USA - SGM has further boosted its overseas distribution network with the appointment of Italo Trading. The company will take responsibility for sales in Central America and the following countries for South America: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

"Due to its great knowledge of the local markets, Italo Trading will substantially reduce the distance between our factory in Italy and the Latin American market," stated SGM's area manager, Antonio Parise. "It is a pleasure to welcome a firm with that experience on board."

Italo Trading owner and founder Daniel Costa Salomao started in the pro audio industry in September 1997 working with Selenium Loudspeakers in Brazil.

He then moved to USA to open and manage the company subsid

Denmark - SGM has added two experienced personnel to its sales force as it seeks to increase its profile in the key export markets. The company has announced that Troels V°lver has taken on the role of new export manager, North America and Asia Pacific, based in Denmark.

V°lver built up a large distributor network during his time in the industry and was CEO of Martin Professional Inc before leaving in 2005 to take up an export role with another Danish company.

At the same time SGM has announced that Steen V. Geertsen will operate in a similar area manager capacity, focusing

Chile - Six Robert Juliat followspots were chosen to highlight the 52nd Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile, one of the the most important music festivals in Latin America.

Orbita Producciones of Santiago purchased four RJ Aramis 4.5°-8° 2500W HMI followspots and two RJ Flo 13°-24° 1800W MSR followspots especially for the event from Robert Juliat distributor, Lighting Bits of Brazil.

The Festival, which features a pop and folk song competition alongside international performances, was televised for the first time by Chilean TV channel Chilevision. It c

USA - Mojo Barriers launched two new crowd safety innovations into the American live events market at Live Event Expo on 12 April 2011.

Gatekeeper and Barrier Load Monitoring System (BLMS) have been created by Mojo Barriers to address the changing needs of the live event industry and ensure the safest event for both the audience and artists.

Gatekeeper is a temporary event turnstile system which allows people to be counted in and out of an event space with numbers recorded in real time. Equipped with proprietary software and designed to improve crowd safety at events, the Gatekeeper

UK - Mojo Barriers' new Northern office opens this month, introducing a more affordable, professional stage barriers service to the North of England. The announcement of the new Mojo Barriers facility, located near York was made at PLASA Focus in Leeds yesterday (stand RA-A12).

Mojo Barriers has moved a significant stock of the company's stage barriers and crowd control systems into the new premises. After over a decade of operating across the country from a southern base Mojo Barriers can now make its internationally renowned products and services more accessible and affordable for c

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