France - Digital mixing console manufacturer, Innovason, has announced the appointment of Alexandre Liagre to the role of sales manager for Innovason's domestic market in France. Alex, who is based in Paris, takes over from the highly respected Philippe Guillo who returns to manage and run his own rental company, Koroll Sonorisation, but nevertheless remains a strong ambassador for the brand.

According to Innovason's international sales director, Marcel Babazadeh, Alex is an ideal fit for Innovason in France. "He is trained as both a salesman and a sound engineer, so in terms of profile, we couldn't ask for much better! Furthermore, he is one of the new generation of sound engineers for whom digital technology is as natural as breathing, and so again, ideally suited to repres

USA - Martin Audio and On Stage Audio (OSA) have confirmed OSA's purchase of a 54-box Martin Audio MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array system. With this purchase, OSA joins North Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES) as key North American members in the growing MLA worldwide network. OSA plans to station its MLA system across both its Chicago and Las Vegas facilities.

"OSA and MLA are a perfect fit," said Mark Graham, Loud's CEO. "Show after show, the MLA has drawn enthusiastic attention from the Pro Audio community and audience members alike. By delivering an un

UK - Central Presentations (CPL), West Midlands and Bristol based AV rental specialist, has maintained its ISO 9001:2008 certification for the fourth year running - without any non-compliance or non-conformance requests.

The standard refers to the quality of the management and other systems in place and the company's overall commitment and ability to deliver outstanding customer service, products and general support and efficiency to its clients.

ISO9001 is designed to encourage excellence in companies and organisations and to help them understand and instigate the best and most app

Korea - The Arena Group's continued expansion saw a new Arena International Asia business get off to a successful start at this April's Ballantine's Championship.

The Arena Group's increased international capabilities now extend into the Far East, with a permanent base set up in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. This new venture is underpinned by significant investment, broadening the company's global services to now provide temporary events overlay, temporary structures, seating, interior design and fit-out to prestigious clients from offices across three continents.

Greg Lawless, Arena Grou

UK - The power of entertainment lighting to create atmosphere and influence mood has long been recognised in theatre and live events. Now schools are discovering how lighting can be used in the same way but in a completely different environment - and turning to entertainment lighting specialist White Light to help them achieve this.

At the Roe Green Junior School in Brent, staff decided to incorporate theatrical-style lighting to let them quickly change the decoration of their new library and childrens' lounge to match different stories. A particular challenge was that the school is c

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