OXNARD, CA — Bolstering its commitment to both the permanent installation and touring markets, L-Acoustics expanded its U.S. team with André Pichette, Chris “Sully” Sullivan and David Brooks (pictured here, L-R). Laurent Vaissié, general manager, L-Acoustics US, made the announcement.
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PHOENIX — Clearwing Productions promoted Nick Dressler, the company’s Pro Shop manager in Phoenix since 2010, to National Sales Manager. As such, Dressler will coordinate sales efforts for both the company’s Phoenix location and its Milwaukee location.
Read More »FAIRFIELD, NJ — Middle Atlantic Products named Mark Tracy to a newly created position, Vice President Strategic Business and Market Development. Along with Middle Atlantic Products, Tracy will also work on behalf of Legrand North America’s Commercial AV division. (Legrand acquired Middle Atlantic Products in 2011). Middle Atlantic also named Tim Troast director of product management. Troast will be in charge of new product development and product line management.
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ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — U.K.-based Audient named M Works, based here, as its distributor for the Benelux (Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg) region. M Works is now handling products including Audient’s flagship ASP8024 to such recent additions as Audient’s USB interface – iD22 and 8-channel mic pre and ADC – ASP880. Pictured here, from left (back row) are M Works team members Sjoerd van der Knoop, Richard van Loo, Jochem van den Bos, Okke van Dijk, Matthijs Veen and (front row): Leon Padmos, Ramon van der Zalm
Read More »SANT’OMERO, Italy — Proel S.p.a., which makes and markets a variety of audio, video and lighting related products, recently launched Solo Distribution, a new division specialized in the distribution, development and commercialization of musical instruments and proprietary brands.
Read More »MIAMI — Herman ProAV, a provider of professional AV products, procurement services and labor resources to systems integrators in the commercial AV and broadcast industries, announced a new distribution partnership with SurgeX, a provider of professional grade power protection and energy intelligence solutions.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications named Jiou-Pahn Lee director of R&D. He will work to explore and develop new technologies relating to the company’s MediorNet media networks, RockNet digital audio networks and Artist intercom systems. As director of R&D, Lee is also now a member of the company’s management board.
Read More »MILWAUKEE, WI — Clearwing Productions named Scott Wilson pro shop manager for its location here. Prior to Clearwing, Scott worked in sales at Avid Technologies for seven years. Before that, he was an instructor at Madison Media Institute in the Recording Department and helped manage retailer Nova Musik.
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ORLANDO — Alcorn McBride named Brian Macauto senior sales engineer. He was most recently regional sales manager (North America) for Vista Systems, where he handled outside sales, software/hardware training, system commissioning, trade show and technical support. At Alcorn McBride, Macauto will work with customers and provide pre-sales application support while also developing new project opportunities worldwid.
Read More »TOKYO — Audient Names Japan-based audio company, All Access Inc, as its distributor in Japan. All Access Inc will handle the full range of Audient products in Japan, including the USB interface, iD22 and the 8-channel mic pre and ADC, ASP880.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, based here, acquired Dev-Audio, a developer of Microcone, a conferencing product that actively tracks and enhance voice quality, adaptively reducing background noise. Dev-Audio also developed the related software application, Microcone Recorder.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW named Ken Dewar as the company’s new Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales director. EAW vice president of sales Rusty Waite made the announcement.
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