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Simon Hutchinson, Nick Pidgeon, Matt Horwood, and Chris Brittan; Main Light expands its premises and debuts a newlook logo; Adam Hall Group appoints Link Audio as sole Gravity Distributor in Australia; AVIXA Diversify Council Chairperson, Frank Padikkala.
ACT Lighting (RapcoHorizon/ProCo Sound/RHC Holdings) has launched ACT Entertainment, a new entity formed by bringing together the brands of the ACT Lighting and RHC Holdings family of companies. “Offering exceptional products and services, ACT Entertainment gives the most exciting and valuable entertainment technologies in the world a single home in North America,” said ACT Entertainment CEO, Ben Saltzman. “We are exclusively focused on empowering our customers with the tools and support they need to enhance their clients’ creative visions. ACT Entertainment enhances live experiences by discovering, developing, and delivering products that create value for our customers while supporting our products with industry-leading service and education.” Adam Hall Group continues the expansion of its international distribution network for Gravity solutions with the appointment of Melbourne-based Link Audio. “We are delighted to have found an exclusive sales partner for Australia in Link Audio,” explained Adam Hall Group COO, Markus Jahnel. “The Australian retail market is particularly challenging due to Australia’s geographical size alone and plays an important role in our international endeavours. Link Audio is a young, dynamic and flexible company that benefits from a wealth of sales experience with well-known audio brands. We are looking forward to working together to make Gravity’s ever-growing portfolio even more popular in Australia.” Link Audio Managing Director, Michael Jago added: “We are extremely proud to sell Gravity in Australia. For us, Gravity meets all the criteria of a successful brand: high-quality design, attractive packaging solutions and a
five-year guarantee. Gravity is a great addition to our existing portfolio – we can’t wait to get started.” Audio Production Hire (APH) has launched a new sub brand of Acute Audio Productions (AAP). Based in Brighton, APH has launched its new tailored Design – Develop – Deliver pro audio production services and training platform ‘Sound System engineering the environmental approach’ exclusively using DAS Audio products. AVIXA’s Leadership Search Committee (LSC) has appointed Frank Padikkala, CTS-D, CEH, CHFI, Kairos Solution Architect at Panasonic, to serve as Chairperson of the AVIXA Diversity Council. “The growth of the AVIXA Diversity Council in the last three years under Charmaine Torruella’s leadership has been meteoric and we will continue to honor her legacy. Frank’s focus on outreach and the addition of both local and regional events will raise the sense of community and belonging that we champion at AVIXA,” said AVIXA Chief Global Officer, Sarah Joyce. “The advancement of diversity within our AV community is so much more than training sessions and webinars,” said AVIXA Diversity Council Chairperson, Frank Padikkala. “My biggest goal is to bring the community together for personal learning journeys through the creation of safe spaces where we can each learn from one another, learn about ourselves, and learn about the value and power of our own diversity.” Digital Projection has welcomed Visualization as a technical distribution partner in the UK. Digital Projection International Sales & Marketing Director, Chris Axford said: “Visualization UK is on an aggressive growth trajectory with an excellent team who really understand the 54
