Interesting news has emerged over the past few days, some industry-related, others that affect us more broadly, from the sale of the Bose Professional Division to the new Procurement Code, to the just-concluded 2023 edition of the MIR
BOSE PROFESSIONAL
Yesterday a press release announced that Bose Corporation has sold the Bose Professional Division to Transom Capital Group, a private equity firm that thus acquires all of Bose Professional’s business related to installations and conferencing.
The company also announced a forthcoming press release from the new Bose Professional company, in which more details will be offered, in the meantime in this initial release CEO Lila Snyder explains:
The sale to Transom will provide Bose Professional with the additional focus it needs to support professional audio customers and to continue to develop industry-recognized products and technologies. It will also allow Bose to focus more on its core business: creating extraordinary audio experiences on the go, at home and in the car.
IN RIMINI THE BEST OF AV TECHNOLOGIES FOR EVENTS
Dal 2 al 4 aprile si è svolto MIR – Music Inside Rimini – la fiera di IEG dedicata al mercato delle tecnologie audiovisive per gli eventi, e non solo. La manifestazione ha annunciato un + 12% di visitatori rispetto all’edizione 2019, grazie anche alla formula che rinnova l’alleanza con LiveYouPlay, che prevede l’allestimento di palchi che permettono di vedere e provare le tecnologie Audio Video e Luci in azione, conferma la collaborazione con SILB e avvia quella con SIEC, protagonista del convegno “L’impatto delle tecnologie della progettazione degli spazi”, e di un’area demo immersiva. Abbiamo anche noi visitato la fiera, nelle prossime uscite vi proporremo un report e tante interviste ai protagonisti della manifestazione.
MIR – Music Inside Rimini – IEG’s trade fair dedicated to the market of audiovisual technologies for events, and more, was held from April 2 to 4. The event announced a +12% increase in visitors compared to the 2019 edition, thanks also to the formula that renews the alliance with LiveYouPlay, which includes the setting up of stages that allow people to see and try Audio Video and Lighting technologies in action, confirms the collaboration with SILB and starts the one with SIEC, protagonist of the conference “The impact of space design technologies“, and an immersive demo area. We also visited the fair, in the next issues we will bring you a report and many interviews with the protagonists of the event.
THE PROCUREMENT CODE
On March 28, the Council of Ministers launched the new Procurement Code, which will apply from July 1 to 200 billion public tenders, but excluding (at least in part) those related to the NRP, which are under a 2021 decree.
The points contested by contractors, trade associations, etc. concern first and foremost the minimum threshold for direct awarding (Anac, the Anti-Corruption Authority, disputes thresholds above 5 million euros for contracts without tenders, or 70-80 percent of public contracts); the obligation for non-main municipalities to aggregate and qualify to make tenders; integrated contracting-in which the designer is also the executor, and decides on variants and costs-is possible for all categories of contracts and not only for large complex works; subcontracting is liberalized, which would give the green light to “empty box” companies resulting in less control over contracts, safety, accountability mechanisms, etc.; and ; last but not least, the reserve earmarked for previously supported categories, such as young people and female entrepreneurs, is eliminated.
The impact of the new Code will cover a 200-billion-a-year “pie” of public procurement between works, supplies and services, from rail and highway construction sites to maintenance, from contracts for schools and hospitals to energy and IT services for the public administration, and will inevitably touch our sector as well; it will cover the ordinary, but also the “extraordinary” such as the Jubilee in Rome and the Strait Bridge.