We’re not satisfied with the status quo, nor are our customers. Our goal is to move beyond where AV integrators have traditionally lived – focusing more on outcomes and moving your businesses forward.
For customers across industries and geographies, FORTÉ delivers next-generation visual collaboration solutions built with a people-first approach.
The employee-owners of FORTÉ leverage unrivaled technical experience, talent, and commitment in delivering customized AV solutions that empower you to seize opportunities and imagine new possibilities.
Founded in 1974 by Joe Stoebner, FORTÉ has grown from one office location in North Dakota to 42 locations in the United States and four locations in Europe. FORTÉ is also the only employee-owned communications and collaboration company with more than 1,500 employees as of August 2025. The company serves customers in all 50 states and, as the Regional Business Unit of GPA, FORTÉ assists multinational enterprises, providing design, delivery and installation services in 170 cities around the world.
FORTÉ's unique approach with its customers includes providing subject matter expertise in enterprise audiovisual solutions, unified collaboration solutions, Microsoft services, digital media, mission critical solutions, and broadcast solutions. In addition, FORTÉ delivers a complete suite of managed services to ensure every solution remains up-to-date and functioning as it should.
In 2024, FORTÉ announced the addition of its Velocity Logisitics Center in Dallas, Texas. This center enables FORTÉ to develop and deploy pre-engineered meeting room solutions anywhere in the United States within days, not months. An industry first!
Premium Audio, Video & Lighting Solutions
We partner with you to help bring your vision to life by providing audio visual solutions for all your corporate event needs. We focus on three main things: Technology, Family and Success. We pair that technology with top tier, talented AV technicians. Each one of our family members is expertly trained in their field so you can feel confident that your event will be a success!
Technology is what we do
The HDBaseT Alliance advances and promotes the adoption of HDBaseT technology as the global standard for ultra-high-definition multimedia distribution. Since its founding in 2010 by LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Valens Semiconductors, the Alliance has brought together the leading names in the consumer electronics, professional AV, industrial and medical verticals, today boasting more than 200 members and thousands of interoperable products.
We are a leading integration company offering services with Audio Visual, IT, Networks, CCTV for your home or commercial needs. We cover all areas of the UK and EU, Plus we have partners that cover the rest of the world.
Here at Smarttech we offer bespoke design or installation solutions for all our clients. We can design the systems to meet your requirements and then manage the installation from start to handover. Afterwords we can offer you support with our helpdesk team.
We work with some of the best brands in the industry to bring you an immersive and enjoyable AV system to either your home or business. We work with leading brands such as Extron, QSC and Audinate.
Total Audio Solution Provider
Yamaha has prospered in a variety of businesses devoted to audio and music over 130-year history of making pianos, band and orchestral instruments, guitars, and electronic keyboards, as well as audio products for professional, home-use, and conferencing. We provide an incredible experience across a wide range of products and services, covering industries such as education, enterprise, house of worship, live entertainment, and more.
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- THE SOUND BUSINESS CHOICE -
Have you ever wished there was an easy way to improve the sound quality of your projects? Whether for remote conferencing, live performances, or installed solutions, Yamaha offers solutions that bring new technologies to an even wider range of applications!
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Yamaha's Worldwide Business Network
Yamaha has more than 60 group companies in the world, allowing us to work closely with our customers.
Yamaha Corporation of America : California, USA-Import and sales of musical instruments and audio equipment
Yamaha Music Europe GmbH : Rellingen, Germany-Import and sales of musical instruments and audio equipment
NEXO S.A : Plailly, France-Manufacturing and sales of large-scale, high-output speaker equipment
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Everything You Need to Connect With Your Audience Every day, Ross powers live productions for billions of viewers. With the industry’s widest range of high-impact, high-efficiency solutions and services, Ross helps all manner of organizations create and share compelling content, from leading broadcasters to houses of worship, stadiums, corporations, education and governments. With approximately 1300 team members around the world and manufacturing facilities in Ontario and Austria and the most reliable service in the industry, we are here to turn your ideas, plans and strategies into reality.
Almo Pro AV aims to build a collaborative Pro AV community. We encourage you to ask questions and participate in the conversation. Our trusted, in-house experts provide thought leadership, audiovisual industry trends, event coverage, technology news, and resources to help grow your AV business. Almo Pro AV is the largest value-added North American Professional AV distributor offering its manufacturer and reseller partners the most expansive range of products, managed services, technical support and training to drive business growth and generate profits. Formed in 2022 following DCC’s acquisition of Almo Corporation, Almo Pro AV harnesses the combined sales, service, marketing and subject matter expertise to deliver customized business development strategies, programs and educational events that enable partners to thrive. With a highly-accomplished joint leadership team, more than 300 employees, 12 distribution facilities, and 2.7 million square feet of warehousing space, Almo Pro AV provides the specialization and resources its partners need while maintaining the personal distribution approach they expect. For more information about Almo Pro AV, go to www.AlmoProAV.com.
Audinate is the leading provider of professional AV networking technologies globally. Audinate's Dante platform distributes digital audio and video signals over computer networks, and is designed to bring the benefits of IT networking to the professional AV industry. AV-over-IP (AVoIP) using Dante-enabled products ensures interoperability between AV devices and allows end users to enjoy high quality, flexible solutions—typically with a lower total cost of ownership.
ADI is a leading distributor of security, AV and low voltage products. Leading pros rely on ADI for its wide selection of top brands, immediate product availability, knowledgeable sales staff and product, design and AV labor subcontracting services. ADI offers thousands of items in stock every day with ten Distribution Centers strategically located across North America. ADI's full line of solutions include Pro AV, Residential AV, Intrusion & Smart Home, Fire, Video Surveillance, Access Control & Communications, Networking, Data Communications, Power, Central Vacuum, Wire & Cable and Tools & Hardware. Learn more at adiglobal.com.
We are THE #1 information source for the AV industry. Home of @rAVePubs & the first full-service AV industry creative agency. Makers of #AVisLIFE Our mission at THE rAVe Agency is to provide a creative marketing and advertising strategy, as well as an editorial pathway, to make sure the creative is seen, heard, read about and watched by everyone in AV. Learn more about us here: https://bit.ly/3gLVWQ9
Bolin Technology is a manufacturer and brand of professional PTZ cameras and video products for ProAV, Broadcast, and Unified Communication markets. Bolin supports industry standards like HDMI, HDBaseT, 3G/6G/12G-SDI, IP video using RTSP/RTPM/ SRT/ ONVIF including new Dante AV protocols and codecs using H.264/H.265/JPEG2000.
From analog to digital and fiber to cloud, Diversified has partnered with clients around the world to deliver the latest technology advancements throughout the last four decades. Since 1993, we’ve helped a global clientele leverage modern innovations and cutting-edge technology solutions to achieve their goals and gain competitive advantages in a constantly evolving market.
Originally founded as a full-service systems and media technology integration company, Diversified has continued to refine our expertise and expand our portfolio to meet the needs of today as well as tomorrow, emerging as a leading technology solutions partner with an unprecedented combination of reach and offerings.
At Diversified, we understand that implementing a new technology strategy is a major investment that impacts a variety of stakeholders throughout an organization, rippling through leadership and finance to IT and the ultimate end users. To help streamline what can easily become a daunting undertaking, we stand with clients as their trusted partner, leveraging the best in technology and ongoing advisory services to transform their business.
As a world leader in imaging technologies Sony is committed to provide innovative products that connect people in new and different ways. Our flexible and efficient AV solutions integrate easily into existing infrastructures and deliver smarter, more effective communications with superior image quality, to engage and inspire students, colleagues, and customers, no matter where they are. Our large-screen display solutions include BRAVIA 4K HDR Professional Displays and videowalls, 3LCD BrightEra Laser Projectors, Native 4K Pro SXRD Projectors, and Crystal LED Direct-view Modular Display systems, for breathtaking visuals. High-quality remote camera systems include high-quality PTZ, POV and BOX Cameras, and AI-Based Video Analytics with powerful software options create dynamic and cost-effective presentations. Our award-winning Beamforming Ceiling Microphone uses speech reinforcement and recording technologies for stable volume and clear sound. Let us help you transform your communications.
Dale Pro Audio has been a leading provider of audio products and solutions to the broadcast, live sound, commercial install, post production, and recording markets since 1956. Family owned and operated for its entire existence, the company is a trusted partner of national broadcast networks, major integration firms, audio installers/contractors, and beyond.
We value relationships above all else. We boast one of the most experienced, well-trained sales teams in the business, making us far more than a warehouse full of boxes. Our salespeople have a wealth of knowledge from a myriad of backgrounds, and we've been there - we're well aware of the unique needs of the markets we serve.
One of the most important elements of a business is building and maintaining a relationship, and the mutual trust and benefits that come with it. When your organization comes to Dale Pro Audio, we're here to listen to your needs, find solutions, and help you get the job done. We're with you every step of the way with your current projects, and can use our know-how and connections with our manufacturers to help you get the jump on the next one.
While we do have our website that allows you to buy online as you desire, the true nature of our sales philosophy is to give you that "personal touch" with one of our Sales Professionals. You'll receive the competitive pricing and top-notch service that audio professionals require, surpassing every expectation of customer care and attention to detail.
Since 1996, NETGEAR has been at the forefront of delivering innovative, advanced connected solutions for a wide range of applications. NETGEAR AV brings together a comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading network switches, routers, WiFi access points, and the exclusive NETGEAR AV OS™, supported by expert network design services.
Engineered for simplicity and efficiency, NETGEAR AV solutions help integrators configure and install networks quickly, confidently, and profitably. Trusted by more than 500 broadcast and pro AV manufacturer partners, NETGEAR AV has become the world’s most recommended switch for broadcast and AV-over-IP installations.
To explore NETGEAR AV solutions and support, visit www.netgear.com/av