FTSI will be participating in the LDInstitute this year providing the first automation training ever through LDI. Please register at http://www.ldishow.com/LDI10/Public/SessionDetails.aspx?SessionID=1004420 to enjoy special discounted pricing only available through LDInstitute. The special pricing is due to the class only being three days as opposed to four and being offered for a limited time at $795.

NAVIGATOR AUTOMATION TRAINING THROUGH FISHER TECHNICAL SERVICES BECOMES AN ETCP RECOGNIZED TRAINING PROGRAM

The Entertainment Technician Certification Program Council is pleased to announce that the Navigator Automation Class at Fisher Technical Services, Inc. (FTSI) has been approved as an ETCP Recognized Training Program. FTSI’s four-day course gives students an overall view of the principles of entertainment automation systems and teaches the basics of how to configure and program an automation system using FTSI’s “Navigator” hardware and software.

Students at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama are learning the art of automation and production technology using FTSI's Navigator system.

• Read the article on the Carnegie Mellon website here.

May 11, 2010

FISHER TECHNICAL SERVICES INC. ANNOUNCES LIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR REVOLUTIONARY MOTION CONTROL & INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM, NAVIGATOR IN VAN NUYS, CA

Fisher Technical Services Inc. announces a live demonstration of their revolutionary motion control system and integrated production technology, Navigator, May 23rd and 24th in Van Nuys, CA. The free two-day event will feature several opportunities for industry professionals to converge and interact with FTSI’s award-winning Navigator system, the only fully integrated technology available that seamlessly networks between cinematography, second unit, and special and visual effects departments to achieve ground-breaking cinematic effects.

FTSI will have representatives in Shanghai, China from April 28th to May 4th.

If you would like to meet to discuss FTSI’s technological capabilities or planned projects, or make introductions, please send an email to Towako Yagura, Vice President Of Business Development Asia This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (in Japanese or English) or Sam Fleming, Chief Financial Officer This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (English, Spanish, Italian).

If you come to the expo please be sure to see our stunning kinetic spheres sculpture installation at the Chinese Private Enterprises Pavilion. For more information on the expo, see these expo websites:  http://www.expo.cn, and http://en.expo2010.cn/.

FTSI's own Casey Roche taught a week-long workshop with Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama's Production Technology Management students. The school recently acquired an FTSI Navigator theater automation package.

• Read the article on the Pittburgh Post-Gazette website.