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A N D T H E W I N N E R I S ... Jands has announced the winners of a competition celebrating the launch of its Vista L5 flagship media and lighting control console – the latest addition to the Vista range. The competition to win a MacBook Pro running the innovative Vista v2 software was sponsored by Jands’ distribution partners for Europe & the Middle East - A.C. Entertainment Technologies, and North America - A.C. Lighting, and open to industry professionals in these territories. The competition proved extremely popular, and the lucky winners, who were selected at random from entrants who correctly answered a competition question, were David Weeks from the UK and Andrew Anguiano from the US. Weeks works at the 1500-capacity live music venue, 53 Degrees in Preston, UK. He hadn’t used Jands Vista before, and his first impression of the Vista L5 was enthusiastic: ‘To say that I’m quite impressed is an understatement. The way the screen is laid out, it all made sense – it’s a lovely bit of design. I will now be quite frustrated with our current house desk.’ He visited AC-ET’s Leeds office to collect his prize and received a full demonstration on the Vista L5 after which he commented: ‘The power of Vista by comparison takes this to a whole new level.’ The US winner, Andrew Anguiano is a student who works at the Life Bridge Church co-ordinating technicals and media. He has had considerable experience with Jands Vista and regularly creates shows using a Vista S3. He said: ‘I think Jands produces a great product with Vista. Their technical services team has always been extremely helpful in answering questions.’
Website of the week Prolyte Group has created a new website for its Litestructures brand, as part of a new marketing initiative to increase awareness of the creative project work undertaken by the company. In the two years since the merger, the brand has evolved into a special projects division of the Group. Litestructures has extensive experience designing and manufacturing creative structures across a variety of sectors, from live events and brand realisation through to art and architecture, prompting an online portal to showcase a selection of successful bespoke projects. The website - www.litestructures.com - provides information on the Litestructures brand and the innovative solutions it offers. There is a facility to view and download case studies, and the opportunity to interact with the team. Miles Marsden, UK sales director of special projects, said: ‘This is a time of renewed focus for Litestructures as the vehicle for our special projects work. The new website provides a dynamic platform for us to demonstrate our ability to transform ideas into reality, with striking results.’
Faster, cheaper and better optics? ‘Plastic optics for lighting fixtures can now be custom manufactured by a onestep process, which affords flexibility and freedom of design at prices competitive with injection molding,’ is the claim being made by LUXeXceL. The company is offering its patented Printoptical 3D printing service for ondemand manufacturing of optics directly from a CAD model, with no need for expensive molds or tooling. Photopia software from LTI Optics is among the most widely used tools in the lighting industry for creation and verification of such CAD models. With Photopia as a tool for parametric optics design and LUXeXceL’s printoptical technology for mass customised manufacturing, lighting fixture manufacturers can get products to market faster and offer a broader range while cutting development costs and working capital requirements. Mark Jongewaard, president of LTI Optics, explains: ‘We originally developed Photopia to enable simulation study of alternative designs prior to incurring the high expense of tooling for an optic to be physically produced. Now as a software partner for LUXeXceL’s manufacturing services, Photopia has a second value proposition to enable rapid custom variations of a proven design for immediate manufacture, yielding fast times to market for new products, rapid adaptation to changed requirements, and low cost innovation of niche and mass-customised lighting products.’ According to Richard van de Vrie, CEO of LUXeXceL: ‘The combination of Photopia software and Printoptical manufacturing is the digitisation of plastic optics design and fabrication. A Photopia design becomes a digital mold, enabling any correction or change to be implemented immediately. The manufacturing service is on-demand, so inventory is also digital, requiring minimal working capital and eliminating write-offs. Using Photopia as a design tool for creation of optics to be fabricated with Printoptical technology, LUXeXceL offers the lighting industry a way to launch more new products, get them to market sooner, innovate with previously impossible design features, and earn higher profit margins.’
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