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Martin Professional named Leading Technologies as its distributor in Italy. Pictured here, from left, are Marco Porro (VP & CEO, Leading Technologies), Steen Matthiesen (VP of EMEA Sales, Martin Professional), Giuseppe Porro (President, Leading Technologies), Paolo Albani (Key Account Manager, Eastern Europe, Martin Professional).

Martin Names Distributors in Italy, Poland

AARHUS, Denmark — Harman’s Martin Professional named Leading Technologies as the exclusive distributor of Martin products in Italy. The company also recently named PS TEATR as its distributor in Poland. The companies are based, respectively, in Monza, Italy and Piaseczno, Poland. Pictured here, from left, are Marco Porro, Steen Matthiesen, Giuseppe Porro and Paolo Albani. The Porros are from Leading Technologies; Matthiesen and Albani are with Martin Professional.

Artist Dan Corson recently designed a light show for the park using Martin Professional fixtures provided by Bandit Lites. Photos by John Jenkinson, Bandit Lites

Iowa Park Transforms with Artistic Lighting Design

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA — Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park here borders the Missouri River, which separates Council Bluffs and Iowa from Omaha, Nebraska.  Artist Dan Corson recently designed a light show for the park using Martin Professional fixtures provided by Bandit Lites. Corson used 16 Martin Exterior 1200 Image Projectors with custom gobos mounted on 35-foot poles and four MAC III Profile fixtures with custom gobos in Tempest enclosures mounted on 14-foot poles.

Harman Announces Changes in Lighting Division’s Top Management

STAMFORD, CT — After completing its acquisition of Martin Professional A/S of Denmark, Harman announced on March 6 that Lars Dige Knudsen, a 17-year Martin veteran, most recently as CFO, would be taking over for Martin’s previous CEO, Christian Engsted, who has left the company. Knudsen’s new title at Harman is Vice President, General Manager, Lighting Strategic Business Unit. Harman also announced that Villads Thomsen, a 14-year Martin veteran, most recently as VP Sales/EMEA, had been promoted to VP of Global Sales for the Lighting Strategic Business Unit.

Martin Professional U.K. factory for smoke division products

Martin Professional’s Smoke Division

Martin Professional may be known primarily for its light fixtures, but that wasn’t always the case. When it was founded in 1986, fog machines accounted for the bulk of its sales. The Aarhus, Denmark-based company dabbled in disco-style lighting and even live sound products, but its big push into intelligent lighting fixtures didn’t happen until the late 1990s.