinski's brief includes increasing market penetration, internationalization/expansion of the distribution network with a view to increasing growth potential, direction of the sales team, and the targeted use of marketing measures. "Once the team has been together for a few days," says Swobodzinski, "I'm convinced that, in view of the quality of the product portfolio, a sound basis will exist for sustained growth."
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This move comes at a time of growth for Bandit and is the logical step in taking the firm to the next level, says the company. Heffernan began his full time relationship with Bandit Lites in 1978 and he has risen through the ranks. He served as lighting director and/ or production manager for a number of artists that toured on the international scene including Blackfoot and Quiet Riot.
Heffernan moved into an administrative position in 1985 and has performed a variety of roles in the last 23 years. He will be working with the staff and management overseeing the day-to-day operations.
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