Telex Communications has named Ned C. Jackson president and chief executive officer. He replaces John Hale, who had served as chairman, president, and CEO of Telex prior to its merger with Electro-Voice Inc. earlier this year, and for several months after the merger. Jackson was most recently the vice president and general manager of the polyester unit of DuPont.Vari-Lite Production Services Chicago has moved to larger digs. The new address is: 31 Marquardt Drive, Wheeling, IL, 60090; phone: (847) 808-9800; fax: (847) 808-9899....UK-based Light & Sound Design has appointed Kevin Forbes, a 17-year veteran of the company, to its board of directors. Lighting designer Richard Renfro has left Fisher Marantz Renfro Stone to hang his own shingle, Renfro Design Group Inc. Contact info: Renfro Design Group, 18 W. 21st St., New York, NY 10010. Phone: (212) 229-9990; fax: (212) 229-9985....transtechnik GmbH of Bavaria, Germany has reorganized its lighting division. Production of Avab hardware has been transferred fro m Gothenburg, Sweden, to a new factory in Buchleburg, Germany; Gothenburg will now deal with service, provincial sales, and customer and product support. In other transtechnik news, the company has opened an office in Sydney, Australia, to better serve the Asian/Pacific markets. The dedicated sales and support center, called transtechnik Asia Pacific Pty Ltd., is a 100% subsidiary of transtechnik. The company is headed by William Wachsmann; future development plans include local manufacturing of products that have been developed in the company's home office in Germany. Contact info: 63 Lincoln Street, Stanmore, NSW 2048, Australia. Phone: +61 (0)2 9519 2311; fax: +61 (0)2 9519 2377....Display and dance floor manufacturer American Harlequin Corp., the US associate of British Harlequin, has broken ground on a new facility in Moorestown, NJ. The facility was scheduled to be completed this month; a ground-breaking ceremony was held in September.Gerard Cohen, the owner of Tracoman, an audio and DJ products distributor, has purchased Stanton Magnetics, a Plainview, NY-based manufacturer of audio pickups, styli, headsets, and related audio equipment. The company name will be changed to Stanton Magnetics, LLC, but it will be managed and operated separately from Tracoman....Portland, OR architectural firm BOORA Architects, Inc. has promoted Pat Harrington, who has been with the firm since 1990, to the position of managing principal. Harrington began his career at BOORA as an associate, moving up to principal and assuming the role of marketing director in 1992; in addition to his new responsibilities as managing principal, he will continue to direct the marketing and business development efforts of the firm....In other Portland news, a four-alarm fire destroyed a storage warehouse leased by RA Reed Productions, the Portland-based company that provides concert staging, scenery construction, and production services to entertainment companies. No one was injured in the fire, but the blaze did cause a significant amount o f damage to the company's staging equipment. Reed Productions' main warehouse, which includes the company's business offices and scenery production department, was unaffected by the fire....