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A.C. North America Launches Install & Architainment Division, A.C. ProMedia A.C. North America has announced the opening of its newest North American division, A.C. ProMedia, a distributor of products and technologies aimed at the install and architainment markets. A.C. ProMedia carries many of the brands from A.C. Lighting’s current lineup, including Chroma-Q, Luminex, Lumenradio, and Prolyte, as well as new brands to be announced in the near future. “As a key component of A.C. North America’s strategic business plan, we have developed this new division … to work closely with integrators, architects, and specifiers,” says JF Canuel, managing director of A.C. North America. “While A.C. Lighting keeps focusing on its core business and markets, A.C. ProMedia is addressing the specific needs of the install and architainment market.” Mic Cardone has been named VP of sales for A.C. ProMedia. Reporting to A.C. PROMEDIA’S MIC CARDONE Jean-Louis Blanchard, VP of strategic business development, Cardone is responsible for building and leading a sales team and managing all aspects of the sales function. Additionally, A.C. ProMedia has hired Doug Schwartz as regional account manager for the Western U.S. For more information, contact A.C. ProMedia: 416-255-9494, www.acpromedia.com. JAM Industries & Ireland’s DCC Announce New Partnership JAM Industries has announced a new partnership with the technology division of Ireland-based DCC plc, a London Stock Exchange-listed international sales, marketing, and support services group with revenue of $24 billon CAD. “The partnership with JAM represents the next step in DCC Technology’s strat- egy to extend its geographic footprint and product range, strengthening our relationship with new and existing sup- pliers while also broadening our base of customers,” says Tim Griffin, DCC technol- ogy managing director. “Our investment in JAM adds an exciting new brand to our portfolio and means that we now have a $600-million-plus revenue business in North America with a strong, service-led specialist focus on pro audio and visual technologies, musical instruments, and consumer electronics.” JAM CEO MARTIN SZPIRO “By partnering with DCC, JAM has gained global reach and huge resource depth, which will certainly accelerate growth plans in all of our three core sectors and into new territories,” says JAM CEO Martin Szpiro. “The partnership will allow us to grow scale and capability across all of our services and vertical markets and enable us to continue to invest in our supply chain expertise, which is so critical in today’s marketplace. We see benefits for our manufactur- er partners through greater reach, efficiency, and choices, and for our dealers and resellers through more products and services.” JAM’s management team, including Szpiro as CEO and shareholder and Stuart Frenkel as CFO, will continue to manage the business. JAM founder Martin Golden and his son Matthew Golden will also remain involved. For more information, go to www.jamindustries.com. 10 | Winter 2018 INTELLIMIX’S KURTIS CASTELLO Intellimix Named Canadian Distributor for ProX Live Performance Gear Xstatic Pro Inc. has announced a new exclusive Canadian sales and distribution agreement with Intellimix for its ProX brand of bags and cases, trussing, stands, and cables. “We are very excited to partner with Intellimix and believe that their strong positioning in the Canadian market will allow us to continue to build market share and top-of-mind awareness of ProX products,” says Alan Dodson, ProX product representative for Cana- da. “We believe our strategic distribution agreement with Intellimix will allow us to capitalize on the opportunities in Canada.” “It is a great honour to work with such a global and innovative brand as ProX and we are proud to have been appointed as their Cana- dian distributor,” adds Intellimix Director of Operations, Kurtis Castello. For more information, contact Intellimix Corp.: 514-457-9663, [email protected], www.intellimix.com. Solotech Launches Used Equipment Sales Service Solotech has announced the launch of a new used equip- ment sales service, allowing customers to purchase equip- ment from the company’s extensive rental inventory. Solotech says all equipment is judiciously tested and appraised by its experts and offers a 30-day quality guaran- tee after delivery. In parallel with the implementation of this service within its Integration Division, SOLOTECH’S GUILLAUME GERVAIS Solotech has appointed Guillaume Gervais as specialist for used equipment sales. He now reports to Philip Giffard, president of the Sales and Integration Division, and oversees the used products sales process. For more information, go to www.solotech.com/can/expertise/ used-audiovisual-equipment/.