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Wireworks
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| 1974
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WIREWORKS
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Wireworks
is founded with a specific mission to provide highest quality professional
quality audio cables to the entertainment field.
WIREWORKS FIRST - COMMERCIAL HARDWIRED MULTICABLES Wireworks is the
first to introduce a full line of commercially available multi-channel
audio cables - 3 - 27 channel hardwired Multicables. |
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| 1976 |
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TE1 MIC CABLE TESTER - Wireworks introduces the first pocket sized
hand-held microphone cable tester - TE-1 |
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| 1978 |
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COLORED MICROPHONE CABLES - Wireworks was the first company to have
available a complete line of colored microphone cables.12 colors attractive
colors were in the line.
FEATURED ON COVER OF DB MAGAZINE - Wireworks innovative colored microphone
cables are featured on the cover of the DB - the audio engineering
magazine.
MULTIPIN DISCONNECT MULTI-CABLES - Wireworks announces the first manufactured
line of quick disconnectable audio Multicables using robust multipin
connectors.
ESTABLISH BROADWAY AUDIO CABLING STANDARD - Wireworks establishes
the audio multipin standard for use on the Broadway stage. This standard
is still used today in nearly all Broadway shows both in the theater
and on the road. |
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| 1979 |
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MIX & MATCH MULTICABLES - Wireworks introduces the first complete
mix & match multipin multichannel audio cabling system - Microphone
Multicable Components Group. The line comprises the MultiBox, MultiTrunk
and MultiTails units together with complimentary pre-wired install
units. Still available today, they are the recognized standard for
mix and match multichannel audio cabling systems.
ADDITION OF MULTICHANNEL SPLITTERS - Wireworks enhances the Microphone
Multicable Components Group with the addition of a full line of multipin
disconnectable, Jensen Transformer isolated, microphone splitters..
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BANDITS CABLE MARKERS - Wireworks announces the first printed and
color-coded shrink tubing cable markers - Bandits.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL - Wireworks multipin systems
are installed at the historic Radio City Music Hall during it's renovation. |
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| 1980 |
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FIRST ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST - Published first fully illustrated Price
List March 1980 as a tool for specifies and purchasers to easily select
from the more than 4000 standard parts from Wireworks.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL - Wireworks Cabling System
specified and installed in the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA.
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| 1981 |
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COMBINED AUDIO/VIDEO MULTICABLES - Wireworks introduces the world's
first manufactured combined audio/video Multicables for broadcast
use - HVT Series. Allowing for Audio and video to be combined in a
single cabling system, the HVT Series allowed for convenience and
time saving. |
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| 1982 |
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WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR EPCOT - Wireworks audio multpin systems selected
by Walt Disney World for EPCOT Center |
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| 1983 |
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MAIN FRAME COMPUTER COMMISSIONED FOR ORDER TRACKING - Wireworks implements
a main-frame computer system to track customer orders with full history
to ensure product compatibility and the best service and product fulfillment.
By using this system today, Wireworks is able to easily supply products
compatible with existing systems still in fulltime use after many
years. |
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| 1984 |
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AUDIO/VIDEO MULTIPIN SYSTEM - Wireworks premiers the first combined
audio and video multipin disconnectable cabling system - System502.
The use of true coaxial contacts together with usual audio contacts
made combined audio and video systems even more easy to use.
RELEASES "YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF" - Wireworks
releases customer Multicable configuration tools for easy system configuration
- "You Can Figure It Out For Yourself." This tool enabled
the configuring of complex multichannel systems by using a design
grid and repositionable product overlays. Design time was reduced
drastically.
10 YEARS IN BUSINESS Wireworks celebrates it's first decade in business. |
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| 1985 |
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SYSTEM 502 WITH NBC AT GENEVA SUMMIT - Wireworks System 502 combined
audio and video multipin detachable cabling system is selected by
NBC for the Historic Geneva Summit between Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev.
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| 1986 |
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NAMED OFFICIAL SUPPLIER FOR LIBERTY WEEKEND - Wireworks is named as
Official Audio Cabling Supplier for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies
for the Liberty Weekend, in New York City. The mega celebration for
the two hundredth birthday of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR CARNEGIE HALL - Wireworks Cabling Products are
installed in the historic renovation of Carnegie Hall. |
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| 1987 |
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NAMED OFFICIAL SUPPLIER AT PAN AM GAMES - Wireworks is named as Official
Cable Supplier for the Opening & Closing Ceremonies of the Pan
American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR INDY 500 - Wireworks selected for use at Indy
500 raceway. |
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| 1988 |
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NAMED OFFICIAL SUPPLIER TO CALGARY OLYMPICS - Wireworks is named as
Official Cable Supplier to the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR PHANTOM - Wireworks manufactures and supplies
the motion control cable assemblies for "Phantom of the Opera"
on Broadway. This highly technically involved show is still running
today. |
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| 1991 |
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WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Wireworks Multicable System installed
in the White House, Washington, DC. |
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| 1992 |
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WIREWORKS CHOSEN AT EURO DISNEY - Wireworks Multicable systems selected
for Opening Celebration of Euro Disney outside Paris France. |
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| 1994 |
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20 YEARS IN BUSINESS - Wireworks celebrates it's second decade of
service.
WIREWORKS ON NORMANDY BEACH - Wireworks Audio/Video Cabling Systems
is selected by NBC to televise historic Normandy Beach reenactment.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR THE TONIGHT SHOW - A complete Wireworks Microphone
Splitting System is installed by NBC for "Tonight Show Staring
Jay Leno". |
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| 1998 |
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FULLY COMPUTERIZED MULTICHANNEL CABLE TESTER TEC256 - Wireworks premiers
first the fully computerized multichannel cable tester for the entertainment
industry - TEC256. Allowing for a range of continuity and signal measurements,
the complete test is performed in less than a second!
LDI AWARD FOR TEC256 - Wireworks TEC256 Computerized Cable Tester
is awarded as Sound Product Of The Year, Honorable Mention by Lighting
Dimensions International.
EDDY AWARD FOR TEC256 - Wireworks TEC256 Cable Tester is awarded the
1998 EDDY Award by Entertainment Design. |
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| 1999 |
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1/4 CENTURY IN BUSINESS - Wireworks celebrates quarter-century mark.
MIXED AUDIO VIDEO DATA CONTROL MULTIPIN SYSTEMS - Wireworks sets the
standard for audio/video multipin system with introduction of AV2000
Multichannel Connectors. |
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| 2000 |
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PREMIERS WIRELUX - Wireworks premiers WireLUX, the most flexible line
of premium audio cables including: MusiLUX, InstaLUX, StudiLUX, UltraLUX
and SpeakerLUX.
LDI AWARD FOR WIRELUX - WireLUX cables are awarded as Sound Product
Of The Year, Honorable Mention by Lighting Dimensions International
- the second product from Wireworks to receive this award!
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR SALT LAKE CITY OLYMPICS - Wireworks DT12 sports
broadcasting cables selected for use at the Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City, UT |
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| 2001 |
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NAB PICK-HIT AWARD FOR WIRELUX - WireLUX Cables receive award as Pick-Hit
Of NAB 2001 by Broadcast Engineering.
PRODUCER MAGAZINE AWARD FOR TE-3PLUS - Wireworks TE-3Plus A/V Cable
Tester receives Platinum Reader's Choice Award 2001 by AV Producer
Magazine.
DMX TESTER - Wireworks premiers TED-5 first pocket sized, hand-held
DMX Lighting Control Cable Tester.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR X-GAMES VIII - Wireworks selected as cable supplier
for the ESPN X-Games VIII in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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| 2002 |
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WIREWORKS CHOSEN BY METROPOLITAN OPERA - Wireworks is chosen by the
Metropolitan Opera in New York to supply the audio cables for the
summer Opera in the Park season in Central Park, New York.
WIREWORKS CHOSEN FOR XM RADIO - Wireworks is specified by XM Radio
for it's prestigious Live Performance Studio in Washington, DC. |
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| 2004 |
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WIREWORKS REACHES THIRD DECADE Wireworks reaches their 30th year of
being the premier manufacturer of Cabling Systems and Custom Panels
to the Professional Audio and Audio/Visual industries. |
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