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Themed projects using Irideon(TM) AR500(TM) exterior luminaires include the Gloria Estefan restaurant, Bongos on the Bay, at Disney's Pleasure Island in Orlando (designed by Arquitectonica of Miami, lighting sold by Sesco), the spiral Jet Coaster at an amusement park in Hamamatsu, Japan, and Nagasaki Huis Tenbosch, a Japanese theme park that simulates a Dutch town...It's anchors away for ETC, High End Systems, Laser Magic, Martin Professional, Stage Technologies, and Wybron as their equipment boards the Disney Cruise Line...Glantre Engineering is supplying the complete onboard entertainment systems for the two vessels, Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, set to sail next year...MagneTek Lighting Products Group supplied more than 1,500 flashing sign ballasts to light the world's biggest free-standing sign, at the Las Vegas Hilton. The sign, which touts the hotel's attractions, has a surface area of more than 70,000 sq. ft. (6,300 sq. m) and cost almost $9 million...England's Theatre Projects supplied 180 Vari*Lite(R) luminaires for the filming of a video version of Cats at the Adelphi Theatre...Leo Bannon has been named president of Golden, CO-based Balzers Thin Films. Joseph Haggerty is the firm's new director of operations and Kenneth Brocious its director of finance...The Great American Market has appointed Peter E. Schmitt Co. to distribute GAM products in the New England and metro New York areas.