Category Archives: GSE Abroad
GSE Response to Chinese Cyber Threat: “Denied.”
Global Special Effects has been on a heightened state of alert this week after multiple intrusion attempts on our main network at our headquarters in Lexington, Alabama. Apparently, these hackers had absolutely no idea what they were doing, because all attempts were … Read more
Great HD Video of Flogos & Amazing Snowman in Action
Koray Özdemir of Marketing Toys, a Global Special Effects distributor in Turkey, just sent us a link to this great high-quality video of a recent event they did, featuring our products. In this video, you will see some really awesome … Read more
Citibank Starts Flogos/Twitter Campaign
via afaqs.com – To tap the festive mood, Citibank launched a new campaign titled ‘Tweet a cloud, Dil Se’ targeting customers in Mumbai and Delhi. The one-day activation, which targeted Diwali shoppers over the weekend, intended to judge the customers’ … Read more
Website Has Officially Gone GLOBAL.
After experimenting for quite awhile with multiple Google Translate and AJAX-powered Microsoft Bing translation options, we finally found one that wouldn’t break the website! Most of the more-popular plugins kept crashing because of JavaScript errors, and when we re-coded them … Read more
Francisco Guerra asked to speak at MaRS Toronto
GSE President Francisco Guerra has been asked to speak at MaRS in Toronto about bringing products to market. MaRS is where science, technology and social entrepreneurs get the help they need. Where all kinds of people meet to spark new … Read more
Oriental DreamWorks Plans $31 Billion Venture, Invites GSE
Oriental DreamWorks, a Chinese venture by DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., has planned a new entertainment centre in Shanghai, costing a whopping 20 billion yuen ($3 billion USD). The building is expected to rival New York’s Broadway and London’s West … Read more
GSE Welcomes Director of South American Sales
Global Special Effects would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Director of South American Sales, Zeev Weissman. Weissman, who is 46, has twelve years of extensive experience in the special events and productions industry. He has produced … Read more
Cannes Lions Film Festival GOLD Award!
Congratulations to Florian Gnan, the entire staff at our GSE European Hub in Germany, and Kempertrautmann, for their recent GOLD AWARD in the “Best Use of Ambient Media: Large Scale” category at the Cannes Lions 59th Annual International Festival of Creativity! … Read more
Brazil’s Amazing Tweet-a-Flogo Idea
Horecatrends.com — We spotted the Flogo Cloud technology somewhere in 2008, when it was barely used. Now this sustainable alternative for plastic balloons is getting more mainstream. Galleria Mall in Brazil spiced up the re-launch of Brazil’s first open mall, … Read more
Tons of Flogos Event Photos from Turkey!
Here are a bunch of event photos from our guys over in Turkey! These were events for the biggest soccer team in the country, the biggest shopping mall in the country, and the Mercedes B Series. Three events within the … Read more





