Germany - ChainMaster recently enjoyed a record-breaking appearance at Prolight + Sound 2011 in Frankfurt, welcoming trade visitors from more than 50 countries (40 per cent of whom were new clients), meeting additional sales partners from Asia and Africa, and enjoying an outstanding response to its new products.

ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH from the German region of Saxony hired more than 100sq.m of exhibition space to display its latest products. They included a wireless load measuring system with a category 'd' performance level which enables the continuous, real-time measurement of loads on chain hoists or suspension points for professional users.

Trade visitors from Germany and abroad were especially interested in the new XYZ touch panel announced beforehand. This additio

Poland - A Kinesys automation system with K2 control has been supplied to the Very Good Company (VGC) based in Warsaw, Poland - the first Kinesys system to be available in the country.

VGC, one of Poland's leading rental and staging companies, decided to explore Kinesys after initially seeing a system in action during the Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe world tour and were hugely impressed.

Sales director, Grzegorz Niemczyk and chief production manager, Piotr Lukasik were accompanied by lighting designer, Artur Szyman on their visit to Kinesys in the UK to further investiga

Slovenia - Also known as the 100 Gypsy Violins, the Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra from Hungary recently delivered an astonishing performance in Slovenian capitol of Ljubljana. The count of performers on stage was astonishing - almost 60 violins and ten double basses, violas, cellos, clarinets and cybaloms - a traditional Hungarian instrument.

The concert was made possible through the recent renovation of the sound system within the Arena Stozice. The largest of its kind in Slovenia, the multi-purpose indoor arena is usually used for basketball, handball and volleyball games. The A

UK - West Midlands and Bristol, UK based AV rental specialist Central Presentations (CPL) has expanded its warehouse space near Birmingham by taking over a new unit right next door to the existing facility and offices.

More capacity has been needed for some time - particularly due to recent investments in the latest larger scale technology like HD cameras, projectors and PPUs as well as an ever increasing stock of day-to-day equipment like microphones, plasma screens and speakers - plus higher staff levels and a healthy level of business, says the company.

With 12000sq.ft of space n

Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden has announced another OEM partner agreement with PR Lighting, making wireless DMX standard equipment in their new PR-5000 Spot and Wash and the PR-8802 Architectural LED Wash.

The PR-8802 has two heads and has the same characters as the popular PR-8800 with RGBW colour mixing + white + linear CTO, 0~100% linear adjustable dimmer, strobe, 15° beam angle, 32° field angle and IP 67 waterproof rating. It is designed for high power and great for outdoor use.

Mac Li, R&D manager for PR Lighting commented, "Working with W-DMX is the best choic

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