Professional Lighting & Production - Fall 2017 | Page 10
ESTA Announces New Alliance
with NAMM for 2018 Show
AVL Now
Distributing
ROE
Creative
Display
Products
in Canada
The Entertainment Services and Technol-
ogy Association (ESTA) has announced
an alliance with the National Association
of Music Merchants (NAMM) to work
with them in expanding the NAMM
Show to include a special focus on the
live event technology community.
This opportunity was made possible
by the addition of a new building at
the Anaheim Convention Center where
the NAMM Show is held every January.
The additional space will allow the 2018
edition to offer the event technology in-
dustry a diverse show floor, more robust
professional education, and a series of
relevant networking events. Hall A of the convention centre
will be transformed into a controlled
environment, ideal for showcasing light-
ing, rigging, and staging products and
services. Professional development op-
portunities, as advised by ESTA, will offer
career-enhancing topics and education
sessions designed for both established
and emerging entertainment technology
professionals. The convention centre’s
arena will provide demo and hands-on
opportunities to delve into each facet of
entertainment technology.
For more information, go to
www.esta.org.
wall systems targeted to concert tour-
ing and special event production.
“For some time now, our clients
have been asking us to get behind
an LED display product,” says Andrew
Hope, managing director at AVL. “As
this technology has begun to mature over the last few years, ROE has clearly
defined its role as a market leader. We
are proud to represent ROE in Canada.”
For more information, contact AVL
Media Group: 514-400-0110,
[email protected],
www.avlmediagroup.com.
ROE Visual, a subsidiary of Unilumin,
has appointed AVL Media Group as the
exclusive Canadian distributor of ROE
Creative Display products.
Founded in 2006, ROE Visual creates
scalable LED creative display solutions,
with a primary focus on modular LED
Details Announced for Westbury’s Imagine
Tech Showcase
Westbury National has announced the date and location for this
year’s edition of the Imagine technology showcase. The third annual
showcase of AV, conferencing, entertainment, and performance
technologies will be held at the Royal Conservatory of Music in
downtown Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Imagine offers an opportunity for AV professionals to connect
directly with manufacturers and industry experts while seeing, touch-
ing, and testing the latest hardware, software, and other solutions.
Exhibits and live demonstrations will be held throughout the Royal
Conservatory’s facilities, including Koerner Hall, the multi-level Leslie
+ Anna Dan Galleria, and the Temerty Theatre.
Registration is now open via Eventbrite. For more information, go
to www.westbury.com.
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(L-R) LS Media’s Hugo Larin; A.C. Lighting’s Bart Swinnen & Jean-Francois Canuel;
Luminex’s Philippe Coudyser
Luminex Partners with A.C. Lighting to
Strengthen U.S. & Canadian Sales Force
Belgium-based Luminex Network Intelligence has made A.C. Light-
ing its primary North American distributor for the lighting market,
while longtime partner LS Media will remain the distributor for
Canada’s AV markets.
“This is definitely an exciting time,” says Fred Mikeska, VP of
U.S. and Canadian sales at A.C. Lighting Inc. “Luminex offers an
incredible range of data distribution equipment for the professional
lighting market. We have known Luminex for some time and are
excited to finally share the brand and its products with the U.S. and
Canadian marketplaces.”
For more information, contact A.C. Lighting: 416-255-9494, FAX
416-255-3514, [email protected], www.aclighting.com.