PORT COQUITLAM, BC – Radial Engineering named David "Shuu" Guidish as its new territory manager for central North America. Guidish has a background in sales and also in direct industry experience. Among other posts, he has served as the backline crew chief for Nickelback.
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SYDNEY, Australia – Audinate Pty Ltd elected David Krall, who joined the company's board of directors earlier this year, as chairman of the board. Krall has 20 years experience building technology businesses, most recently as president and COO of Roku, a provider of streaming entertainment devices for TV.
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POTTERS BAR, U.K. – Bruno Hochstrasser has returned from semi-retirement and will serve as general manager for Harman's Studer. He reports to Andy Trott (VP and general manager, Mixing and Microphones & Headphones).
Read More »OWATONNA, MN and WASHINGTON, U.K. – Wenger Corporation is acquiring J.R. Clancy, and Penn-Elcom is acquiring CLD Distribution. The acquiring companies in both cases are keeping the leadership and brands of the companies they are acquiring intact. Rigging company J.R. Clancy will still be based in Syracuse, NY, led by Bob Theis and Mike Murphy. CLD Distribution will be integrated within Penn Elcom, but will continue with its own operation, identity and trading contacts under the Penn Elcom umbrella, with founder Nigel Howes and Sandra Connolly still on board.
Read More »OWATONNA, MN – Wenger Corporation signed an agreement to acquire theatrical rigging company, J. R. Clancy, Inc. The two companies plan to operate as complementary businesses. J.R. Clancy, led by Bob Theis and Mike Murphy, will remain J.R. Clancy. Wenger, led by Bill Beer, will remain Wenger. The headquarters of J.R. Clancy will remain in Syracuse and the headquarters for Wenger will remain in Owatonna. Both companies anticipated synergies including enhanced product development, buying power and best practices.
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ORLANDO – The Parnelli Board of Directors has announced that Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan) will be hosting the Parnelli Awards at the Peabody Orlando Oct. 29. Known for hits like "Happy Together" as founding members of The Turtles, Flo & Eddie also played and toured extensively with Frank Zappa and are currently touring with the Happy Together Again tour.
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LONDON – LarMac LIVE (LML) managed production and coordinated the technical aspects of the 2011 UK Sonisphere Festival, where heavy-metal bands on four main stages entertained 60,000 over the course of three days.
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WASHINGTON, U.K. – Penn Elcom, a manufacturer of flightcase and a speaker solutions specialist, has acquired CLD Distribution, whose business focuses on cables, connectors, lamps and LED lightsources. Although CLD has been integrated within Penn Elcom, CLD will continue with its own operation, identity and trading contacts, but under the Penn-Elcom umbrella.
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SILVERSTONE, U.K. – Turbosound's Aspect loudspeaker system provided considerable audio horsepower for staged events at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone recently. The event included special appearances from Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, Brit Floyd and the Eddie Jordan Band and driver interviews conducted by Tony Jardine with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
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CHESTNUT HILL, PA – St. Paul's Episcopal church was built in 1929 with a ship-shaped ceiling. It harkens back to the Ark and Biblical fishermen, but, unfortunately, it's less-than-ideal for audio reproduction. The Rev. Cliff Cutler retained Spinnaker-Multimedia Solutions to study the room acoustics and improve on the audio system.
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NASHVILLE, TN – Sensaphonics announced that the roster of artists adopting its 3D Active Ambient IEM System is growing, including some, like eclectic rock guitarist/composer Adrian Belew, pictured here with Sensaphonics president Dr. Michael Santucci, who ordered 3D systems right on the floor of Summer NAMM.
Read More »LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Gymnaestrada, one of the largest international amateur sports events with nearly 22,000 participants from 55 countries, needed a comprehensive audio and communications infrastructure. Organizers used a RockNet digital audio network and communications infrastructure with Artist digital matrix intercom and TETRA digital trunked radio from Riedel Communications.
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