Cinema Technology - December 2021

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FLEXOUND Augmented Audio has appointed Isak Olevic

and audio industries, where Flexound seeks rapid expansion

from Sweden as their new CEO. Olevic is an experienced

with its unique augmented audio technology”, says Flexound

automotive and audio business executive with past

chairman Markku Vauhkonen.

experience in Volvo Cars, Volvo Group, Harman and Ericsson,

Isak Olevic will succeed co-founder Mervi Heinaro, who

and will assume responsibilities for the company on January

was recently appointed as the Deputy Mayor of the City of

1, 2022.

Espoo, Finland. Heinaro remains a partner in the company, as

“Isak has an extensive network in automotive, cinema

well as a member of the Advisory Board.

Christie Set to Mass Produce CounterAct with Care222 Co u n te r A c t i n d o o r

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d e s i g n e d

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AS WE prepare for a post-pandemic world where reducing pathogens and

a n d

company

Christie

o cc u p i e d

U L

co m p l i a n t

hubs at airports, train and subway stations.

viral spread is essential, global visual technology

f o r

Developed by Christie, and using parent

company

Ushio

Inc.’s

proprietary filtered far-UVC light to

announced the mass production of its

Care222nm UV lamp technology that’s

eliminate

Christie CounterAct line of commercial

licensed through Columbia University,

surfaces in indoor spaces, including

UV

the

disinfection

with

the

fixtures is designed for high-ceiling

causes COVID-19, influenza, bacteria,

technology. CounterAct fixtures are

applications, which are as easy to

and

designed for use in occupied indoor

install as commercial lighting fixtures.

superbugs by damaging the DNA or

The

first

UV

mounted

disinfection

SARS-CoV-2

technology developed for use around

unable

retail, restaurants, as well as transit

people,

humans.

CounterAct

uses

that

antibiotic-resistant

RNA of the pathogen, leaving them

museums, and sports complexes, to

Christie

other

coronavirus

on

light

spaces, from cinemas, theme parks,

of

pathogens

far-UVC

Care222

line

of

products

patented

CounterAct

99%

to

reproduce

and

infect

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