Rene Bullinga, one of Protel's Sales Engineers for our Lawo and VSM solutions, is making one of his regular visits to Sydney and Melbourne in the last week of this month (February 22 to 26). Should you be interested in a meeting to discuss Lawo, VSM, Protel Australia's activities for 2010, or wish to discuss any upcoming projects, please email or call to set up an appointment.

Worldwide demand for Lawo products has grown significantly in the last few years. To cope with the increased requirements on production, Lawo recently celebrated the opening of their new building at the head office in Rastatt, Germany.

Following seven months of construction and around a five million Euro investment, the Production, Mechanical Engineering and Warehouse departments took only three days to ‘move house’. The new facilities, directly adjoining the existing premises, have expanded the ground floor to double in size to 7000 m². The additional space is mainly designed to achieve a more efficient manufacturing process, with a significant increase in capacity.

“Erecting this building was a real ‘tour de force’. It is the largest expansion in the company’s history and is a clear commitment to this location, and to the preservation and growth of jobs,” emphasises CEO Philipp Lawo. The company, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, employs 185 staff worldwide – 160 in Rastatt alone, where the R&D and Production departments have been based right from the start. Lawo has always put much emphasis on continuously improving their products, and developing new features and new products.

Protel Australia Pty Ltd now has new local contact details including a freephone number for your convenience. Please update your records.

Freephone: 1300 472 344
Protel Australia Pty Limited
21/333 Coventry Street - South Melbourne - Victoria 3205
ABN: 16-132-618-707

If you don't already use VSM it can be hard to understand what it is and exactly how significantly it can support the daily needs in a broadcast environment.

The VSM system is in a class of its own in the sector of modern broadcast-controller technology and provides surprisingly helpful and sophisticated features for most diverse broadcast applications. Those of you who aren’t familiar with VSM should be intrigued; those who already love it will find detailed information, and hopefully some exciting new ways of managing their daily work by following the link below.
Check out the new 'VSM for Mobile Applications' pdf in the Downloads area on the VSM website.