UK - MT Pro Ltd will be making its first visit to PLASA Focus since becoming the distribution arm of MilTec (UK) Ltd at the beginning of this year.

"We are really looking forward to the show because sales have been very strong in the 'pro' sector of the business for the last six months." commented sales director David Faulkes. "Our product range has been expanded and refined and we have been making inroads into the stage, corporate and events markets.

"This has been mainly due to strong sales of our LED moving heads and wireless uplighters, backed up by new produ

UK - Maltbury will once again be exhibiting at PLASA Focus: Leeds (17-18 April 2012).

"This year we have some exciting new projects to show you including our work with electricity generating pavements - Pavegen," says the company.

Maltbury Staging has made its name in the performing arts field, but in recent years has worked on a number of collaborative projects in a range of very different areas.

"It is true that these projects often involve people standing on a raised structure but nowadays it is as likely to be a fitter in a factory, an engineer down a railway sh

Germany - Prolight & Sound in Frankfurt was visited by Le Mark's Matt Every and David Cartwright earlier this month. Fischer, who have more than 24 years of success in the field of professional lighting and sound, are one of the company's recent Dirty Rigger distributors and were exhibiting the whole range on their stand.

"Dirty Rigger were really well received and having them on the Fischer stand gave real credibility to the range," says Every. "We are looking forward to working with them over the coming years to build the brand in Germany."

(Jim Evans)

UK - RCF will have representation from its premium ranges on show at PLASA Focus: Leeds (April 17-18).

Leading the charge will be D LINE flagship, the HDL 20-A active line array. With purpose-designed transducers, a unique, composite cabinet and powerful DSP processing, it is driven from a 1400 Watt Peak Power amplifier.

From the TT+ (Touring & Theatre) range is the TTL 11A digitally steerable active column array. Composed of mid-high and bass modules, powerful 96 kHz, 32 bit DSP provides the signal processing and 2000 W digital amplifiers power each of the modules.

RCF will also

UK - PLASA Focus this year sees the UK launch of Cooper Controls' new network and data distribution products. Designed for compatibility with the RDM standard, these products are designed for future-proof installation or touring systems where data distribution needs to support the latest in control protocols.

The EtherN.2 RDM and EtherN.8 RDM feature Art-Net to DMX conversion, together with RDM support, whilst the Split2.8 RDM is a two-input, eight-output RDM enabled DMX splitter designed to add flexibility to DMX splitting situations, with an A/B switch on each output to select the d

UK - Roland Systems Group will be exhibiting professional audio and video products for mixing, recording and web streaming at PLASA Focus, stand number RA-A9, including the VR-3 AV Mixer, R-1000 48 Track Recorder/Player and the M-480 48 Channel Live Mixing Console - showcasing the recently launched V1.5 firmware update for this popular console.

The V1.5 firmware update for the M-480 increases the number of DCA groups from 8 to 24 giving the engineer a massive jump in controllability in larger or more complex mixes as well as when using the M-480 in 96 channel cascade configurations. T

UK - CIE-Group - European master distributors for US audio brand Atlas Sound - has announced the UK and mainland European launch of Atlas Sound's brand new 'Time Saving Device' (TSD) range.

With a range of 17 new devices, the Atlas Sound TSD range provides "a whole host of AV problem solvers designed to alleviate many of the most common audio system installation problems with simple, low cost and efficient solutions".

The TSD range includes compact mixers, amplifiers, pre-amps and a range of audio signal distribution & control devices.

Atlas Sound's Time Saving Devices a

UK - Martin Professional heads to Leeds on 17 April for PLASA Focus 2012 where a new breed of moving head - the MAC Viper Profile - and much more will be on display at Martin stand S-E16.

Join Martin April 17-18 at the Royal Armouries Museum for an up close look at the MAC Viper along with a host of other new products like the all-new VC series of creative LED video solutions, a new portable lighting controller in the M-Series, and a new compact hazer in Martin's Jem family.

The Martin MAC Viper Profile is a new breed of high-performance profile luminaire with the qualities of a bet

UK - The A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) stand (S-E1) at PLASA Focus will feature a selection of leading brands for which AC-ET is the exclusive UK wholesaler for, including Chroma-Q, Jands Vista, GLP, PixelRange, High End Systems, Green Hippo and CM Entertainment Lodestars.

The AC-ET stand will provide the first UK tradeshow unveiling of the new Jands Vista L5 flagship media and lighting control console. The design includes a 21" HD Wacom pen tablet display, which makes it easy to manage today's lighting rigs of moving lights, media servers and LEDs. To celebrate the lau

UK - FBT UK are exhibiting at PLASA Focus 2012 in Leeds and look forward to welcoming visitors to Stand S-A26 where they will be introduced to the latest additions to FBT's loudspeaker ranges. Particular focus will be on MITUS sound reinforcement systems, StageMaxX stage monitors, and the new Shadow series of extreme weather resistant speaker enclosures.

FBT MITUS is a comprehensive and flexible range of powered and passive line arrays for live sound touring and permanent installs. At this year's PLASA focus, FBT is showing its new additions to the existing MITUS range. These include

Germany - t&m Systems, based in Ibbenbüren, has released new piano-gloss finish versions of its popular XS4 and XS6 compact, multi-purpose loudspeakers.

The XS4 loudspeaker handles 40W RMS and utilises a 1-inch dome and 4-inch mid/bass driver, coupled via a complex crossover with integrated dynamic protection circuit for driver protection. The slightly larger XS6 offers the same configuration but with a 6-inch mid bass unit, which extends low frequency and increases power handling to 100W RMS. Both systems use NL4 Speakon connectors and are offered as standard with a black or white t

UK - inspHire will be demonstrating its award winning, easy to use, Hire Management Solutions, at Scotland's leading Construction and Plant exhibition, ScotPlant 2012, on 27-28 April.

inspHire's hire management software boasts a modern interface, full of easy to use features which has helped over 900 single and multi-depot companies worldwide grow and increase profitability. Dedicated to continual product development, inspHire will be demonstrating latest features including new user-friendly Hire Management Dashboards on stand D10 in the Pavilion.

inspHire Dashboards provide key, re

UAE - Now celebrating its tenth year as the GCC region's longest-running trade show for sound, lighting and AV professionals in the event and integration industries, PALME Middle East is again proving its appeal to regular exhibitors, such as Unusual Rigging & Engineering - which has an office in the region, run by Alan Thomson - and Dutch manufacturer, Prolyte Group.

Unusual Rigging & Engineering has made a major impact in the Middle East, where it is the local partner for Doughty, Liftket and Wybron, whose products will be demonstrated on the stand. It has also just been appointed r

USA - Audio-Technica is introducing its new System 8 VHF wireless systems. Featuring stackable, contemporary styling, Audio-Technica's System 8 Wireless Systems are designed for reliable performance, easy setup and clear, natural sound quality at affordable price points.

Available in handheld, headworn, guitar, lavalier and body-pack configurations, these single-channel, fixed-frequency systems are available in three travelling VHF frequencies (169.505, 170.245 and 171.905).

The System 8 units offer reliable performance and durable construction. Features include an advanced dipole a

Germany - Loudspeaker manufacturer Coda Audio reported a successful Prolight+Sound this year, with interest in its products continuing to come from a diverse array of territories. As well as its current range of loudspeaker cabinets, including the CoRAY4 which was demonstrated in the Portable Sound Arena and AIRLINE LA12, demonstrated in the Concert Sound Arena, Coda exhibited the C3, a new amplification product, as well as revealing its ability to now supply a Polyurea coating for all cabinets upon request.

The C3 is a rugged, 19 inch / 2U high performance, two channel power amplifie

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies' rigging division, the exclusive UK reseller for Kinesys, is all geared up to provide demonstrations of the new Kinesys DigiHoist digital hoist controller range.

At the core of the system is a digital communications link that enables multiple units to be daisy chained together. The units will automatically assign channels according to their position in the daisy chain. The high resolution OLED displays offer comprehensive channel feedback including channel number, status and load cell information.

The DigiHoist platform has been designed from the

Germany - One of the big hits at this year's Frankfurt Prolight+Sound exhibition was the new XLED 336 fast moving head from PR Lighting.

It stood out among a large suite of innovative LED based products on the stand of the Chinese manufacturer, where visitors praised its brightness, its speed of execution and the sleek design of the housing.

XLED 336 is a 36-LED fast moving, compact and economically priced head, with 18.15° dispersion angle. It generates its power and RGB colour mix from 36 x 3W Osram Oslon LED's (12 red, 12 green, 12 blue). With a power consumption of just 140W

UK - The new TXS-2402SET two channel PLL microphone system from IMG Stage Line offers "an excellent route into the digital market with its two channel system" Running on 2.4GHz the digital microphones offer a high resistance to interference due to the digital transmission.

With volume control for each channel, 6.3mm output for mixed signal and 16 selectable frequencies the TXS-2402SET offers the capability to use two system simultaneously, allowing up to four microphones to be used.

Neil Clayton, managing director of Monacor UK commented, "It is great to be able to of

Denmark - Martin Professional has launched the VC Series of creative LED video. Part of the series is formed by VC-Dots, lightweight strings of individually controllable, bright Dots useful in creating customized LED video solutions with maximum artistic flexibility and a minimum of effort.

For greater options in design and brightness, VC-Dots are available with one, four or nine LEDs per pixel (VC-Dot 1, VC-Dot 4 and VC-Dot 9) and come in an RGB colour mixing version or cool, medium, or warm white single colour versions. They are designed for integrating LED video technology into fa

USA - Shure Incorporated announced at NAB in Las Vegas that it has introduced a new portable wireless system, FP Wireless. With intuitive, flexible components, including portable receivers and XLR plug-on transmitters, FP Wireless lends independent videographers, electronic field production (EFP) producers, and others in the broadcast and media production industry the ability to confidently capture crystal-clear audio in demanding environments, says the company.

"Understanding that portability and reliability are essential for videographers and independent producers, we designed

UK - Distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co introduced the HK Audio Lucas Nano 300 at PLASA Focus Leeds 2012 last week, along with the current HK Audio, Studiomaster, Lab.gruppen, Lake and LA Audio ranges.

The show was a resounding success for JHS Pro Audio, with the Nano's diminutive dimensions causing surprise and awe whenever it was demoed. The next step up the evolutionary ladder for HK's prosperous LUCAS line, the Nano 300 is a revolution in portable sound.

Showcased alongside the Nano were prime examples from the Studiomaster range, which are now distributed exclusively in the UK

Germany - Exhibiting at the show for the tenth year, Alcons Audio enjoyed a highly successful ProLight+Sound 2012, with the company promoting both new products and expansion into new premises and markets.

Attracting much interest was the new RR12, which saw a number of visitors to the show wanting to place orders immediately. A modular arrayable point-source system, based on Alcons pro-ribbon cylindrical projection technology, the system consists of two-way elements with a 30º dispersion in the coupling plane and a 60º asymmetrical dispersion in the non-coupling plane. Featuring a h

UK - Midas has announced the launch of the Mixtender iPad app. Available now from the iTunes app store, Mixtender provides wireless remote control of the PR02 and PR02C digital mixing systems permitting an engineer to access fader levels and output GEQ remotely from an iPad. The app will also be available for the MIdas PRO Series and XL8 digital systems upon the imminent release of v2.0 software.

An impressive 64 input meters and 27 output meters can be viewed simultaneously in real-time on the 'console overview' screen, aiding fast channel navigation. Multiple iPads can be used on a

UK - White Light and Coemar have announced that, with immediate effect, all new Coemar products will be supplied in the UK with a two-year warranty at no additional charge.

The new warranty term covers all of Coemar's products, including the Infinity Mrange, which can take either discharge or tungsten lamps, and the Reflection range of spot and wash LED fixtures.

"Coemar makes a wide range of products, offering fantastic output as well as remarkable versatility," comments Peter Threadgold, White Light's sales director. "We hope that these new two-year warranties will

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