Thursday 25th June wasn’t just the final day of CEDIA Expo 2009; it was SVI Magazine’s Trade Awards presentation day – the first in the event’s two-year history.
Following the incredible support shown to the Awards by members of the AV and CI industries, the SVI team decided that this year’s winners deserved something a little more tangible than the JPEG badge handed out last year; and, since large cardboard cheques were sadly beyond their means, they settled on certificates and an ExCel-based presentation instead.
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Issue 64 of SVI features two pages of photos from the event, but as well as casting your eyes over still images of winners collecting their hard-earned prizes, why not check out video interviews with them too?
That’s right, the Cinenow.com team were also in attendance on presentation day, and had a chat with representatives of a number of the winning companies.
SVI Editor, Jake Stow, was also interviewed, and talks about this year’s Awards and what SVI has planned for the future.
Interviewees include BADA’s Phil Hansen – discussing Best Training Course, Demcraft; John Niebel from Lutron, who picked up the award for Best Lighting Control System; Crestron’s Greg Currie, who received the firm’s Best Manufacturer certificate; Tom Barron from PMC, which triumphed in the Best Floorstanding Speaker category; Rachael Beeching, from double SVI Trade Award-winning Artcoustic; and Keith Haddock, who collected SpeakerCraft’s Best In-wall/In-ceiling Speaker certificate on behalf of CSE Custom.
To see all the videos from the SVI Awards click Here