May 2000
Columns
SALES: plugging the loopholes
Alan Kruglak
As part of living in a civilized society, we abide by a set of rules. The tax code represents one set of those rules. Failure to follow the rules and…
Departments
Mackie acquires EAW
Cindy Holst
Mackie Designs, Woodinville, WA, completed the purchase of Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW), Whitinsville, MA. EAW designs and manufactures professional loudspeaker…
Ford Audio-Video Systems acquires Xeno Sound
Cindy Holst
Ford Audio-Video Systems, Oklahoma City, has acquired Xeno Sound, Austin, TX. Ford has offices in Tulsa, OK, Dallas, Denver, Nashville, TN, and Las Vegas….
Richardson Electronics acquires Apoio Tecnico
Cindy Holst
Richardson Electronics has completed the acquisition of Apoio Tecnico Brazil. Richardson/Apoio will operate from a sales office in Rio de Janeiro and…
Shure and Handi Systems sign agreement
Cindy Holst
Shure, Evanston, IL and Handi Systems, Morrisville, PA, have entered into an agreement in which Handi Systems will create a software program allowing…
SVS launches web site
Cindy Holst
SVS, a manufacturer of motorized ceiling-to-floor lifts systems designed to support projectors, monitors, loudspeakers, lighting equipment and more, has…
Panja expands and relocates
Cindy Holst
Panja, Dallas, has constructed a new headquarters, research and development, assembly and distribution facilities on a 10 acre (4 hecatres) site in Richardson….
MTX and Neoware sign agreement
Cindy Holst
MTX and Neoware Systems have signed a definitive agreement to merge the two organizations. The merger will facilitate a combined company, an expanded…
Belisle Acoustics expands
Cindy Holst
Belisle Acoustics Laboratories, Chateauguay, Quebec, has expanded into the U.S. pro sound market. Belisle manufactures loudspeakers, horns and crossovers….
L-ACOUSTICS opens sales and rental company
Cindy Holst
L-ACOUSTICS, Paris, restructured its UK sales and rental activities. V-DOSC RENTALS UK has been renamed L-ACOUSTICS UK and will continue to rent the V-DOSC…
TASCAM enters into agreement with TimeLine
Cindy Holst
TASCAM has entered into a long term audio product development agreement with TimeLine, which will result in a line of professional audio products that…
Da-Lite Screen acquires Visual Structures
Cindy Holst
Da-Lite Screen has purchased Visual Structures from Barco. Visual Structures, Los Alamitos, CA, manufactures rear-projection systems and distributes its…
The SAE Institute opens North American education centers
Cindy Holst
The SAE Institute has opened two North American education centers. The North American flagship center is located in New York City, and the second North…
Lucent and Quad sign agreement
Cindy Holst
Lucent Technologies and Quad International Communications Corporation, a broadband carrier, announce a multi-year agreement under which Lucent will build…
Metric Halo moves
Cindy Holst
Metric Halo Laboratories has moved to a larger facility. The address for MH Labs is now M/S 601 Building 8, Castle Point Campus, Castle Point, NY 12511-0601….
Keri Systems expands
Cindy Holst
Keri Systems, San Jose, CA, opened two international sales offices. Keri Systems UK, located in the greater London area and staffed by Garry Pound, UK…
Escient acquires avACTIVE
Cindy Holst
Escient has acquired avACTIVE, a developer of PC/TV convergence technologies. Escient’s acquisition of avACTIVE follows the company’s acquisition of StarMatix,…
Onkyo forms Integra division
Cindy Holst
Onkyo introduces the Integra Research division. The division addresses the needs of custom installers in the upscale segment of the home theater market….
Erico extends CADDY scholarship
Cindy Holst
Erico has extended its CADDY scholarship program through December 31, 2001 for all BICSI training courses. Prospective BICSI trainees can earn money for…
J.P. Freeman and NBFAA team
Cindy Holst
J.P. Freeman Company has created a joint venture with the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) to track the changing trends and dynamics…
ADS and AEG-MIS enter agreement
Cindy Holst
Advanced Display Systems (ADS), Amarillo, TX, reached an agreement with AEG Gesellschaft for Modern Information Systems (AEG-MIS), Ulm, Germany, under…
Engineering achievement award winners announced
Cindy Holst
The National Association of Broadcasters announces the winners of its engineering achievement awards. Michael Dorrough, founder of Dorrough Electronics,…
Blur Studio creates new division
Cindy Holst
Blur Studio, a 3-D animation, effects and design house, has launched a theme park and special venue division, headed by ride film director Yas Takata….
AVAD reaches distribution agreements
Cindy Holst
The Alliance of Value-Added Distributors (AVAD) reached distribution agreements with four consumer electronics manufacturers. The agreements allow AVAD…
Behringer acquires rights to CoolAudio
Cindy Holst
Behringer has acquired the rights to the entire CoolAudio technology from Intersil Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer. CoolAudio is a digital amplification…
RGB Spectrum and Panja partner
Cindy Holst
RGB Spectrum and Panja announced the compatibility of RGB Spectrum’s DTQ video scalar with Panja’s PHAST home automation products. The partnership is…
Audio Toys expands distribution
Cindy Holst
Audio Toys, part of the ATI Group, has expanded its international distribution. Canadian distribution is handled by Cabletek Electronics, British Columbia….
Wadia Digital and Hales Design Group merge
Cindy Holst
Wadia Digital Corporation merges with Hales Design Group. Under terms of the agreement, Hales will operate as a division of Wadia while retaining its…
Aiphone contributes to NSCA Education Foundation
Cindy Holst
The NSCA Education Foundation has received a gift of $10,000 from intercom manufacturer Aiphone. The objective of the NSCA Education Foundation is to…
Logical Transitions relocates
Cindy Holst
Logical Transitions has moved its corporate headquarters from Tempe, AZ to 407 First Street, Tybee Island, GA 31328. Contact Logical Transitions by phone…
Mix Open scheduled
Cindy Holst
The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio announces the fifth annual Mix L.A. Open golf tournament. The event takes place on Monday, June 19 at the Malibu…
ACT Teleconferencing and Clarent create conferencing solution
Cindy Holst
ACT Teleconferencing and Clarent Corporation introduced a full-duplex IP telephony conferencing solution. Action VOIP uses Clarent’s IP Telephony gateway…
Omneon and Miranda form partnership
Cindy Holst
Omneon Video Networks and Miranda Technologies announce a partnership to develop products for use with the Omneon Video Area Network, an integrated networking…
Vestel and Exatel develop recorder
Cindy Holst
Vestel and Exatel Visual Systems will co-develop a TV recorder, to be built into Vestel’s high end TV sets. The recorder will extend current features…
Sennheiser breaks ground in Wedemark
Cindy Holst
Sennheiser broke ground for its new manufacturing facility in Wedemark, Germany. Architects Bahlo, KUhnke, Stosberg & Partners designed the building,…
Texas Instruments and Panasonic form partnership
Cindy Holst
Texas Instruments, Dallas, signed an agreement under terms of which Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Japan, will use Digital Light Processing…
Sederta upgrades SedNet adapters
Cindy Holst
Sederta has upgraded its SedNet IEEE-1394 real time family of communication adapters from 200 Mbps to 400 Mbps support. In addition, the company has expanded…
KnowledgeLINK reaches agreement with B & W Loudspeakers and Rotel of America
Cindy Holst
KnowledgeLINK announced that B & W Loudspeakers and Rotel of America authorize selected B & W/Rotel retailers that are part of the KnowledgeLINK network…
Biamp acquires space and purchases equipment
Cindy Holst
Biamp Systems has acquired additional space and added a new production machine. The expansion will increase the company’s space by nearly 60% and will…
Denon moves to new location
Cindy Holst
Denon Electronics is now located at 19 Chapin Road, P.O. Box 867, Pine Brook, NJ 07058-9777. Phone, fax and web site address remain the same: 973-396-0810,…
Rolls announces new facility
Cindy Holst
Rolls announces a new manufacturing facility at 5966 South 350 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. The Rolls facility is a 13,000 square ft (1,208 m superscript…
Video Projections
VIDEOWALLS: stay the course
Peter H. Putman
Videowalls hold a unique position in the world of electronic displays. They do not command attention at trade shows like the latest ultraportables, high-brightness…
Contractor’s Toolbox
LADDERS for the systems contractor
Glen Ballou
Most of us in the audio business spend much more of our time looking up than down. Because our ears are on our head rather than our feet, our tools are…
Articles
Mass migration
David Parish
Take advantage of a rapidly growing market by learning both why and how video technology is moving away from analog and into the digital domain.Today,…
Video pitfalls
Peter H. Putman
Flat-screen displays carry a number of attributes that will help you stay on the path to the perfect video installation, but they also carry some concerns…
Clearing the fog
Josh Kairoff
A primer on High Definition video and what it means to the systems integrator and his customers.SMPTE 240M defines “High Definition” (HD) as video that…
History lesson
Steve Filippini
CCTV has been around for a while, and the technology con tinues to grow with new and innovative products each year. All this innovation in CCTV did not…
Boardroom audio
Dale Florence
Although new video technology is often specified by the client for the modern conference room, achieving good speech intelligibility remains critical…
UPGRADING FOR SIMPLICITY
Daniel Goldich
Converting the videowall signage at the Warner Brothers Studio Stores to digital for enhanced reliability and ease of maintenance.After rolling out 200…
