Vue Audio Visual Trading has announced its acquisition of major shareholding in 3 companies in the corporate and cinema sectors. Visualization (based in the UK), Visua (based in Hungary), and CineAV Services (based in South Africa).
VueAV head quartered in Dubai operates as a technical distributor offering expertise and services across a wide range of market applications for projection, LED and signal processing within the corporate, educational, theme park and control room sectors. The acquisition announced today allows VUEAV to reach a broader geographic market and uses the group's focus on services.
Commenting on the acquisition, Simon Smith Group CEO said “This was a very natural move for VueAV. We have worked with the individuals and companies and have been collaborating for a number of years. We can now leverage our expertise across the group, offer greater value, reach and penetration for our vendor partners. In addition, the group will now be able to provide a link between channel integrators who operate more and more across geographies with customers that are global.”
Visualization MD, Nick Pidgeon has developed Visualization within the UK substantially over the last decade, and now offers a full range of trade only services.
Visua is a distributor of cinema and AV technologies within Central Europe. Lead by MD Andras Schmid, Visua has both a proven and experienced team operating at a local level with a clearer understanding towards customer and specific market needs.
CineAV is a technical support provider for the cinema and AV industry in Africa. Based in Johannesburg and headed up by MD Tyron Ackerman, Cine AV has extensive knowledge of the African marketplace. From project conception to ongoing operational and technical support, CineAV offers a dedicated offering to allow cinemas, AV integrators, and end-users to access premium brands backed up with a high level of factory trained local support.