UK - After taking over SGM, Peter Johansen set a mandate to produce a range of new LED fixtures that would break new ground in terms of style and performance.

Among the new products the R&D team was tasked with producing was an IP66-rated fixture that "would stamp an indelible green footprint that would produce a new benchmark in terms of efficacy".

Drawing just 450 watts, the P-5 (which debuts on stand 1-G28 at PLASA 2012) uses 44 high power RGBW 10W LED's outputting a total of 23,666 lumens. This low-profile washlight stretches the output-to-consumption envelope by providing an overall efficacy factor of 52 lumens per watt (channeled through lens options of 12°, 23° and 37°. The SGM boss challenges anyone to reveal an engine that is more efficient or capa

UK - CUK Live is a new division of the distribution company CUK Audio, focused on the live and rental market sectors. At its first show, CUK Live will display and demonstrate the latest products and developments from Cadac, Clair Bros and Powersoft.

Stuart Thomson, MD of CUK Audio, explained the reason for launching CUK Live, "CUK Audio is principally a supplier to the installation market, but with our expanding portfolio of brands we have seen a greatly increased percentage of our sales in the live sector. The aim of CUK Live is to apply the same high level of support and servic

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,

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