INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
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INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
ACT Lighting’s James Suit and Doug Mekanik; The Venuetech team; Audiologic’s Kamil Hamidou and Ayrton welcomes the Ampco Flashlight Sales team.
ACT Lighting has appointed James Suit as Northeast Regional Sales Manager. He will represent all of the brands distributed by ACT Lighting to clients in the Northeastern US, which comprises Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the New England states. At the same time, Doug Mekanik, former Eastern Regional Sales Manager for ACT Lighting, has been named Southeast Regional Sales Manager. His territory now extends from Delaware south to Florida. “Doug has been with the company for many years and exemplifies success at ACT Lighting,” said Ben Saltzman, President and CEO of ACT Lighting. “Like Doug, James’ technical background, his values and his skills make him a perfect fit for the ACT team, our brands and the community we serve.” As APG’s exclusive distributor in the region, Venuetech will cover the UAE, Saudi, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Qatar and Bahrein. This partnership opens a new market for APG – and is in line with the company’s strategic expansion. After reinforcing its presence in France and European countries (including Spain, Denmark and Benelux), the French loudspeaker manufacturer successfully developed its brand in Asia with the opening of regional offices in Singapore and Hong Kong. Grégory Dapsanse, APG’s Marketing & Business Development Director, explained: “The Middle East was for us the next logical step for our regional expansion, and this move further validates the strategic alliance with our sister company, Active Audio, who has been represented by Venuetech for
a number of years already. We are thrilled to welcome this amazing partner as our latest distributor.” Audiologic has announced the appointment of Marketing Coordinator Kamil Hamidou. Recent significant expansion has seen the Harlow-based company engaged in a recruitment drive on all fronts of its business, adding personnel in its sales, technical and marketing departments. Hamidou joins Audiologic with a Music Industry Management degree, during the pursuit of which, he acquired hands-on experience of helping to organise and run marketing campaigns for a variety of artists and events. Hamidou also possesses a good understanding of the production side of the industry, having worked on a number of tours. Ayrton welcomed Ampco Flashlight Sales as its latest exclusive distributor in its rapidly expanding international sales network. Based in Utrecht, Ampco Flashlight Sales will be responsible for the distribution of the entire portfolio of Ayrton products across The Netherlands, with immediate effect. “We are happy to welcome Ampco Flashlight Sales to the Ayrton family,” said International Sales Manager for Ayrton, Jerad Garza. “Ampco Flashlight as an organisation proved to be top-notch, especially from our collaboration on Eurovision this year. The reliability and road-worthiness of Ayrton products were more than evident on the show, which was the spark of interest that led us to this point. We agree that Ayrton’s products are an excellent match for Ampco Flashlight’s sales division as well and are excited 100
