BETHLEHEM, PA — Pivitec LLC, which designs and markets hardware and software products for the pro audio industry, named John Garbutt national sales manager. Garbutt, who has more than 20 years of industry experience, will manage Pivitec’s network of dealers and sales reps in the U.S. and Canada.
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NEWBURYPORT, MA — QSC Audio Products, LLC named Richard Dean Associates (RDA) as the company’s manufacturer’s representative firm for New England and Upstate New York. Pictured here are, from left, Bill King, Dick Bazirgan, John Davidson, Sean Estella, Suzie Markos and Lou DiTommaso. Missing is Fred Renz, who is new to RDA and who has worked with QSC products in New England for 22 years.
Read More »ISTANBUL — Outline named Display Sound & Light Systems, based here, as their new official distributor for Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
Read More »SINGAPORE — Pan Beam, which manufactures steerable self-powered DSP-controlled column loudspeakers, named Team 108 as its distributor for Singapore. Pan Beam is based in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
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RIO TINTO, Portugal and ALMATY, Kazakhstan — NEXT-proaudio, based in Rio Tinto, Portugal, named Sound Light Systems (SLS), based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as its new exclusive distributor for that country.
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HAMPSHIRE, U.K. — Audio manufacturer Audient received a boost in the form of new ownership under audio veteran Simon Blackwood, who took the helm at Audient earlier this month. Pictured here are, from left, Tom Waterman, Simon Blackwood, David Dearden, Steve Flower and Luke Baldry in the factory at Audient’s HQ in Hampshire, U.K.
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FRANKLIN, TN – Solid State Logic (SSL) named Mankin Media, based here, to its U.S. reseller network for SSL Live consoles. Mankin Media will serve as SSL’s first specialist House of Worship dealer. Pictured here are Ben Mankin and Lee Fields of Mankin Media with the SSL Live console.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) named David Lees NUAGE district manager. Lees has been with Yamaha since 2002 and has held various positions within the Professional Audio & Combo Division as a Steinberg and Hi-Tech District Manager in the mid-Atlantic region, as well as the Keyboard Division. Prior to joining Yamaha, Lees worked for EMU Systems and previously at ProSound in Denver.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems added Michelle Grabel-Komar to its executive staff. Grabel-Komar joins the company as Vice President of Product Planning & Procurement. In this role, she will oversee the Purchasing, Product Management, Planning and Merchandising departments.
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SUSSEX, UK – Iconic speaker brand Turbosound, headquartered at Partridge Green in Sussex, announced today it is relocating to new premises. The trigger for the move was the imminent expiry of the lease on their existing headquarters. As a result of this decision, Turbosound’s manufacturing will move to premises owned by MUSIC Group in Kidderminster, which serves as MIDAS and KLARK TEKNIK’s UK manufacturing facility and MUSIC Group’s European Care Centre.
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LUTON BEDS, UK — In the continuing expansion of its international distributor network, CADAC has appointed newly formed Australian distributor, Entertainment Technology Australia (ETA), for the region.
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COPENHAGEN and STOCKHOLM — Solid State Logic (SSL) named Alfa Audio as its distributor for the new SSL Live console in Denmark and Arva Trading as the distributor for the console in Sweden. Pictured here from left are Marcus Agnesund (Product Manager, Arva Trading), Ronny Sjöstrand (Technical Manager, Arva Trading), Olof Arvidsson (Owner of Arva Trading and Alfa Audio), Morten Uldbaek (Product Manager, Alfa Audio), Lars Frederiksen (Managing Director, Alfa Audio).
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