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Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) is a privately held corporation with global headquarters in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States. An international manufacturer of entertainment and architectural lighting systems, ETC offers professional lighting fixtures, lighting control consoles, dimming equipment and power distribution components. Specific product areas include the ''Source Four'' line of lighting fixtures; two series of LED lighting fixtures; ten lighting control consoles; two dimming systems; an architectural-lighting control; and a line of lighting gear. the company also manufactures the ''Transtechnik'' brand of dimming and control systems, studio automation systems, as well as ''IES Matrix'' dimming systems, used throughout Europe. ==History== In 1975, Bill Foster and his younger brother Fred founded ETC while students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Bill was the first president and Fred is the current chief executive officer. During its first decade, the company established itself as a manufacturer of microprocessor-based lighting control consoles. By 1990, ETC had acquired Lighting Methods, Inc., a Rochester, New York-based manufacturer of entertainment dimming systems. Soon, ETC became one of the largest fully integrated entertainment lighting control manufacturers in North America, with offices in Middleton, Wisconsin; Orlando, Florida; Rochester and Hollywood. In 1995, they acquired the lighting control division of London-based distributor ARRI GB. Also that year, they opened an office in Hong Kong. In 1997, the firm opened a marketing office in Copenhagen, and a year later opened an office in Rome. In 2002 the company acquired Transtechnik Lichtsysteme of Holzkirchen, Germany, widening the market share in Europe. The next year it took an equity position in AVAB Transtechnik, Paris. They acquired Dutch sine wave-dimming manufacturer IES in 2004, including its industrial weighing and measuring division Penko Engineering BV, both located in Ede, Netherlands. In March, 2005, all formerly separate operations of ETC in Europe were rebranded under the common corporate name of ETC. Headquarters were located in Middleton, Wisconsin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electronic Theatre Controls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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