Lighting designer Jerry Appelt turned to Martin Professional’s MAC 2000 Wash series in a big way for the opening and closing ceremonies of the XIX Commonwealth Games, incorporating 440 MAC 2000 Washes™ and 250 MAC 2000 Wash XBs™ in his lighting design.

Held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October, the first time the Commonwealth Games have been held in India, the Games were viewed as a source of pride and the ceremonies widely praised as a resounding success.

With 45 meter trim heights and up to 90 meter throws, Appelt needed ample power to light the large field and stage. He commented, “It’s quite a big stadium so if was necessary to fill it up, which the MAC 2000s did effectively. There were weight limits for the roof as well so I had to choose powerful workhorses. The 2000 XBs worked quite well. “

The MAC 2000 Wash XB is Martin’s extra bright 1500 W wash light with an extremely bright output of over 60,000 lumens and four lens options.

RCF has announced the setting up of a new UK Service Centre, following the tragic passing of Mick Williams, RCF’s technical manager for many years.

Phil Price, who heads up RCF’s operation, praised the high level of technical back-up carried out by Williams’ company, Audio Workshop, over a long period.

“The support provided for RCF products by Mick and his team was exemplary — and his untimely death last month left us with some extremely big shoes to fill, which we have now managed to do.”

To that end, RCF have confirmed the appointment of Ampman Audio Services, run by the experienced John Adeleke; the company will take on full service and repair responsibilities with immediate effect.

A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. are proud to announce their status as an Official Sponsor of the Jack Goff racing team for the 2010 ELF Renault Clio Cup with Michelin Championship.

The sponsorship package sees AC-ET continue its strong association to the field of professional motorsport, with each partner operating at the forefront of leading-edge new technology in its respective sector.

Driver Jack Goff is one of the most promising young talents in UK motorsport. For this year’s Championship he is sponsored by several entertainment technology companies, including Avolites, Fibre Optic Systems, GLP, HSL Group, Litestructures, Pixel Range, Robe, Rope & Rigging and SES.

Jack Goff and his Renault Clio racing car will be appearing in the JG-Motorsport Lounge at the PLASA 2010 tradeshow. Visitors to the lounge have a chance to enter a free prize draw to win an exclusive track day experience with Jack.

Robe Launches another 7 groundbreaking new environmentally friendly products at PLASA 2010 - in addition to the ROBIN LEDWash 600 and 300 fixtures that were detailed in a separate press release.

These latest developments are all part of Robe's new "Think of the Future - Consider Nature" drive, which underlines the company's commitment to developing truly unique, genuinely power saving products that are smaller, lighter, brighter and utilising the latest lightsource technology and control systems, but with all the intensity and output of their predecessors that used more powerful lamps.

ROBIN MMX Spot

The Robe ROBIN MMX Spot is built on the successful ROBIN platform and has an  optimized optical path utilizing a brand new 800 W discharge lamp, this combination produces prominent light output which exceeds that of the currently available 1200W discharge fixtures.

Many features include a speedy 8.5 - 42.5 zoom range, complemented by two rotating gobo wheels and a revolutionary  designed animation wheel (patent pending) which can be combined for the creation of spectacular and complex new effects. DMX controlled noise reduction of the unique cooling system make this fixture ideal for low noise environments needing high light output.

UK based specialist LED lighting manufacturer i-Pix shows 6 new products in its groundbreaking BB (Building Block) range at next week's PLASA exhibition at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London.

BB1 Narrow Beam

This is a single pixel fixture, designed for outdoor and submersible use. It is an RDM device requiring just 15 Volts, and can be fitted to a range of i-Pix Power Boxes and Power Bars for even greater flexibility. Full power is 30 Watts at 240 v.

The BB1 offers completely homogenised optics for the smoothest of output and is available in 20, 35 and 45 degree beam angles.  It's powerful custom RGB LED light engine has incredible colour mixing capabilities including the effortless sourcing of tungsten and daylight colour temperatures.