Germany - A new head of sales has been appointed at d&b audiotechnik. Based at the headquarters in Backnang, Germany, Gerhard Mayr takes over from Peter Tongue who has retired after almost 14 years with the company. d&b took the decision to target recruitment beyond the entertainment industry. "Gerhard has skills stretching far outside the familiar toolkit," commented marketing director Simon Johnston.

In the 24 years of his career Mayr has worked with Force Computers (Solectron), Motorola, and most recently Garmin; playing a leading role in developing these brands internationally through engagement with new markets and the reinvention of existing ones, which has also involved spending a considerable amount of his time in Asia. Yet he also possesses traits familiar to d&

UK - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light has recently welcomed industry veteran Lester Cobrin to its growing team as head of concert touring. Cobrin brings to the role more than 20 years' experience in the lighting and live production industry, having worked previously with Samuelson Concert Productions & Theatre Projects, LSD/PRG, Bandit Lites and, most recently, XL Video.

"Lester's appointment comes at a very exciting time for White Light," said Dave Isherwood, hire and technical director for White Light. "Over the last 40 years White Light has become renown

UAE - A Midas PRO6 console has been supplied to Abu Dhabi's iconic Heritage Theatre, making it the latest high-profile venue in the Middle East to invest in a Midas console.

Chicco Hiranandani, business development manager at Midas's Middle East distributor NMK commented: "The Heritage Theatre joins a prestigious line up of venues that have specifically chosen Midas solutions for their reliability, redundancy and most importantly - audio quality. These venues include the Raha Theatre, Abu Dhabi; the Qatar National Theatre, Doha as well as the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman.&qu

UK - A Stage Technologies rental AU:tour control system provided the overhead flying for Nicholas Hytner's triumphant version of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens at the Olivier Theatre in the National Theatre. The production, which opened on 17 July, finished its run on 1 November in front of a live audience in London and was live-streamed to cinemas around the world.

The Stage Technologies system included 15 BigTow winches, ranging from 12 BT200s and two BT390s which flew smaller scenic items to a single BT490 which moved a very large scenic wall. The control system included seve

Colombia - Robe's new Colombian distributor Codiscos SA recently staged hands-on technical demonstrations followed by a rock concert in the city of Medellin - all designed to illustrate first-hand the capabilities of Robe's latest technologies to potential clients. The event was co-ordinated by Codiscos's Sebastian Ochoa and attended by Robe's Regional sales Manager for Latin America, Guillermo Traverso.

The first day was dedicated to showing existing Codiscos clients, particularly those in the rental and staging markets, the newest Robe technologies now available on the Colombian mar

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