UK - Tannoy, Lab.gruppen and Lake have announced the appointment of Patrick Lau and Stephan Grawe to their international sales team covering installed sound and touring products.

Patrick Lau has been appointed export sales manager for Asia-Pacific while Stephan Grawe joins in a similar capacity covering Europe and Africa.

Based in his native Hong Kong, Patrick Lau is an industry veteran who brings over 25 years of experience with him to TC Group International (TCGI) - the organisation responsible for sales of Tannoy, Lab.gruppen and Lake. He rose from his position as sales manager for leading Hong Kong audio technology distributor Dah Chong Hong (DCH) to become international sales manager for Martin Audio in 2008. In both these positions he oversaw the rapidly rising fortunes of

UK - Stage Electrics has announced the expansion of its senior management team with the appointment of a new managing director. This move further strengthens the senior leadership team with Dan Aldridge taking up the post of managing director. Dan has been involved in the company for over six years, both as operations director and most recently as a non-executive director. Founder and majority shareholder of Stage Electrics, David Whitehead, will continue in the role of chairman.

David Whitehead comments: "For many years I have fulfilled the role of both Chairman and Managing Dir

USA - Robert Juliat (RJ) has announced that Alan Keen has joined its American team. Keen joins RJ with more than 20 years experience in design, sales, and management within the theatrical lighting industry, and will be responsible for strengthening relationships with current dealers, specifiers and end-users, while actively identifying and establishing new opportunities and relationships.

Fred Lindauer, Robert Juliat USA managing director, states, "I am thrilled that Alan is part of our team. He shares my desire to provide prompt and enthusiastic customer support and I am confide

Germany - Hannover-based sound equipment manufacturer Coda Audio has expanded its technical team with the appointment of Thorsten Schulze as the company's DSP specialist.

Thorsten brings over 20 years of experience in sound technology to the company. One of the very early adopters of digital audio, he was designing systems for large events using digital crossovers, processors and networks as far back as 1995.

In 2003 he started his own company, Audioconsulting Schulze, whose first project was the design and programming of the digital audio system of the refurbished Olympic stadium i

UK - After four successful years in DiGiCo's R&D department, Dan Page has become a sales application specialist with the company.

Page will be supporting the existing sales team of Ian Staddon, Tim Shaxson and James 'Digger' Bradley. Whilst building relationships with the company's distributors to help further expand DiGiCo sales into existing and emerging markets, he will be providing technical seminars, workshops, and systems design.

"Dan has proved himself to be an invaluable member of the DiGiCo team," says managing director James Gordon. "This new role recognises

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