On the Move

NILES, IL — Shure Inc. named Chester Trocha senior vice president of operations. Prior to Shure, Trocha served in a senior position with Zebra Technologies for seven years. He has more than 30 years of manufacturing experience in all, with responsibilities ranging from strategic planning and supply chain optimization to mergers and acquisitions and leadership development. He will lead Shure’s operations division, overseeing its manufacturing and global supply chain, among other duties.

ROODEPOORT, GAUTENG, South Africa –  Symetrix named iLED as its distributor in South Africa for all of its products, including the open-architecture SymNet Edge and Radius Dante networked audio signal processors and their associated AEC conferencing solutions. Pictured here is iLED CEO Ivan Potter.

SAN DIEGO, CA – VUE Audiotechnik named Fuzion Ltd. as its exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland. Fuzion, founded in 1994, also distributes CAMCO, Xilica, Kelsey, Furman and ATEÏS products. Pictured here, from left, Fuzion’s Tony Torlini, Edmund Draycott and Gary Ashton; VUE’s Doug Green; and Fuzion’s Beckie Hughes.

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional promoted Chris Vice to Manager, Global E-Commerce, a new position. Vice, an 18-year Harman veteran, reports to Jay Woolley, director of marketing, Harman Signal Processing. He will be responsible for ensuring Harman’s e-commerce initiatives meet the needs of channel partners, customers and others.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Harman Professional named Timothy (TJ) Smith, a 13-year veteran, head of its Signal Processing Business Unit. Smith will oversee all aspects of the BSS Audio, dbx, and Lexicon Professional and DigiTech brands. He will be based in the company’s Sandy, Utah offices and report to John Fitzgerald, VP and GM of Harman’s Signal Processor/Amplifier Business Units.

MAYS LANDING, NJ — Acir Professional continues to grow and with this growth needed to have a larger facility. This summer they recently purchased a building here to accommodate and provide additional room to grow. ACIR’s new address is 1421 Cantillon Boulevard, Mays Landing, NJ 08330. The company phone number remains the same: (609) 677-5500).

GUANGZHOU, China — Ruifeng Audio, based here, is marketing its pro audio products under the LAX brand, and has signed on audio industry veteran K.M. Malik, who will serve as the brand’s “ambassador.” Pictured here, from left, is Timon Linke of LAX and K.M. Malik.

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada — Lawo North America Corporation, based here, named Don Bird VP, business development and marketing and Damian Fink product support manager. Based out of San Francisco and Los Angeles respectively, Bird (pictured here) and Fink (pictured below) will jointly support Lawo’s marketing and distribution channels throughout North America, with particular focus on the West Coast.