NanoLumens Presents AMP Capital and Station Casinos with Inaugural Crystal Nixel™ Awards

NanoLumens (www.nanolumens.com) announced today that AMP Capital and Station Casinos were the recipients of the inaugural NanoLumens Crystal Nixel™ Awards, which recognize excellence in the creative design of a visualization solution. Leading the industry in compelling engagement solutions, NanoLumens is presenting these awards annually to an American and international partner that places creativity front and center in the design of an installation.

NanoLumens Vice President of Strategic Accounts Almir DeCarvalho (right) presents AMP Capital representatives with the 2015 International Crystal Nixel Award.

In the inaugural year of the program, Crystal Nixel™ Awards were presented to AMP Capital for the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre installation in Australia and to Station Casinos for the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa installation in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“The Pacific Fair and Red Rock installations represent a true melding of architectural grace and technological prowess,” NanoLumens CEO Rick Cope explained. “Both of these teams demonstrated advanced technological ability while putting design in the forefront of their projects. It’s an honor to present AMP Capital and Station Casinos with the first-ever Crystal Nixel™ Awards.”

The international Crystal Nixel™ Award winner, AMP Capital, utilized NanoLumens solutions in the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, creating an eye-catching and architecturally unique space to engage shoppers and enhance their overall experience. During this project, the largest curved LED displays in Australia were installed through four NanoLumens NanoCurve solutions. Suspended over the mall’s two key areas – the Oculus and the Myer department store – the solutions offer AMP Capital a highly effective advertising vehicle that stops shoppers in their tracks. Each solution installed completely adheres to Pacific Fair’s aesthetic: bright and dynamic with current content that is classic in style. 

NanoLumens Dave Merlino (left) and Doug Fundator (right) present NTA President H Waldman (center) with the 2015 U.S. Crystal Nixel Award.

Receiving the U.S. Crystal Nixel™ Award, Station Casinos installed the largest 2.5MM pixel-pitch NanoSlim Engage solution in North America. Replacing 18 aging projection systems, Red Rock’s Race & Sports Book is now equipped with three NanoSlim Engage solutions, providing 1,730 square feet of crystal-clear content to engage patrons daily. The three new displays offer exponentially brighter pictures at lower operating costs. In addition, each visualization solution had to fit exactly into the existing openings where the previous projector-based systems had been; the adaptable nature of the NanoLumens technology allowed for exactly that. 

Karen Robinson Cope Named Outstanding Atlanta Entrepreneur by Mercer University Stetson School of Business

NanoLumens co-founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development cited for her mentorship of young professional women and entrepreneurial spirit.

Ms. Karen Robinson Cope, co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development at NanoLumens (www.nanolumens.com) has been presented the Atlanta Outstanding Entrepreneur Award by the Mercer University Stetson School of Business, who lauded her for her mentorship of young professional women and entrepreneurial spirit.  The presentation was made last month at the Stetson School of Business’ 2015 Entrepreneurial Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. 

“Karen Robinson Cope is a serial entrepreneur who has been CEO of four high-growth ventures over the last two decades,” noted Dr. Susan P. Gilbert, Dean of the Stetson School of Business. “She has raised over $100 million for her companies, more than any other woman in Georgia. She was named Women in Technology's (WIT) first Woman of the Year in Technology in 2000.”

Karen Robinson Cope was Chairwoman, President and CEO of Enrev Corporation, a technology firm, which was acquired in 2001. Next, she led Prime Point Media, one of the largest out-of-home advertising companies in the U.S., as President and CEO, which she sold to a public company in 2006. That same year, she and her husband, Richard "Rick" Cope, founded NanoLumens with one goal – to create displays that would change the industry forever. As senior vice president for business development, she spearheads the strategic growth of the company, which has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine among other major publications.

“I am honored to accept this award on behalf of every woman who has ever had the courage and tenacity to follow their dreams in today’s business environment,” Karen Cope said today.  “I would like my life, and my achievements, to serve as a reminder to young women that they can achieve their highest goals and aspirations if they are willing to meet head-on the challenges that professional women still face in today’s America.” 

Ms. Cope is a leader in developing future entrepreneurs. In 2010, she founded the nonprofit Atlanta Council of Board Advisors (COBA) to offer strategic advisory services to small firms. She is the first female president of the Atlanta chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a nonprofit organization that fosters entrepreneurship globally, and she serves on the board of StartupChicks, another nonprofit aimed at creating a global community of female founders. In addition to Mercer, she has spoken at MIT, Georgia Tech, Harvard and Emory.