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UK - The Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA) was one of the main bodies representing the architectural, creative and live events sectors at the recent Olympics Business Summit, held in Leeds on Wednesday 19 July.

During the course of the Summit, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) - the body responsible for delivering the new venues and infrastructure for the Games, launched a draft version of its Procurement Policy - which outlines how it will manage the whole procurement process, including its selection and award criteria.

With the UK Government spending £3bn on the physical infrastructure for the Games, PLASA is keen to profile the creative and technical expertise of its membership and is preparing a guidance note for members to help them maximise their chances of winning key contracts. It will also be working with them to ensure they are fully aware

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Australia - LSC Lighting Systems has been appointed the exclusive Australasian distributor for the Pharos Architectural Controls range of products. The award-winning Pharos Lighting Playback Controller (LPC) is ideal for architectural, retail and themed entertainment environments that require sophisticated control of colour mixing, dimming, moving light and LED sources. Its advanced timeline-based lighting control, versatile triggering options and rugged solid-state construction make it the ideal all-in-one control solution for fixed installations.

These qualities make the Pharos LPC the ideal partner for the LSC range of EKO architectural dimmers and ePlate wall station remote controllers, say LSC. All devices integrate together seamlessly, say the company, allowing the LSC ePlate wall stations to activate memories in the EKO dimmers and control the playback of LED fixtures, mo

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Worldwide - ETC has launched a new Source Four 'mini-site' - featuring everything you need to know about the popular lights, in an interactive graphic mode. The mini-site's Home page gives viewers a concise end-to-end tour of the Source Four - all of the unique physical features that make it a leading fixed focus spotlight for entertainment and architecture.

The History page tells the chronological story of the Source Four family - when each light was introduced by ETC and the technical innovations that have made it an award winner.The Photometrics page is an invaluable tool - just click on a lighting-throw distance, choose a Source Four luminaire, pick a lamp, and see both the field diameter and the footcandle / lux readings for that luminaire at that distance. A handy short cut for lighting designers, a learning tool for newcomers.

And finally, people who have had a real-wor

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Germany - With effect from 1 July 2006, Michael Althaus has become the new managing director of MA Lighting International. Althaus, 31, has taken over the position previously held by Ralph-Jörg Wezorke who has built up the successful sales of MA products over the past 20 years. "Michael started working at Lightpower some 11 years ago and has been part of the senior management the last three years. He has lots of experiences in the lighting business and an MBA in business studies," Wezorke explains. We succeeded in getting a top international position with MA. Our next objective is to further develop MA as a leading brand. This requires an independent management momentum of its own. That is why my dual role will now change," says Wezorke.

Wezorke will remain managing director of the main company, Lightpower, at the same time remaining majority shareholder of both

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USA - Production Resource Group (PRG) has named Scott Hansen as its chief financial officer, to be absed at the company's office in New Windsor, New York. Since joining PRG in 1997 from Ernst & Young, Hansen has held a series of key positions that have given him hands-on knowledge of the company's diverse locations and areas of operations, says the company.

As, successively, PRG's assistant corporate controller, controller of the lighting division, and corporate controller and vice-president of finance, he traveled extensively to PRG's offices throughout the country and in Europe, helping the company's operations executives refine their asset management and operating procedures. In early 2003, he was promoted to general manager of PRG Audio, based in Mount Vernon, New York and PRG Lighting, based in North Bergen, New Jersey. In 2005, Hansen also became the GM of PRG Video in Mou

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UK - Martin Professional lighting has been used for a new TV pilot show as part of students' final college degree course. The show was called tba* incorporating a new format where the audience text and phone in to decide the content each week. The show was lit by Ed Riley and James Lloyd who are freelance LDs and students at the college. The look of the show was industrial and basic with lots of truss and was filmed in a large warehouse with very little set. Most of the dressing and decoration was done with lights.

Ed Riley ran through the layout: "Due to the warehouse not having a fixed lighting rig, we had to suspend limited amounts of truss from the roof and therefore had little space for lights. This is why we went for the Mac 250 Washes, which were highly versatile and allowed us to cover most areas of the set from one position. We were really impressed with the

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Australia - An Avolites Diamond 4 Elite lighting console has been specified and installed in the new 'Outback Spectacular' venue at the Warner Brothers Studios' Theme Park on Australia's Gold Coast. The main attraction in this multi-million dollar arena, the 'Outback Spectacular', is a live show with performers and real animals and spectacular visual effects, based on the Australian outback.

The giant arena thunders with the hooves of Australian horses as the performance starts, creating an electric atmosphere with state-of-the-art lighting and sound, as leading stunt riders and stockmen playing out the story of two rival cattle stations. On arrival, guests enter a traditional Outback Pub for a cool beverage, receive their own Stockman's hat which they wear whilst barracking for their cattle station. Alongside this, a traditional Australian BBQ is served while the action unfolds

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Thailand - The Dino Fantasy Park World Tour 2006 recently wrapped up a two-month touring exhibition in Thailand, thrilling visitors with life-sized dinosaur replicas and a special effects light show, provided by LDS Show of Bangkok.

Although the set and props were imported from Japan, the lighting was locally contracted to LDS, with lighting design by Poon Limpapun and Sermsak Boonyhai. Because the venue was not capable of supplying enough power for 4,000 Par cans (as originally planned), the team had to get the biggest bang from the fewest number of fixtures as possible. They fit 300 Par 64 1000W fixtures with Wybron Forerunner colour changers and another 14 Kupo 8-lites with Wybron's Coloram II. 24 Nexera Wash and Profile fixtures were strategically placed in hard-to-reach areas throughout the hall to add additional colourful effects.

The equipment was rigged on 20 st

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Australia - The Everingham Rotating House (ERH) is attracting attention around the globe. Borne out of the comment, "Wouldn't it be handy to have a house that could move?", the ERH is the result of thousands of hours of research and development and a dedication to the integrity of a design based on ecologically sound building principles.

Luke Everingham, the man behind the design and its fruition, wanted a house that met the following criteria: the cost must not exceed that of a conventional house of the same size and level of appointment; the layout and finish must be highly functional; it must require very little maintenance; it must be white ant proof and; must allow the occupants to maximise weather conditions, seasonal conditions and the outstanding 360° views on this property located in the Australian bush. The result is a house that rotates 360° - capabl

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Hong Kong - Following the recent news of the opening of its Hong Kong office, Artistic Licence has announced that Desisti Asia has been appointed as main dealer for the Singapore market. Desisti has a strong reputation in the TV, theatrical and architectural market segments and has been a long time advocate of the quality and innovation of Artistic Licence products, says the company.

At the same time, Artistic Licence says that Excel Union will continue to build market share in mainland China. Excel Union has offices in Beijing and Hong Kong, and is headed by Victor Tsang. Simon Fraser, Artistic Licence Hong Kong manager, comments: "Both of the new appointments have a long term relationship with Artistic Licence. I'm looking forward to assisting them with the growth of their business and providing an even higher level of support."

Artistic Licence Hong Kong is headed

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UK - Jarag from Chromlech plans to be a leading light at PLASA 2006 exhibition in London. This multi-faceted professional lighting system is designed by Chromlech, a young and dynamic French company based in Rennes. Already a success on the French lighting scene, the Chromlech team is heading for this side of the Manche for the first time. A fusion of embedded electronics and traditional lighting, Jarag "opens up a new era in creative illumination", the company claims.

A flexible and modular system, each unit is composed of 25 lamps that are independently controlled. They are totally integrated and programmable to produce accessible and powerful lighting extravaganzas. The electronic controls are integrated in the projector for instantaneous operation.

The system allows the creation of a matrix of lights without the need for separate dimmers - only a direct feed and

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Lighting rental company HSL has attached increasing importance to theatre and live performance markets recently, and has seen significant growth in its operation. The company was using ABTT to promote its theatre experience and wide equipment inventory. Currently supplying touring productions of This is Elvis (LD Ben P Cracknell) and Blood Brothers (LD Nick Richings), HSL was, importantly, also supplying another vital need of the theatre market by sponsoring the bar at the show.

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An ABTT regular, Avolites was showing a number of its products with theatre market appeal. These included the Diamond 4 Elite and the flexible Pearl 2004 lighting control desks, the eDMX wireless data transmission system (see Technical Focus L&SI July-August) and the ART 2000i installation dimmer.

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White Light brought together leading manufacturers of tungsten washlightsfor a comparison at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre. Chris Henry reports . . .

UK - It was all guns blazing down at the Opera House, as manufacturers pitched their wares against each other in the tungsten wash shoot-out that the theatre world had long been waiting for. As the lights were fired up, the atmosphere on the battlefield was surprisingly relaxed as competitors called a truce for the test, paving the way for an open and frank discussion.

Hosted by lighting supplier White Light, and organised in conjunction with the Royal Opera House, a steady stream of invited lighting designers, production electricians and venue technicians passed through the ROH's Linbury Theatre to cast a critical eye, and ear to the proceedings.

So what was in the firing line? Well, in alphabetical order, Clay Paky'

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Lightfactor's main focus was on the Synthesis Spot 700 from Italian manufacturer SGM. Features include onboard wireless DMX as standard and protection against rogue power supplies up to 380V. Using a 700W HTI lamp, available in colour temperatures of 7200°K or 5600°K, other features include: automatic hot restrike, colour mixing, linear dimming and automatic electronic pan-tilt unlock.

From LDR, Lightfactor had the Xpress range of scrollers along with a new Xpress power distribution system designed to feed a single Xpress colour scroller. Also from LDR, the new Canto followspot.

LightProcessor's Paradim and Dimension dimming ranges, available as installation or touring versions, were also shown.

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Underlining the potential they see in the products, Leisuretec Distribution was focusing its presence entirely on the new BlueBeam and BlueDome systems, from GDS (Global Design Solutions), for whom Leisuretec acts as UK distibutor.

First previewed in L&SI back in December 2005, these innovative products are designed for use in technical backstage or FOH interior and exterior areas. BlueBeam offers a spot source and BlueDome a flood. Both are IP67 rated, produce little heat and are capable of dimming via an integral 0-10V dimmer, and large numbers can be daisy-chained together if required.

Also showing were accessories for the fixtures - a push-on cowl (for the Beam or Dome fixture) and an eyelid (for the Dome).

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Worldwide - PRG Europe has supplied a large package of Mac 2000 Washes and Atomic strobes with Atomic Color scrollers for British pop star Robbie Williams' 2006 Close Encounters stadium world tour. In rehearsals since early May, the tour kicked off in mid-June and runs through the end of the year.

Lighting designer is Al Gurdon (Brit Awards, MTV Europe Awards, Classical Brit Awards, Nobel Peace Prize Concert) who has been lighting top television programs and events for the past 18 years, as well as DVD shoots for some of the top performers in the industry like U2, Phil Collins, Sting, and many more. Yet this is Gurdon's first concert tour design.

"I was excited to have the opportunity to design the lighting for Robbie's tour," he says. "The brief has been evolving in a fairly organic way for over a year or so. The choice of fixtures was predicated on the

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UK - The spectacular Alnwick Garden Cascade, at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, was the backdrop for a lighting event by lighting designer Simon Corder, commissioned to coincide with the recent World Summit on Arts & Culture, and funded by One NorthEast.

"The premise of Cascade," says Corder, "is that a local jazz duo had been booked to play a set following dinner . . . and find themselves playing in the midst of the spectacular Alnwick Garden Cascade."

The audience was invited to follow the bemused pair as they walked through the garden; an element of performance art was introduced as a waiter, accompanied by umbrella-bearers, clambered through the cascade to deliver a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale to the musicians.

White Light supplied the lighting services and the theatrical lighting installation, overseen by project manager Jack Thompson. The instal

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White Light was proudly showing the new Robert Juliat Lucy followspot, that had only touched down in the country two days before. Lucy is a short-throw version of the Korrigan, whose new successor the Super Korrigan, was also on show. The Super Korrigan 1200W HMI followspot offers a 25-30% increase in light output over the original Korrigan, say White Light.

White Light is also UK distributor for Wireless Solutions' DMX system, which was on display, as was LDDE's SpectraConnecT5 four-colour fluorescent flood units. ELC's range of DMX signal distribution tools was also on stand.

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The latest products on display at the Martin Professional stand included the brand-new Mac 700 Wash, the new Maxxyz PC, the complete Mac 250 range and Maxedia Media Server. The Mac TW1 tungsten washlight, was launched at the show at a private showing. (See July-August L&SI.)

The TW1 has a twin lens zoom that offers a variable range of between 19°- 40°. The fixture can be used with external or internal dimming systems and a mechanical shutter allows for dimming without variation in colour temperature, and a strobing effect. Provision for turning off the cooling fans is made via DMX control. Lamp replacement is simple with a single-ended quarter-twist lamp, and its modular design has maintenance in mind. An auto-sensing switch-mode power supply ensures global compatibility. A range of accessories is also available, such as barndoors, gel frames, or top hats.

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Beadlight were experiencing a busy show. Managing director Pat Wisby explained that they had expected their ice*lighting product to appeal to the rental market, but they were pleased to be seeing more and more demand for the install market.

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Belgian gobo specialist Goboland, months after setting up its London branch, was enjoying a successful show, and receiving a good response to its recently reorganised, easy to follow, 'logical' gobo numbering system - which sees a straightforward glass/steel, series, design number and size coding in the order number. The gobos are also now individually packed with their own barcodes for easy stocktaking. The company's growing catalogue of designs includes over 500 steel patterns and over 200 glass patterns, with custom designs are also available. Goboland gobos are now being stocked by White Light, the company reports.

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USA - Clay Paky's Alpha Wash Halo has been extensively used on the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White. The Halo, a 1,000W (3,200°K) halogen washlight fixture, was specifically designed for use in theatre and television, and The Woman in White marks its Broadway début. The original London production of was lit by UK-based lighting designer, Paul Pyant, and Pyant's associate LD, David Howe, was tasked with recreating Pyant's design in The Marquis Theatre, New York.

"We needed a bright, colour mixing, tungsten-source washlight with a great range of subtle pastel and tonal colours that was consistent across all units," explains Howe. "As the show's scenery is entirely projected, a fixture with a wide focus range was essential to prevent any unwanted light spill. For this reason, the automatic top hat on the Alpha W

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USA - Color Kinetics Inc has announced the appointment of John Daly as vice-president of OEM Sales. Daly will oversee the company's worldwide OEM sales and support activities, including the identification and closure of new partnerships intended to increase the use of Color Kinetics' technology across diverse markets.

Daly brings more than 17 years of lighting industry sales and management experience to Color Kinetics, including specific expertise in OEM sales. He most recently served as president and general manager of the 68-year-old Rig-A-Lite division of AZZ Inc, an electrical equipment manufacturer. He previously held sales and OEM management positions at Venture Lighting, GE Lighting and Philips Lighting.

"We are confident in the technologies, expertise and IP that differentiate our OEM value proposition, which many partners have already embraced to bring unique pro

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