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14 March 2016

The brief from set designer and Butlins' creative director, Phil Peacock, was for a series of lightweight, durable set elements, of the highest possible quality, able to take the strain of repeated installation and dismantling to fit in with Butlins' busy entertainment schedule.

"We worked very closely with our client from the design stage right through to manufacture to ensure that the finished products would match their aspirations," said Phil Green, senior project manager. "This was achieved, utilising our interpretation team's traditiona

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The concept is designed to strengthen B2C sales and for specific market targeting, opening up new avenues of communication and purchasing convenience. "The internet is one of the strongest and most far reaching sales mediums available" says Milos' sales manager, Ji?í Br?ža, "It is a natural progression for our business to harness the facilities of global access to help our existing distributors, their clients and all potential new ones with their purchasing decisions and actions ."

The site - www.xstages.com - is quick, easy and logical to navigate, and will offer Milos's complete decking product portfolio including barriers and other accessories, says the company.

A series of special flash videos are available on xStages.com to

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The approval process involved full technical audits carried out by LEEA officers which led to some minor changes to processes to ensure best practice. Certified LEEA training for all staff was also carried out. All LTM workshop staff are now fully certified by an independent body to carry out hoist and lifting equipment assembly, inspection and maintenance.

LTM's John Jones reports, "We are upskilling to allow work on more complex projects. All LTM engineers are now LEEA certified with Team Cards whi

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14 March 2016

The film sees Jennifer Lopez's return to the big screen in this romantic comedy co-starring Alex O'Loughlin.

Summit was asked by production company Premier PR to 'float' a double sided screen 4m in the air outside the cinema on the north east corner of Leicester Square. This allowed the crowds of fans waiting outside, gathered on both sides of the road, to clearly see all the red carpet action as celebrities and beautiful people rocked up for the screening.

Summit's team starred project manager Jay Call. He has worked on two previous events for Premier PR in Leicester Square, both which involved hanging a single sided LED screen in a similar floating fashion, with no visible lifting frame or suppo

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14 March 2016

The widget - a neat and effective protector for use on tension wire grids - came about as a result of a major project to supply over 1750sq.m of tension wire grids to Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. Due to open in January next year, the Centre will provide Stockholm with a congress hall with seating for up to 3000 for both local and international events, as well as offices and a 418 room hotel. The hall will be used for a wide range of events, including exhibitions and conferences as well as conc

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Summit were working for equestrian event specialists and show producers Horse Power, and have supplied the show for the last five years, during which time its rigging requirements have steadily grown in scale.

This year, there were additional technical requirements, utilised for both the Horse Show and for the Windsor Tattoo, which was staged on four of the five evenings of the Horse Show.

Two 6 x 4m LED screens, each weighing approximately 1.2 tonnes were positioned at the ends of the arena - one straddling the warm up paddock entranceway, and the other at its opposite diagonal corner. These relayed competition and public information as well as

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14 March 2016

Launched with an initial choice of three styles - Full Hand, Fingerless and Framer style (thumb and two finger exposed) with a bespoke range of industry accessories to follow.

(Jim Evans)

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The PLASA AGM & Members Lunch, which takes place this year at Kings Place, London on Wednesday 2 June, is always an enjoyable event and an excellent networking opportunity for the Association's members. However, this year's meeting will mark a significant step for the organisation as Members are urged to vote in favour of the proposed merger with ESTA. ESTA's own members received ballot papers on 30 April, along with a strong recommendation to vote in favour of the merger.

There are still places left at the AGM so Members can register at the address below. Alternatively, if members are unable to attend the day itself, there is an opportunity to cast

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Hawthorn were also involved in Walk the Walk's new challenge this year, the Celebrity SunWalk in Southampton, created to celebrate the naming and launch of the new Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship.

For the two MoonWalks involving nearly 30,000 'MoonWalkers', Hawthorns provided lighting, sound, staging, rigging, power distribution and for the first year Video which was installed into De Boer's massive 'pink palace', a 150m x 60m Galaxy structure.

Three artics of lighting, sound, rigging, power distro, video and site services made their way to Hyde Park for the main structure and ancillary marquees, including six main generators and over 10 miles of cable to supply the marquees, 300 toilets and

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John Probyn, chief operating officer says, "BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is the first large outdoor music event of the summer season for 2010 and has set a high benchmark for others to aspire to. I believe the partnership between the BBC and Live Nation has worked very well in delivering an event that appealed very well to the Radio 1 audience. Bringing Showsec back into the production fold was a key element in achieving that, they have provided a robust security service that belied the experience and innovation within the company."

Having worked on Big Weekends with the BBC in previous years, Showsec wa

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14 March 2016

Course leader Lee Flint and technical instructor Michael 'Fletch' Fletcher picked up their prize which is now in residence at The Shed theatre on the Honeywell Campus of Barnsley College but soon to move to new premises at the Old Mill Lane new-build site in Barnsley Town Centre.

(Claire Beeson)

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Before long, however, the hall's manager, David Thiele - now the Kimmel Centre's vice president of facilities and operations - determined that there were significant issues with the rigging. The hardware components initially functioned properly, but the software did not.

"We discovered early on that the software was not reliable," he said. "We had a series of problems with software bugs that had to be solved. There were unusual error messages that couldn't be cleared without a phone call to the manufacturer's main office."

As time went on, Thiele noted, the manufacturer's ability to help him waned as well - and then hardware pr

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Marjon Franken of the Dutch ShowTex office comments, "The curtains and stage motion systems had to be gorgeous and versatile for this show. Each of the 39 performances had their own look and feel. Thomas Nysveen, Kirsten Weltzin, Bonsak Schieldrop, Audun Stjern and Trond Olav Erga from this year's host broadcaster NRK the Norsk Rikskringkasting created the stage."

The round stage featured a ShowTex Kabuki modular drop system, DekoSilk semi-sheer Venetia drapes and projection surfaces, Choucroute Heavy, PolyStretch dimensional sculptures, Molton CS backdrops, DekoTaft wall drapes, and ShowLED Chameleon RGB starcloth systems.

For the top Belgian entry by Tom Dice, Me and My Guitar, ShowTex Molton CS masked light perfectly and ShowLED

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14 March 2016

"An interactive news feed section has been added to the website, allowing visitors to the site to be kept fully informed of the latest new product releases and project news from Hoist UK and our leading suppliers" comments Tony Dickson, director of Hoist UK. "The case studies section allows our existing and of course our new customers to see the exciting projects and installations that we have been involved with."

Fellow Director Paul Jordan comments, "As we continue to grow as a company, it is extremely important that our customers, and potential customers have easy access to product information, downloads, and new product updates."

(Jim Evans)

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Says 5 Star's Keith Sykes: "ABTT has always been a good show for us. The atmosphere is friendly and not too frantic, and it allows time to network, mix and talk business with our clients and friends in a semi-social environment."

The latest new product is a portable lectern system, which comes complete with integral heavy industrial grade case. This has been developed to address all the frustrating and time consuming issues surrounding setting up lecterns.

5 Star's stylish lectern is manufactured from birch plywood which is CNC machined at their factory in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on one of three Thermwood CNC machining centres. It is aimed at AV rental companies operating

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Litestructures immediately established a working relationship with the professional and ambitious young team, and once the drawings were signed off in February, Litestructures started work on the build with impressive results: the main structure is built from two-tier aluminium trussing in LitePro 290/390 with a brushed finish crowned

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The announcement comes on the back of lengthy consultations with both sets of memberships which concluded recently in a formal vote of Members - PLASA via its annual AGM, which took place on Wednesday 2 June in London, and ESTA via a month-long electronic ballot which ran throughout May.

Well over 90% of Members from each Association voted in support of the move, which will see ESTA and PLASA integrated to create a single international trade association operating under the PLASA name.

"The merger is a significant development for the industry as it will effectively create the first

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14 March 2016

The team took the style, presentation and aesthetics up a few notches from previous years, setting a new benchmark and delivering an extravaganza fitting to the stature and profile of the occasion, which included 13 live performances plus numerous awards.

All technical production elements were supplied by Gearhouse South Africa. It was broadcast live by SABC1, and the event was project managed for Gearhouse by Bonni Meyer.

The 46 metre wide by 27 metre deep set featured multiple performance areas. "It is

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The award for best 'Outstanding event using a temporary venue / structure' was judged by a panel of international event professionals, who commended the innovation and high standards achieved at the inaugural Bahrain International Airshow 2010.

FIL appointed Arena Lea (an Arena Group partnership with Lea International) to design and construct the 5-star facility for the world's first guest invitational VIP aerospace trade exhibition with designated public areas on behalf of the organisers, the Civil Aviation Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain (CAA).

The award presented by 'Sourceme' was collected by Arena Structures managing director Grahame Muir and Harlequin Arena CEO Paul Berger at the gala dinner attended by over 600 guests in

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flywire utilised two BigTow winches from Stage Technologies with Illusionist control, FTSI Fastrack and diverter pulleys from flywire's Steelwork range. The system was used for the 'reveal' at the top of the show. Mika, clad in an astronaut suit was raised off stage up to a preset of 12m. On cue Mika flew down in a stable curved flight path, finally descending onto the half moon stage centre to rapturous applause. The flying system was used for a further two effects later in the show, flying a scenic tree and spaceship.

flywire offers automation touring solutions for performer, camera and scenic effects. Winches and track mount to all standard truss configurations and utilising bespoke wheel brackets offer effici

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14 March 2016

"From the Royal Ballet School to Ant & Dec and the Nobel Peace Price, Le Mark floors have been the focus point of many dance performances and TV & Film sets for over 25 years. The new site gives readers the opportunity to see the potential offered to the overall look and feel of a performance/event by a spectacular Le Mark floor with some great application photos.

"I'd also like to give a huge thank you to all our customers who helped us with the amazing photos," says business development director Mark Gibbons.

(Jim Evans)

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The equipment was supplied by lighting contractor PRG and the movement was an integral element of LD Al Gurdon's design for the event.

This year's show was a departure from an LED-heavy televisual aesthetic and introduced several different theatrical elements that looked spectacular, both for the TV audience and the 18,000 people watching in the arena. The automation system allowed a completely different and dynamic scene to be created for each of the 39 competing countries.

The Kinesys system was used to raise and lower a 130m wide upstage lighting wall running the entire width

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Recent high profile acts utilising Kinesys products on their shows include U2, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Snow Patrol, Elton John, Massive Attack, Take That, The Prodigy and the Pussycat Dolls.

Under the agreement, AC-ET will provide full sales service and support for the Kinesys product range, including using its own equipment systems stock to offer demos on-site or at the company's in-house facilities. AC-ET will also provide authorised warranty repairs and servicing in the near future.

AC-ET recently showed the Kinesys Libra loadcell and Elevation 1+ motion control systems at PLASA Focus. The Libra is a fully featured digital loadcell system utilising a load measuring sh

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14 March 2016

The PowerChiton, with its IP66 protection classification, is billed as "a practically bomb-proof amplifier-in-a-shell". The IP66 rating confirms ingress protection (IP) for persons (such as electrical safety) and equipment (dust, dirt and water penetration). The latter makes PowerChiton amplifiers suitable for outdoor installations for protection against the elements. Its low-profile, modular design also gives systems designers and integrators the freedom and flexibility to place the amplifiers closer to the loudspeaker (including