Latest Industry News – Places/Events
Custom Alarm Celebrates 50 Years of Business in 2018
January 9, 2019
Custom Alarm closes out 2018, a year of celebrating 50 years in business in Rochester and surrounding communities. Read the full article…
Kramer Electronics Launches the Kramer Academy for AV/IT Professionals
January 9, 2019
Kramer Electronics has launched Kramer Academy, an online training platform for AV/IT professionals. The Academy currently includes courses focusing on core topics such as AV fundamentals, Wireless Collaboration, Audio, and more. Courses will be added on an ongoing basis. Read the full article…
SVT Acquisition of Secant Could Be Start of Long-Term Plan to ‘Surround Midwest’
December 20, 2018
SVT will increase emphasis on school security projects, nurse call systems as part of acquisition of Secant building technology group. Read the full article…
Campus Safety Takes Stand Against Non-Code-Compliant Door Barricades
December 20, 2018
Campus Safety, the leading brand for campus security officials at schools, universities and healthcare facilities for more than a quarter century, is publicly announcing it will no longer accept advertising or sponsorships from non-ADA- and non-NFPA-compliant door barricade companies. Read the full article…
Latest Industry News – Products
Christie Launches APS Series of 3LCD Laser Projectors
January 9, 2019
Christie has begun shipping the APS Series of 3LCD laser projectors, which deliver up to 6,500 ISO lumens with a 3,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The series consists of the Christie LWU650-APS and Christie LWU530-APS. Read the full article…
QSC Adds Native Video Distribution to Q-SYS Ecosystem
January 9, 2019
QSC has announced the Q-SYS NV Series (NV-32-H) network video endpoint for the Q-SYS Ecosystem. This native, multi-stream, software-defined HDMI encoder/decoder enables network-based video distribution, optimized specifically for the meeting room. Read the full article…
Audio Authority Integrates BrightSign’s System on a Chip Solution
January 9, 2019
BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced that Audio Authority® is using BrightSign’s System on a Chip (SoC) solution in its new line of media hubs. Audio Authority is the latest in a long line of partners to utilize BrightSign SoC to enable audio and video content distribution within Read the full article…
d&b opens the door to new install possibilities at ISE 2019
January 9, 2019
d&b audiotechnik will be at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019, at RAI Amsterdam from Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 February, exhibiting multiple new products developed for audio system installation and integration. Read the full article…
Latest Industry News – Projects
Bosch Praesideo Installation Unites Houston Methodist Hospital Campus
January 9, 2019
When technology design and integration company Walker Engineering was asked to assess the paging and public address systems at the sprawling Houston Methodist Hospital, they encountered an assortment of older analog systems that were inadequate for the needs of a modern medical facility, including integration with the new Paula and Joseph C. “Rusty” Walter III Read the full article…
Almo Employees Donate Time, Talent, Toys… Even Turkeys for the Holidays
January 9, 2019
Employees at Almo Corporation (#AlmoGivesBack), the nation’s leading independent distributor of appliances, consumer electronics, Pro A/V equipment and housewares, truly understand that it is better to give than it is to receive, especially during the holidays. Read the full article…
Community IV6 Arrays Deliver Quality Sound for Belarus National Parades
December 20, 2018
Art Ramos Studio a.l.c. has provided the sound system for the 2018 Independence Day Parade in Belarus. The system, based around Community’s new IV6 modular vertical array, was supplied to Beltelecom, the national telecommunications company of Belarus, with system design by Art Ramos Studio to Beltelecom’s specification. The system will be used for successive annual Read the full article…
Subaru of America, Inc. – IMS Technology Services
December 20, 2018
In 2016, Subaru announced that they were officially moving from their 115,000 square-foot, seven-story national headquarters. Read the full article…
Latest Industry News – People
AtlasIED Adds Veteran Talent to Team to Facilitate Growth
January 9, 2019
AtlasIED, an electronics manufacturer that provides comprehensive audio solutions for commercial business environments, has appointed four AV industry veterans to key leadership roles within the organization to lead the company through its planned expansion. Read the full article…
Peter Stouffer Named VP of Acquisitions for Guardian Alarm
January 9, 2019
Guardian Alarm, one of the nation’s largest independently-owned security companies, recently named Peter J. Stouffer vice president of acquisitions. The Michigan-based company’s expansion efforts encompass security services, monitoring, fire, life-safety, medical monitoring, access control, and video monitoring services. Read the full article…
FSR Grows Presence in Midwest Region
December 20, 2018
FSR, a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of solutions for the audio/video, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), education, corporate, hospitality, and government markets, has recently named Core4 Technologies as its new rep firm for Minnesota, North & South Dakota and Western Wisconsin. Read the full article…
Legrand | AV Hires Rob Atkins as Middle Atlantic Regional Brand Sales Manager
December 12, 2018
Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, today announced today that Rob Atkins has joined the company as regional brand sales manager, southeast. In this position, Atkins will work closely with sales teams and product management to foster relationships with local integrators and consultants by providing brand expertise relative to the Middle Atlantic Read the full article…