UK - Following a highly successful summer, SGM's two LED-based strobes will arrive at PLASA 2012 (on stand #1-G28) where they will join a suite of other innovations.

These 'world first' X-5 (white) and XC-5 (RGB) LED strobes have redefined the art of the lighting designer this summer, says the company. From the Hacienda's historic 30th birthday in Manchester, where X-5's provided an explosive, low-level 'white out' (resting in cable trays in an underground concrete car park) to rocking the 25,000 who attended Mayday Festival in Dortmund, clubbers and LD's alike have been seduce

UK - Following the announcement of the Si Performer console, the world's first digital live sound mixer with DMX integration, Soundcraft and UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd announced a series of free Si Performer training seminars at PLASA 2012.

"On the strength of its audio mixing facilities alone, the Soundcraft Si Performer is a remarkable live sound mixer," says the company. "Combining legendary Soundcraft sound quality with intuitive, analogue-style operation, Si Performer delivers built-in Lexicon FX, sophisticated 4-band fully parametric EQ and full dynamics

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd., a leading one-stop provider of cutting-edge new and used professional equipment to the entertainment industry, showcases a selection of lighting, audio, rigging and video solutions available from its vast range of premium brands on Stand E10, Hall 1 at PLASA 2012. Teams from all of AC-ET's specialist product divisions will be there to discuss the multi-million pound stockholding of over 200 leading brands available from AC-ET's High Wycombe and Leeds offices for worldwide dispatch to over 80 countries

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UK - Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2012 on Stand 2-R18 in the White Light Zone. PLASA marks the official launch of TIBO and ZEP, Robert Juliat's latest LED profiles which enjoyed a successful preview at Frankfurt's Prolight+Sound show earlier this year.

TIBO LED is a high intensity 75W LED profile with a choice of two zoom ranges in one single unit (30°/45 and 15°/ 35°). Plastic, glass or metal M-size gobos can be projected and benefit from the easy alignment afforded by the 360° rotating lens tube. Three colour temperatures are available: Warm White (3000K

UK - Wireless Solution Sweden AB is ready to show PLASA 2012 visitors its exciting new range of new products along with an educational seminar and plenty of Swedish hospitality. Wireless Solution will be exhibiting in Stand 2-R13 in the White Light Zone.

The Wireless Solution seminar will be on Monday 10 September 10 from 2.00pm - 3.00pm, hosted by Ben Darrington who will present an introduction into the wireless world of DMX, RDM and Ethernet and how to Co-Exist with other wireless products without interference, allowing the user to be more creative, save time and be more cost effect

UK - PLASA 2012 sees the international launch of four new ranges from the FBT portfolio (Stand G19) - Vertus MLA column line array, Shadow extreme all-weather loudspeakers, Stage Maxx on-stage monitors and Archon high-quality audio for modern indoor installations.

Also on display are other models from FBT's extensive product portfolio including Mitus, Vertus, Hi Maxx, Pro Maxx, Evo Maxx and Subline.

FBT is a leading brand in the world of professional audio with all products designed and manufactured at its own factory in Italy. Striving to improve the sound quality of professional a

UK - A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) will attend PLASA 2012 (Stand 1-E8) to showcase and discuss examples of the many leading performance lighting, audio and AV system installations provided by the company.

ACSP design, supply and install lighting, sound and AV systems - as well as track and curtains, intercom and show relay. With access to over 200 quality brands, the company's previous installations range from a basic six circuit lighting bar, with a dimmer pack and lighting desk, to full blown theatre systems.

Working alongside designers and architects or directly for the performanc

UK - MDG will be returning to PLASA in London (stand 2-S25) this year with its latest product, theFAN. Released amid celebrations at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in March, theFAN is a digital, fully DMX/RDM operated stand-alone unit.

theFAN has a very low power consumption of only 100W so benefits from very economical running costs. Nor is it channel hungry: the velocity of its three-bladed rotor is controlled via DMX (1 channel) or RDM, or locally using a discreet 4-button controller with LSC panel on the base of the unit.

A surge-protected, universal switching power supply covers the

UK - Philips Entertainment will debut the latest in lighting control technology, the Strand Lighting ML250 moving light control console, on stand BV 1-F50 at PLASA 2012.

In addition, Strand Lighting will introduce the dynamic, new iPad controls for the complete family of Palette lighting control consoles. PLASA Show visitors will be able to see this in action as part of a full dynamic Philips Entertainment lighting system that embraces all its premier brands - Vari-Lite, Selecon plus new stand-alone brand - Showline, which will be debuting its exciting range of feature rich LED lumini

World - Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball world tour is the third concert tour supporting her second studio album, Born This Way. The show clocks in at two and a half hours with 23 songs split into five acts. The stage is modelled on a medieval Gothic castle featuring viewing towers, intricate carvings and a large catwalk allowing audience interaction.

The lighting design is by Patrick Woodroffe with Mac Mosier out on tour as lighting director. The rig is a self-contained Upstaging production that includes about 270 moving lights and multiple LED fixtures - all controlled b

UK - Flightcase and speaker cabinet solutions specialists Penn Elcom will exhibit this year together with group brands CLD, Pro Audio Stash and Rackz on a single integrated booth. See them on stand number 1-B15.

This co-ordinated show format highlights the synergy between all the elements of the Penn Elcom Group, sayts the company.

This year's major highlight will be live demonstrations of Penn's innovative new CaseDesigner software running throughout the exhibition.

Launched at Prolight + Sound 2012 in Frankfurt, CaseDesigner has proved a runaway success with case makers througho

UK - Gerriets will feature a number of new products at PLASA 2012, extending its textile, screens and technical product range.

The 'stretch family' is enlarged by the new white polyester Heavystretchfabric, 500 cm wide and flame retardant according DIN 4102 B1. And among the woven glasses the new Quality 96320 represents a new extra wide quality with its 320 cm width.

Paillette adds very well to the textile collection, is studded with sequins, notes a width of 140 cm and a weight of 295 g/m² and impresses by a variety of available colours. This fabric also solves a common but often

UK - Once again Duran Audio will be exhibiting at the PLASA Show. New for PLASA 2012 will be the Optocore DM1 interface. The DM1-TP is designed to provide SANE connectivity to powered Duran Audio loudspeakers, allowing for seamless integration of the company's loudspeakers into synchronous, low latency, redundant Optocore and SANE networks. Offering a non-proprietary open standard transport platform SANE is the first fully synchronous Cat 5 network solution for streaming and transmitting data in real time.

In addition to the synchronous, low latency digital audio distribution, DM1-TP

UK - Once again, GLP will be exhibiting at the PLASA Show in London and using it as a launch pad for its latest LED fixture, the Volkslicht Spot, along with the UK premiere of the new impression X4. G-LEC will also be present and showing the latest additions to their range of creative video solutions on their stand (1-F8).

The German company continues to play a very active role in the show, and in addition to showcasing its expanding portfolio, it will also be helping to decorate the main PLASA entrance with fully rigged 'flower stands'.

On the stand, however, pride of place will be

UK - The official release of the ArKaos Stage Server will take place at at PLASA 2012 (Stand no 2-R23 in the White Light zone) where it will be shown for the first time in Europe.

The new Stage Server is billed as an affordable, easy-to-use media server for creating and controlling video content. It offers the perfect solution for live entertainment, theatre, educational, audio-visual and worship applications.

Designed for quick and easy set-up, ArKaos Stage Server operates using MediaMaster Express in 'Simple Mode' and offers LED mapping over Ethernet and two Full HD outputs which,

UK - For several years, PLASA'sTechnical Resources Office, supported by manufacturers of RDM-compliant equipment, has provided a stand at PLASA dedicated to RDM (Remote Device Management) with the aim of familiarising visitors with the RDM protocol.

This year is no exception, yet brings a slightly different approach that reflects how the RDM protocol has become more widely recognised, understood and adopted as an industry standard. This year's stand will go beyond explaining the basics of what RDM is and how to use it, and explore the uses and applications to which it can be put withi

UK - Austrian manufacturer of flame retardant fabrics, dance and stage flooring and stage technology solutions, Tüchler Bühnen- & Textiltechnik, will be making its first appearance as an exhibitor at PLASA 2012 (Stand 2-R10).

Tüchler has specialised in textiles, flame retardant, projection screens and performance flooring since the 1970s. Its products are called for in theatres, stages, operas, event centres, dance and ballet schools, television studios and multi-purpose halls, as well as event organizers, rental companies, architects, and planners.

The 1990s saw Tüchler's produ

UK - Avolites Ltd and its recently augmented team of directors is set to launch the new Titan One Virtual Console and the latest Titan Operating System - Version 6 - at this year's PLASA show, Hall 1, stand F18.

The Titan One virtual console offers a cost effective solution for all lighting applications. Its focus - to offer fast and intuitive control of intelligent lighting, Dimmers and LED effects from a single on-screen console. The DMX USB Dongle allows users to output one line of DMX on any of 12 lines, with the full functionality of Avolites Titan Software.

Virtual Console use

UK - Martin Audio has provided a major boost to its touring and theatre portfolio, with the introduction of the new high-output XD Series. This sets out to define the ultimate in performance and versatility for professional, fixed-dispersion, two-way loudspeaker systems, says the company.

The models in the XD Series - the XD12 and XD15 - have been designed to deliver best-in-class performance, including higher output levels and more extended frequency range than is normally associated with similarly-sized systems. They are designed to represent new benchmarks for the compact two-way f

UK - This year's Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe has been the most successful yet for Black Light. Over the four-weeks of the summer arts festival (the biggest in the world) the company supplied light, sound, staging, AV and theatre equipment to some of the Fringe's biggest names and venues.

"We've had a great festival. It's been bigger, better and busier than ever," says Black Light's hire and events manager, Calder Sibbald, who explains that, as always, the company's planning for the festival began early in the year to make sure that it could access the tonnes

UK - LumenRadio will showcase its RDM products and OEM partners at this year's PLASA show. Remote Device Management, RDM, is an extension of DMX that allows bi-directional communication for configuration and monitoring of equipment typically found in entertainment applications and also in many architectural lighting systems.

The company released the first wireless DMX/RDM product based on its wireless CRMX technology in 2009. It has since then completed hundreds of successful installations all over the world and added wired RDM connectivity in the form of the Unity extension. Integral

UK - The MA onPC command wing paves the way for mobile use of the highly flexible and powerful grandMA2 control system. In combination with the free of charge grandMA2 onPC software, the MA onPC command wing is a portable 2,048 parameter control solution that can be used nearly in any location - and all for an affordable price.

Designed as "the perfect hardware expansion to the grandMA2 onPC software", the MA onPC command wing enables the look and feel of the software to be as close to a real grandMA2 console as possible. Thanks to the MA onPC command wing - incorporating th

UK - Roland Systems Group (RSG) are hosting a series of 'Hands On Live' Sessions for visitors to the PLASA show - taking place on their stand number 1-F34. Designed to give a truly interactive experience with live, recording and video product, five 'Hands on Live Sessions' will take place each day, with up to 12 places available at each. Each person will have the opportunity to mix an exciting four camera shoot in HD of a live recorded band (V-Topia) including immersive visuals on the Roland V-800HD Multi-Format Live Video Switcher as well as mix up to 40 channels of audio on the Roland

UK - LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, will be demonstrating emitters and LED modules that enable the size of entertainment lighting products to be significantly reduced, on Stand 2-S11 at PLASA 2012.

The company's LuxiGen platform of white and multi-colour compact emitters generate the high luminous flux density demanded in entertainment lighting, particularly for spot beams, distance lighting effects and in dynamic lighting scenarios.

Patented thermal management technology allows the LED die to be driven to higher current levels and in a denser configur

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