HONG KONG — Fulcrum Acoustic recently announced an partnership with China-based MUSE Audio, which will distribute Fulcrum products in China. The partnership is intended to strengthen Fulcrum’s reach in Asia, complementing existing distribution partnerships in South Korea and Singapore. Fulcrum’s Hong Kong office head, Him Chan, played a key role in forging the partnership between MUSE and Fulcrum.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman recently promoted Scott Robbins to executive vice president of sales. Robbins assumes worldwide responsibility for sales operations including management of Harman’s regional sales programs, its target market sales programs and all technical service and support.
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HEBDEN BRIDGE, U.K. —Calrec recently promoted Dave Letson to director of sales for Calrec America. In his new position, Letson will lead Calrec’s operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Letson will report to Henry Goodman, Calrec’s head of sales and marketing.
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BACKNANG, Germany — A new Head of Sales has been appointed at d&b audiotechnik. Based at the headquarters here, Gerhard Mayr takes over from Peter Tongue who, after almost 14 years with the company, has retired. With a keen eye on the future, d&b took the decision to target recruitment beyond the entertainment industry. “Gerhard has skills stretching far outside the familiar toolkit,” said marketing director Simon Johnston.
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PARIS — Sennheiser France is now distributing Innovason products in France. Sennheiser France is also bringing on board Axel Brisard, who has experience in digital audio mixing and sound capture. The moves are intended to further strengthen Sennheiser France’s presence in the live digital technologies market and take advantage of existing synergies between Innovason’s digital consoles and Sennheiser and Neumann digital mics.
Read More »DORVAL, Quebec — Proel S.p.A, based in Sant’Omero, Italy, named Musiquip Inc., based here, as its U.S. distributor. The agreement includes Proel’s professional audio, sound reinforcement, lighting and accessory products.
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CALABASAS, CA — Line 6 named Paul Foeckler, pictured here, as its new president and CEO. The company’s co-founder, Marcus Ryle, has assumed the role of chief strategy officer, and Joe Bentivegna has been named chief operating officer. Foeckler succeeds Mike Muench, who recently resigned after a 14-year tenure as president and CEO.
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PORTLAND, OR — Audinate announced the first phase of its global expansion, naming Landon Gentry manager of global support services. Gentry, based at Audinate’s U.S. headquarters here, will lead the company’s worldwide support organization, and will take particular responsibility for directly supporting U.S.-based manufacturers of Dante-enabled products.
Read More »BURBANK, CA — Aphex named U.K.-based World Marketing Associates as its rep firm for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA). The company also named San Diego-based International Sales as its rep firm for markets in the Pacific Rim, India, Australia, Latin and South America.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional announced a new Regional Sales Office (RSO) initiative. Mark Posgay, senior director, U.S. Sales, is leading the RSO group, with Jim Ure, Rob Lewis, Tom Der, Michael Schoen, Anton Pukschansky, Bill Raimondi and Chris Vice also playing key roles.
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KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. — Midas Klark Teknik named Mick Brophy customer services manager, UK. Prior to Midas Klark Teknik, Brophy was European sales manger for Avid’s live sound division. Prior to Avid, Brophy was sales director for U.K. audio console manufacturer Amek/TAC.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Audio named U.K.-based audio engineer Val Gilbert as Waves Live Product Specialist. In his new capacity, Gilbert will communicate with other live sound engineers across the U.K., sharing his knowledge of Waves plugins, the SoundGrid system and typical workflows in the live sound arena.
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