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May 06, 2008
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May 05, 2008
The demo room filled with interior designers, architects and builders. Over 200 people gathered April 30 through May 2 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas Texas, for the third annual CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles Forum. The purpose of the EL Forum is to educate, network and build relationships between architects, builders, interior designers and electronic systems contractors (ESCs).
 
May 05, 2008
The Rosie System OSD in action on this flat panel display and the Rosie remote with integrated scroll wheel in the foreground. The second annual Savant Dealer Conference was held May 2 through 4 in Chatham, Mass. Approximately 70 dealers—60 percent of which were already authorized Savant dealers-- accepted the invitation to come and as company President Jim Carroll expressed, enjoy the beauty, tranquility and technology of Cape Cod, where Savant is based.
 
May 05, 2008
DBL Distributing plans to shift the majority of its warehousing and shipping operations from the company’s Scottsdale, Ariz., headquarters to larger facilities in California and Pennsylvania owned by its parent company, Ingram Micro.
 
May 05, 2008
Planar Systems’ home theater chief, Scott Hix, will leave the company, after Planar reported a quarterly loss of $5.2 million, according to the Portland Business Journal.
 
May 05, 2008
Bang & Olufsen has named Kalle Hvidt Nielsen as its new president and chief executive, and he will take over the position on Aug. 1, the company announced Tuesday.
 
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Premier Mounts Unveils Web-Based “Possibilities Planner”
Mount manufacturer Premier Mounts debuted a new web-based tool designed to showcase consumers’ mounting choices. The tool allows both consumers and installation professionals to see 3D and articulating views of mounting placement possibilities.
 
 
DBL Releases Summer/Fall Catalog
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