Calrec announced it has opened an office in Santa Clarita, Calif. to support customers in the western, southeastern, and south central United States and western Canada.

Extron Electronics has opened a new regional office in Irving, Texas (near Dallas), the facility includes a training center featuring two classrooms and a product demonstration area

Evertz Microsystems is acquiring Quartz Electronics, a Nevada City, Calif. provider of routing and master control technology to broadcasters worldwide. Based in Burlington, Ontario, Evertz manufactures routers, keyers and logo inserters, timecode products, converters, film systems, fiber optics, monitoring sol

Panther , a film equipment development company based in Germany, recently opened a sales office in the U.S. The company said it's been 10 years since it had an office in the area. The opening of its new premises, located in the heart of the Burbank, Calif. media district, took place following NAB2006. Panther Dollies

AVC developer Modulus Video has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan. An increased demand in satellite, telecommunications and cable service providers for MPEG-4 AVC were all factors in the opening of the new office, according to the company. The new office will house the sales and support groups for the Modulus

The new centralization project is built around a 12 Channel QMC master control system from Quartz.

Steve Rance of Fairlight has moved from the company's headquarters in Sydney, Australia, and formed an independent distribution company servicing Fairlight customers in the United States and Canada.