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Mack makes personnel changes


Kurt Mack-Even has retired from Mack Rides after 35 years with the German ride manufacturer. The company has now appointed a new executive board comprising Christian von Elverfeldt as managing director/CEO, Thorsten Koebele, handling sales and marketing, and chief technical officer Günther Burger.


Kurt Mack-Even


“Since the seventies, Kurt Mack-Even was always Mack Rides’ face to the customer,” the board notes in a recent statement. “We are more than glad we can count on his


advice even in his post ‘retirement’! Kurt will continue consulting our sales department and be available for his clients.” Koebele meanwhile boasts 13 years’ experience as a design engineer and project manager and head of Mack Rides’ development department.


Bob Gurr advises


Producers Group Legendary ex-Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr has joined the board of advisors at The Producers Group. A winner of the prestigious TEA’s Thea Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999, he is one of the elite few to receive his own window on Main Street in Disneyland. Based, like Walt Disney Imagineering, in Glendale, California, The


conference programme takes shape


The conference topics have been confirmed for October’s Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in Berlin. The event will also feature exclusive behind-the-scenes tours to local attractions including Tropical Islands and Filmpark Babelsberg. Some of Europe’s leading industry experts will participate in education sessions on Halloween events, emerging markets, waterparks, social media, new technologies, sustainability, safety, and food and beverage trends. Park World will reveal some of the confirmed speakers in due course. The conference programme takes place on Wednesday and Thursday, October 9 and 10, with a special FEC/Indoor programme set for October 11 in addition to the three-day IAAPA Institute for Attractions Managers from October 7 to 9.


The main EAS trade show – now firmly established as Europe’s premier event for parks and attractions industry – will take place from October 9 to 12 at Messe Berlin. Situated on the edge of the German capital, the venue is near many hotels and restaurants and also enjoys excellent public transport links both to the city and its new airport.


Bob Gurr


Producers Group is headed by joint CEOs and executive producers Bob Chambers and Edward Marks. Its portfolio includes lots of work for Universal.


More than 350 exhibitors are promised and organiser IAAPA Europe is anticipating more than 7,000 visitors, including several newcomers from Eastern Europe thanks to Berlin’s location.


iaapa.org/eas


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