EXPO: PLASA 2013
Below: Le Mark Group; The Kinesys team; LTH’s Daniela Titze; John O’Neil of Amptown Cases with TPi’s Hannah Eakins; Look Solutions exhibited; Bjoern Gaentzsch of MA Lighting; Martin Professional’s Mike Walker; The Prolight Concepts team.
Laserworld displayed its semi pro lasers, the Club Series and the New Proline RGB with multi-function effects, but most of the interest was for our pro ranges SwissLas & Rti manufactured in Switzerland & Germany. Said Denis Phoenix, Laserworld UK & International Sales Director: “Overall there was a good attendance of UK customers but only a small amount of international, hopefully PLASA can try and address this for next year to improve attendances from further afield.” “We had an excellent Plasa show with good quality visitors on our stand ” commented Fabiano Besio of LDR. “The show was a good occasion for finalising the distribution contract with the company VALOOK for representing LDR in Chile and to reinforce our position as a leading supplier of colour scrollers for the professional entertainment industry.” Leader Light showcased its LL stage CYC 6C - a six colour cyclorama fixture. The luminary is specially designed for TV studios, concerts, theatres, backstage lighting or soft front lighting with high CRI. The Le Mark Group chose PLASA to launch its new range of Dirty Rigger Glowman LED series, the Backstage Light Glove. Featuring integrated i-lume technology by fibretronic, Glowman combines workwear expertise with cutting edge LED technology. The gloves are ROHS compliant with a luminous density 30,000 MCD, and are touch screen compatible with all major phone and tablet touchscreen devices. Taking pride of place at the Lee Filters stand was its LEE range of LED filters. All the colours from the LEE Designer series - a range of filters created specifically for LEE by leading lighting 84
designers - were also on show. Litec launched two new products, the EXERise chain hoists with low voltage control and the Cablecross CC25HD and CC66HD. Other trussing products showcased included the End-plated trusses, the new E and P truss Series with conical connection and the versatile Libera System. Following the announcement of the UK distribution agreement earlier this year, LMC Audio featured a range from new UKmanufactured pro audio brand, Inspired Audio. The company additionally showcased the latest in digital console technology from Yamaha, Midas and Allen & Heath, alongside other established premium pro audio brands including Martin Audio, NEXO, DPA, Soundcraft. Look Solutions displayed its range of highquality smoke and haze machines, including the Viper S, the Unique 2.1 Hazer, the Orka smoke generator, the CryoFog low-smoke machine and the Tiny Fogger. LSC introduced three new products – the Clarity LX900 console; its new intelligent power distribution unit APS, designed to remove the problems of collective in-rush currents; and its new data backbone system - DNA. LS-Live exhibited on stand E59 for the first time. The stage, set, automation and studio company invited attendees to its stand to discuss the entertainment sector and to find out about the company’s services and products. LSLive has recently worked with hip hop superstar, Jay-Z. LTH revealed a new member of its SquareLED Fresnel Series. The new motorised control of pan, tilt and beam angle is housed
in a compact unit equipped with a single chip LED module in a round shape and high quality 200mm lens. Lift Turn Move showcased the Limpet,and provided demos for interested parties. As Limpet’s exclusive distributor LTM has given training on the product for tours such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Muse. LTM also showed it new range of Zero Fleet Angle winches, and new product featured was the 5t Ground support tower with 2500kg SWL (single chain) LoadGuard hoist. LTM is now the exclusive UK distributor of Alfa Systems stage engineering products and for Dutch manufacturer, Interal Truss. LumenRadio for its SuperNova3, and Artistic Licence for its eSense each were noted for their efforts and shared the last Plasa Award. The judges said, “They both solve data management problems eloquently and practically. They will create new ways of understanding the massive data produced by shows and installations in an efficient and understandable way.” With the MA VPU light, MA Lighting has developed a compact video control offering nearly the same performance as the MA VPU plus and MA VPU basic. The MA VPU light features sophisticated hardware and proven MA software. The in-built screen displays all essential information about the status of the MA VPU light. Mackie’s updated and expanded product ranges were presented for the first time on the Polar Audio stand. The products included the SRM 1600W HD powered loudspeakers, the VLZ4 analogue mixers, and the redesigned