VIOSO expands presence

VIOSO has opened two new branches in the U.S. and France, in line with its  growth and global aspirations in the AV integration, simulation, visitor attractions and dome projection markets. The company has hired Kevin Zevchik to act as principal director at VIOSO America, while Etienne Servant has been chosen to head the French operation as the director of VIOSO France.

VIOSO America

According to Fritsch, the US market opens up huge potentialfor the brand. Prior to his appointment as principal director of VIOSO America,Zevchik already enjoyed a strong relationship with both VIOSO and close partnercompany AV Stumpfl.

He explained: “My company, Zanim8tion, has been a partnerand distributor of VIOSO for several years. It was decided to create VIOSOAmerica as a subsidiary company to increase brand recognition in the NorthAmerican market, as well as pooling our resources with those of the Germanoffice and unifying the company for sales and support.”

He continued: “There is a large market for projectiontechnology in the U.S., not to mention the fact that this region is home to thelargest pro AV community in the world.”

VIOSO France

VIOSO France director Etienne Servant joined UNIFIED-AVGroup in 2014 to start a new division, PRESTANS, which distributed differentbrands of video signal management to rental companies and high-end integrators.After two years of distributing VIOSO products, and many successful projects,the division became VIOSO France, part of the UNIFIED-AV Group.

“Servant said: “With the exception of specific markets suchas planetariums or military simulators, autocalibration is relatively new toFrench customers, so one of our key goals is to introduce everyone to thiswonderful new way of working.”