INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
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INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
CHAUVET Professional’s Brad Haynes; d&b audiotechnik Country Manager Russia, Anna Kovyza; DPA Microphones sales staff with AVL Projekt & LAV Projekt; Elation Professional’s Alistair Smyth; Encore-SFX’s Anthony Earles & George Baker.
Absen has welcomed Australia’s Audio Visual Distributors (AVD) into its Value Added Distributor (VAD) network. The agreement sees AVD promote Absen LED products across the Australasian region. A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) has been appointed as the UK distributor for the Claypaky range of professional lighting solutions, with immediate effect. Sister Company, A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ireland will handle distribution in the Republic of Ireland. Ryan Mattin has become ADJ’s new Southern Sales Rep. Having worked in the audio and lighting retail industry for more than 10 years, Mattin brings a wealth of technical knowledge and experience to the role. APG Rentals has expanded its operation into a full-service LED videowall and media technology company. Now known as APG Media Group, the company comprises APG Rentals, APG Distribution and APG Technical Services. Peter Russell is named Audio Project Manager at audio evolution. The recently launched sister-company to global video specialist pixl evolution will benefit from Russell’s vast experience of the corporate and theatre markets. Ayrton has confirmed ACT Lighting as its exclusive Canada distributor. “We are excited to further our partnership with Ayrton to now service the entire North American market,” stated Ben Saltzman, CEO of ACT Lighting.
Brompton Technology has expanded its customer-facing team with the additions of Dries Vermeulen as Business Development Manager (Europe), and Chris Grandin as Technical Support Manager. CHAUVET Professional has appointed Brad Haynes as its National Resource Manager, Concert and Touring. “Like people throughout our industry, I’ve been very impressed with what CHAUVET Professional has accomplished over the past five or six years,” he said. “It’s exciting to be part of a team that’s 100-percent committed to lighting. I’m looking forward to sharing the Chauvet story with industry colleagues.” Creative Technology (CT) has invested heavily in disguise servers, upgrading its stock of gx 2 media servers to the latest product on the market, the gx 2c. On top of upgrading the gx 2s, CT has also purchased additional gx 2c and vx 4 servers to add to its existing offering – making it one of the world’s largest stockists of disguise media servers. d&b audiotechnik has appointed Anna Kovyza to the new role of Country Manager Russia. Her appointment marks the first step towards d&b opening a new office in Russia before the end of the year. DPA Microphones welcomes two new distributors in Serbia and Croatia. AVL Projekt and LAV Projekt are now responsible for the company’s entire range of high-quality microphones, which includes products aimed at the recording and pro audio markets, live sound, installation and broadcast. 102