Clay Paky opens a Technical Service Centre in Dubai Clay Paky opens a Technical Service Centre in Dubai

Dubai - Clay Paky has recently opened a Technical Service Centre in Dubai in order to provide all Clay Paky customers in Gulf countries with support and assistance. The office is manned by specialized professional technicians, under the guidance of Gordon Carr, who has recently obtained a certificate from Clay Paky for attending an intensive specialization course in Clay Paky product support.
The technicians can travel through the Gulf Area and provide assistance at the customer's request for Clay Paky products both under and out of warranty.

Clay Paky with the artists of “Afrikaans is Groot

SOUTH AFRICA - Within just six hours of ticket sales opening, the Pretoria leg of ‘Afrikaans is Groot’ was sold out.  Just goes to show how Groot Afrikaans is’! The Cape Town leg followed suite with its three performances selling out by the end of that day.

With the calibre of such artists as Juanita Du Plessis, Theuns Jordaan, Steve Hofmeyr, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Bok van Blerk, Robbie Wessels, Lianie May, Karlien van Jaarsveld, Jay, Riana Nel, Jannie Moolman, Arno Jordaan, Jak de Priester, Corlea Botha, EDEN, Dewald Wasserfall and more, the show promised to be a hit.

Avolites appoints Music & Lights as new Italian distributor

UK/Italy – Avolites has announced that its industry-leading range of lighting and Ai video and multimedia control technologies will be distributed in Italy by Music & Lights.

The deal has been welcomed by both companies.

"We are confident that the appointment Music & Lights as our distributor is our most effective step to ensure our continued growth in the Italian market,” says Avolites Managing Director, Steve Warren. “We are extremely impressed with the potential of Music & Lights and CEO Fabio Sorabella's highly effective team are enthusiastic, dynamic and focused on growth.”

Avolites appoints Improve as its new Dutch Digital Media Reseller

UK / The Netherlands - Lighting and visual control expert Avolites has appointed South Holland-based Improve as its new Digital Media Reseller in The Netherlands.
           
The announcement comes just weeks before Avolites and Improve team up at the Amsterdam tradeshow Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) to exhibit Avolites' range of control consoles and servers and unveil the incredible new features of its new Ai V8 software.

Prolight Poland host 'Awareness of Light' with Avolites

Polish distributor Prolight hosted 'Awareness of Light' this past week, which included presentations from Avolites' Managing Director Steve Warren, and MIRRAD's Bryan Leitch, winner of awards such as UK Lighting Designer of the Year 2009 and Knights of Illumination Lifetime Achievement Award 2012.

Topics discussed during the event included: practical and artistic aspects of lighting design, effective use of budget, fixture choice, "in the round", and integration of lighting and video.

Steve Warren also presented the Avolites product family of lighting control surfaces and media consoles.

Friends new and old join Avolites for first Curry Club of the year!

This week we opened the doors at Avolites HQ to a large group of clients, business partners, and friends, for an evening of fun, food, and familiarisation for Avolites MD Steve Warren’s birthday Curry Club.

Our first Curry Club of 2015 also gave attendees the chance to get a sneak peek at the as yet unreleased Avolites Arena console for the first time, ahead of its Prolight & Sound debut next month.

Leading Southeast Asia Rental Houses Commit to HARMAN’s Martin Professional With Addition of MAC Viper Fixtures

SINGAPORE — HARMAN’s Martin Professional today announced Martin’s MAC Viper family is now widely available throughout Southeast Asia via several of the region’s largest rental houses. Singapore-based companies CSP Production, Trio AV and Highlight Systems as well as Malaysia-based Orange Events have added more than 170 MAC Viper fixtures to their portfolios, putting the latest in intelligent lighting at the fingertips of lighting designers throughout the region.