Lightware has reinforced its position as a leading manufacturer of world-class products for the professional AV market in recent months following an exciting recruitment strategy, the launch of a raft of revolutionary new products and a hugely successful presence at ISE 2018 in Amsterdam.

The organisation’s focus has always been on the development of performance-rich AV products and has long been renowned for a remarkable ability to identify the products the industry needs and to engineer the groundbreaking technological solutions that continue to inspire the world of AV.

Today, as part of an exciting move to strengthen its team of professionals and to reinforce its commitment to its benchmarked standards of pre- and post-sales support and customer care, Lightware has announced the appointment of a number of highly talented AV specialists who have already made their mark on the manufacturer’s pioneering product development in recent months.

Felix Knight has been appointed Managing Director with a responsibility for sales and all aspects of technical support in the UK and Ireland while Mohamed Malis is now Sales Manager with a remit to direct, develop and execute Lightware’s sales strategy in the UK and Ireland.  Dave Knight, who joined Lightware in August 2017, is appointed Director of Finance and Human Resources, Graham Thornhill is Lightware’s Office Manager and Phillip Meese has been recruited as new Assistant Technical Support Engineer having graduated from the University of Huddersfield.

The new appointments herald something of an evolution for Lightware as Felix Knight confirms:

‘We’re proud of our reputation for reacting to the AV industry’s needs with market-leading products and technologies,’ he reveals. ‘The only way to maintain this position is to bolster our team with fresh, new talent and leadership, to enhance our support service even further and to introduce innovational AV equipment that the industry will continue to covet. These are, indeed, exciting times for Lightware.’

Introducing the Lightware Training Center

In addition to an increasingly agile team, the organisation has launched the Lightware Training Center– a unique training program that will provide high quality training sessions on a range of technological topics, notably Lightware’s proprietary systems.

Designed to better serve our customers and give them all the training they need on a number of key products and technologies, Lightware customers can now enroll on specialist courses of interest at the Training Center.

 

It’s also a time of product ingenuity too, as Lightware brings a new suite of products to market. VINX is a CATx based AV over IP extender for 1GB networks, extending HDMI video, connecting either via a direct CATx cable connection or through a Gigabit Ethernet switch. The optimal delivery distance can reach up to 100m with minimal latency and the maximum supported resolution is 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz with 7.1 audio. Up to 15 devices can be paired using DIP switches or hundreds can be paired via the embedded web surface. LDC also includes the genius Video Wall Wizard to manage gap and bezel compensation while cropping and scaling to adjust for individual video walls, which helps reduce installation time to one tenth of the time needed with third party products.

The HDMI20-OPTC-RX/TX220-Pro is a fully HDMI 2.0 compatible optical extender pair that’s designed with rental and stage applications in mind. This and the MX2-8×8-HDMI20-Audio matrix switcher are capable of splitting the HDMI 2.0 signal to adapt compatible projectors with two HDMI input ports that can rebuild the Full 4K video from two halves.

The new HDMI20-OPTJ-TX90 and RX90 optical fibre extenders are fully HDMI 2.0 compatible and can transfer Full 4K UHD video with embedded audio to 300m over one MultiMode fibre cable. These devices have robust, solid aluminium casings, providing excellent cooling and safety and maximum reliability. The chassis has loops for velcro belts to fasten the extender to virtually anything and has an SC optical connector and port saver, fixed HDMI and USB tail-cables. A rack tray will also be available for this product that will 16 units to be installed on a single tray with its own power source for each installed unit.

To find out more about products from the entire range and to discover more about the Lightware evolution, please visit lightware.com.