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UK - Robe lighting enjoyed an "Awesome" PLASA 2011 exhibition at Earls Court in London, combining flair, innovation and action with many highlights including the showcasing of new products, plus the launch of the Robin DLX Spot - the world's first RGBW LED based moving head, and the Robin 1200 LEDWash, the latter to complement the existing popular LEDWash 300 and 600 units. There was also a special preview of the Robin Sniper concept.

The stand was busy constantly for all four days of the show, with major interest in the new launches as well as the Robin MMX Spot - the first

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UK - Flightcase manufacturer, 5 Star Cases, celebrating its 30th anniversary year in 2011, enjoyed another very busy PLASA Light & Sound Show at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London.

5 Star's MD Keith Sykes says, "All our shown products were well received, and we received plenty of inquiries as well as finalising some deals during the four days. PLASA is definitely the UK's premier entertainment technology trade show, and once again we saw a good cross section of new contacts as well as existing clients, and generally experienced high visitor quality."

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UK - Hundreds of lighting professionals gathered at the fourth Knight of Illumination Awards in London on 11 September to celebrate the work of lighting designers working in the UK.

Organised by The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and Clay Paky, the Knight of Illumination Awards provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in touring, television and theatre lighting design, and forge closer ties between designers and the industry as a whole.

This year's winners included Simon Butcher, for the television drama

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UK - Specialist UK LED manufacturer i-Pix enjoyed their "best" PLASA exhibition to date last week at Earls Court, showcasing and previewing a number of new LED products for the entertainment and event industry professional lighting sector.

The new higher powered light engines available across the full i-Pix BB range of fixtures were particularly well received. Each new BB now emits four times the light output for the same power consumption, and the RGB light engine has been enhanced with a new green LED, improving the colour mixing CIE triangle available across the whole BB

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UK - ArKaos reports a successful PLASA with the launch of its new protocol, Kling-Net and a celebratory dinner for its distributors at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel.

Officially launched on the stand at a well-attended press call, Kling-Net is a new protocol designed to allow the distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices, such as LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet.

ArKaos CEO Marco Hinic explained, "We don't want people to feel trapped by technology and are working with leading lighting desk manufacturers to make ArKaos products even more accessible and ea

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UK - Goboland Worldwide reports one of the best PLASA shows to date for the company with a very successful promotion of its GoboSlides and presentation of the new Goboland website and catalogue.

"Everyone was thrilled to receive their tokens for a free gobo from the Black Steel Collection of designs," says Goboland UK director, Vicky Fairall, "and some went to extreme measures not to mislay them!". The gobo keyfob tokens were produced to celebrate the newly designed Goboland UK website with its streamlined online ordering system and new Black Steel Collection desig

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UK - Robe lighting celebrated the sale of its 5000th Robin 600 LEDWash fixture at PLASA 2011. It was purchased by French distributor, Axente.

Launched at PLASA 2010, the units started rolling off the production line in the Czech Republic in December of that year, hitting the 5000 target just 10 months later.

Right from the off, Robe's distributors have clamoured to get enough stock of the LEDWash 600, with Germany, France, the UK, Australia, Brazil and Italy all leading head-to-head in the race to get orders placed, processed and delivered to their clients in what has been a truly i

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UK - Allen & Heath chose PLASA 2011 to announce its distributor of the year, awarding the company's Russian distribution partner, MixArt. The award recognises the best overall performance by an international distributor during Allen & Heath's 2011 fiscal year.

"Mixart has always been a strong partner, working in a challenging market. Last year, they more than doubled their business, and remarkably, they are on course to double their sales again this year. For that excellent performance we wanted to show our appreciation," comments A&H European sales manager, Norbert Persting

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UK - Artistic Licence Engineering's training seminar 'DMX and RDM protocols - An Overview' was presented to a packed room as part of the PLASA Show's Education & Learning Programme on 'Skills Wednesday'.

Delegates were treated to a humorous but well-informed and interactive three hours by Artistic Licence Engineering's R&D manager, Tim Baarsch. During this time, they were taken step-by-step through the protocol communications, providing them with a solid basis from which to use DMX and RDM with confidence.

Attended by a broad spectrum of designers, technicians and architects, the se

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UK - Alderamin Group, the international lighting projects specialist, made a successful industry debut at PLASA 2011. The centrally located stand - with its minimalist white space and dramatic LED overhead feature - proved popular with many visitors, significantly raising the Group's profile and generating considerable sales activity.

Comprised of industry veterans Artistic Licence Engineering, Artistic Licence Integration and Ptarmigan Integration, along with the newly formed technical sales company Ten Thousand Things, Alderamin Group achieves a synergy that was very much in evidenc

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UK - MilTec (UK) Ltd reports strong sales resulting from the PLASA show.

"Orders have been coming in since the show opened" said David Faulkes, sales director. "We have been particularly busy with sales of LED lighting, both static and automated, from orders received during and after the show."

"We've had orders for the new 8 Watt quadcolour battens and pars and also for the 324W wash, 90P profile and EPW multi-function moving heads. On the audio front, we also have orders for the DNP26 processor and MZ31 mixer."

"We also have several demos to or

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China - Celebrating 40 years in the entertainment technology business, Multiform Lighting will be displaying their new MultiSpot and MultiWall GII fixtures on the booth of their international distributor Adelto Ltd in Hall 5, booth C64 on October 11-14, 2011. The booth will be manned by Markus Grimm, Dirk Linnenweber and Alan Wu.

These high-powered, DMX-controlled LED light sources provide a wide range of professional facilities in a convection cooled die-cast/extruded aluminium chassis. Using an optional conversion kit, the XLR and Powercon connectors can be replaced with cable gland

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USA - Chauvet, a leading manufacturer of professional lighting and video equipment, debuts Épix - an exclusive series of flexible, pixel mapping LED fixtures run by the ArKaos Kling-Net protocol.

"The launch of the Épix Series marks a bold direction in the world of affordable pixel mapping fixtures for Chauvet," CEO Albert Chauvet said.

Épix Bar and Épix Strip generate intense output due to tri-coloured SMD LEDs, which are set at a pixel pitch of 25 millimeters. Épix Bar has 160 SMD LEDs and is self-contained with built-in operating featu

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UK - The presentation by Rosco of a cheque to UK charity Light Relief has become an annual event at PLASA, and this year was no exception, with a cheque for $3793 (approximately £2420) being accepted by Light Relief trustee Rick Fisher.

Making the presentation, Mark Engel, president of Rosco, said, "Last year, our 100th anniversary, we reflected on the wonderful collaborations we've had with designers and craftspeople over the years - Rick Fisher and Supergel 313 Light Relief Yellow included. As we look forward to our next century together, our commitment to you as artists

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UK - PLASA 2011 was reportedly a "highly successful" event for first time exhibitor Backstage Academy.

The new industry-led training centre, based at the LS-Live rehearsal studios in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, registered the interest of over 250 students who visited the stand between 11-14 September. The Academy received enquiries relating to its many short courses in backstage skills, Apple-based technologies or Avid training.

It also grabbed attention for its new 15-month Foundation Degree in Live Events Production, with several students signing up for an interview for t

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UK - James Thomas Engineering and PixelRange have reported a successful exhibition at PLASA 2011. The stand featured latest truss products from James Thomas, including the pre-rigged, time-saving Lo-Pro Truss and a media player presentation of the space- and cost-saving X-Truss, alongside the latest intelligent lighting fixtures from PixelRange - the PixelSmart, SmarLine4. From the non-intelligent lighting range the QLite was debuted alongside its recently-launched and more powerful cousin, the QPar.

Andy Walters, sales manager, commented, "The stand was busy for the four days an

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UK - Cadac literally cut the cake in celebration of major accomplishments at this year's PLASA exhibition, marking a triumphant return to the show for the heritage mixer company. Cadac's management was unequivocal in its appraisal of the company's presence at the show. Head of marketing Patrick Almond stated, "This is the most successful PLASA show for Cadac in years; perhaps the best ever."

The launch of the company's new digital sound touring console, the CDC Eight, was among the most heavily attended events of the show floor. Press, distributors, dealers, customers and Ca

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USA - Chauvet will showcase new products designed for the production, touring and theatre markets at LDI 2011. These include the Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yoke, Q-Wash 560Z-LED quad-coloured moving yoke wash, the COLORado Zoom TourPAR-style wash, the Amhaze professional hazer and the MVP Series of modular video panels.

Legend 412 is a high performance moving yoke wash with 12 cutting-edge, quad-colorued RGBW LEDs controllable in quadrants. Ultra-compact, it is a multi-purpose unit, capable of an excellent wash, dynamic chases and pixel mapping effects. The incorporation of white

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UK - Robert Juliat's launch of the Aledin 330LF LED Wash was hailed a great success at PLASA 2011.

Designed as a complement to the award-winning Aledin 630 Profile, the industry's first LED profile which the company launched at PLASA last year, the Aledin Wash is based around the same 85W LED light source. Aledin Wash benefits from the optical and mechanical excellence of all Robert Juliat luminaires with excellent light output and durable construction.

Available in a choice of two colour temperatures (3500K and 5800K) Aledin Wash is suitable for a whole spectrum of uses, in appeara

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UK - Coemar's stand at PLASA 2011 was visited by many professional users, keen to Reflection LEDko which offers the possibility to create personalised gobos rapidly and economically using just a transparent sheet and a standard printer.

The Coemar LED profiler can use interchangeable optics Profile and Soft Profile with PC or Fresnel lens and generating a homogeneous beam of light without the multi-coloured shadows typical of traditional LED technology, thanks to the patented and award winning Reflection technology, says the company.

Three models are available (FullSpectrum, White 3

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UK - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light welcomed friends old and new to its 'show within a show' at PLASA this year - introducing them to new products, and supplying birthday cupcakes (and celebratory drinks!) as the company celebrated its 40th anniversary.

The White Light Zone, in the heart of Earls Court 2, featured not just White Light itself, but also the many companies whose products White Light distributes: ArKaos, Coemar, Galaxia, i-Pix, JB Lighting, Look Solutions, LSC, Prism Projection, Rainbow Colour Changers, Robert Juliat, the RSC Lightlock and Wireless Solution

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USA - City Theatrical is launching a wide range of new products at LDI 2011 in Orlando this month, including the US debut of SHoW DMX Neo and SHoW DMX SHoW Baby. These two products are the latest innovations in City Theatrical's 10 years of wireless DMX development and manufacturing.

SHoW DMX Neo has advanced Ethernet gateway functions including dual Ethernet ports and accepts multiple show protocols such as sACN, Art-Net, and KiNet.

SHoW DMX Neo includes a RDM controller provided with the Transceiver which allows anyone to monitor RDM devices from their laptop during the show, perf

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USA - Artistic Licence founder, Wayne Howell, has accepted an invitation to speak at the forthcoming LDI show in Orlando, Florida, as part of the Innovation and Technology Conference. The training session, to be held at 10am on 30 October (Room S319), will allow participants to access Howell's considerable expertise in the use of Ethernet TCP/IP for the lighting industry.

Covering essential information on the 'hows and whys' of Cat 5E and Cat 6 cables, which are becoming increasingly prevalent in the entertainment technology sector, the seminar has immediate relevance for any designer

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USA - The PLASA Focus: Austin 2012 floor plan is now live. From today, participating companies and a full programme of events can be found alongside visitor registration facilities and exhibitor application information at www.plasafocus.com/austin.

The two-day event, to be held 22-23 February 2012 at the Renaissance Austin, Texas, is the first of a new style of regional event for North America. Based on the successful PLASA Focus events in Europe, the new regional model seeks to bring world class professional knowledge and high-profile exhibitors to the heart of beautiful Texas hill c

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