mondo*dr Jan/Feb 2010

MONDO*DR
WELCOME
VOLUME 20 ISSUE 2
JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2010
I don’t think it’d be taken as an understatement that 2009
was a tough year, the continuing fallout of the banking crisis
reverberated through every industry including our own. Without
wanting to bore you with an amateur economics diatribe, I
think it is universally felt that we aren’t going to be coming out
of this in a hurry. Most certainly not if the banks continue the
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in Orlando certainly proved that the latter is already starting to
happen with some of the most interesting products not being
GENERAL MANAGER:
shown on the show ﬂoor but actually in hotel suites around the
JUSTIN GAWNE
j.gawne@mondiale.co.uk
exhibition venue, call them technology green shoots but after
all we are a technology driven industry.
DEPUTY EDITOR:
MICHAEL NICHOLSON
Other notable events at the end of last year that may well be
m.nicholson@mondiale.co.uk
the start of the consolidation trend include, the sale of Procon
DEPUTY EDITOR:
to PRG creating a huge international company serving the
RACHAEL ROGERSON
live production industry. Bosch’s sale of Midas and Klark Teknik
r.rogerson@mondiale.co.uk
to the parent company of Behringer opens up an interesting
MARKETING / CIRCULATION:
development and one that may continue? And I’m sure more
LAURA MCLAUGHLIN
subscriptions@mondiale.co.uk
announcements of this kind will be made at regular intervals in
2010.
ACCOUNTS:
AMANDA GILES
Anyhow it’s time to look forward, to the exhibition season
a.giles@mondiale.co.uk that kicks off nicely with the relaxed NAMM show and a bit
PRODUCTION:
of Californian sun, and then into the more frenetic and ever
DAVID BELL, MEL ROBINSON, growing behemoth of a show that is ISE. Having cut itself a
DAN SEATON
niche with the systems integrator market in the audio and video
GROUP CHAIRMAN: markets, it is surely only a matter of time before we see the
DAMIAN WALSH
show expand its small number of lighting clients from the current
MONDIALE PUBLISHING commercial sectors into the full blown entertainment markets.
WATERLOO PLACE,
WATSON SQUARE
Martin Professional have already signed up, so it shouldn’t be
STOCKPORT
long before others want to get in on the action. Once again
SK1 3AZ
UNITED KINGDOM the driver is technology led in the form of LED’s whose use
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FAX: +44 161 429 7214
crosses the lighting and video divide. See our Video and Visuals
feature in this issue to catch up on this fast moving area where
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