In the past few months Martin Audio has won a fiercely-fought tender for the prestigious contract to equip Cork Opera House in Ireland, and this month the new AQ series takes up occupancy in a landmark London site in the trendy Shoreditch area.

Yet this edition says as much about the rest of the world than the British Isles — and the fantastic stories we have received from our global partners — from Mexico to Montenegro, and Holland to Hong Kong. We are pleased to profile — as our Distributor Showcase — the inexhaustible work carried out in the small Baltic state of Estonia by Tiit Terask at Audiotel: a truly superhuman effort

As Capital Sound Hire, our premier London rental house, embark on a major tour with Kylie Minogue (which sadly beat our press deadlines) we prepare for another Frankfurt Pro Light + Sound.

Since the last edition of The Edge, we have successfully launched the AQ Series into the marketplace, fighting to meet demand in the wake of a growing order book. Now we are ready to move on with the next phase in our product development.

In our attempt to satisfy customers worldwide, we now have a downfill cabinet for our W8L rental houses, while for the growing army of contractors, seeking to install line array systems, we are launching adapted versions of our Compact and Mini series.

We also continue to penetrate further into other key markets — notably cinema and stadia. In the past few months our AM enclosures have been specified on an increasing basis by specialist PA contractors with the result that we have added West Bromwich Albion, Glasgow Rangers, Aston Villa and Hartlepool United to our already impressive roster of British football grounds.

Mindful of this, we will shortly add further stadium enclosures to the AM Series.

Whether you are on the festival circuit or confined to site, we wish all our distributors and customers a successful summer, and we look forward to seeing you at one of the expos in which we are participating (listed opposite).