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Adamson Hosts a Worldwide Distributor’s Meeting in Port Perry
The second week of January 2009 did not only mark some the coldest and snowiest days of the current winter in Port Perry, but the small Ontario town saw an influx of Adamson distributors arriving from far-away places such as Brazil and Singapore, where snow is the stuff of fairy tales.
The meetings were held at the Adamson headquarters and at the historic Port Perry Town Hall, the home of local community theatre. The first day saw distributors engaged in conversation on all new developments at Adamson, including a brand new five-stage in-line wash system, an automated powder line and the automated driver assembly line among other topics. For some, this visit marked their first visit to the factory, therefore a detailed factory tour highlighting the many new advancements, was a must for many.
Over 30 Distributors from France (DV2), Italy (Reference Laboratory), Spain (Seesound), Portugal (Merging Select), Scandinavia (Adamson Scandinavia), Germany (Trius GmbH), Netherlands (Sound & Light Import), Poland (Megamusic), Greece (DN'A), Brazil (Sotex), Latin America (Abba Trading), Singapore & Malaysia & Indonesia (Team108), Korea (Sound Solution), and China (EAD) attended the lavish affair which also included Andy Weingaertner and Jochen Sommer joining as European Support.
The undisputed highlight of the event came on the night of the 12th, when Adamson without prior notice unveiled a much anticipated new product series. The new gear is scheduled for an official launch at Frankfurt's Pro Light + Sound this coming April, but until then the series have been sworn to secrecy with distributors.
The event took place at the succulent Lake Ontario side restaurant "Port" in Pickering, where guests were welcomed with champagne, and a sneak peak of the new products. A brand spanking new Digico SD8 console stood at FOH, with none other than Digico's James Gordon and David Webster at the helm. Both had flown in as a special favour for Adamson and as a surprise for the distributors (some of whom also represent Digico).
At Adamson, we have always liked the way Digico consoles sound: "Many of the best shows I've ever heard had Digico desks on them. When we are going to show off something new, we want to give it the best signal possible. So for us it was an easy choice." commented Jesse Adamson, Adamson Systems Director of Marketing and Sales.
After a few hours extensive listening and closer perusal of the fresh Adamson products, the astounded crowd sat down for a 12-course tasting menu, served by the staff of ‘Port' from three stations, each station rotating a course and highlighting every item with a course-complementing signature wine, hand-picked by host and chief Brock Adamson.
To everyone who flew in, drove in and attended: Thank you for making this event such a success!
29th January 2009
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