- Barco NV
Infobox Company
company_name = Barco N.V.
company_
company_type =Public company
company_slogan = Visibly yours
foundation = 1934
location =Kortrijk ,Belgium
key_people =Martin De Prycker , CEODirk De Man , CFO
industry =Display technology | revenue = € 747 million (2007)
num_employees = 3,800 (2006)
products = CRT, LCD,DLP andLCoS projectors,LED andFlat panel display s
homepage = [http://www.barco.com/ www.barco.com]Barco N.V. (Euronext|BAR) is a display
hardware manufacturer specialising inCRT projector s,LCD projector s, DLP projectors, LCoS projectors,LED displays,display wall s,flat panel display s, automated luminaires, digital lighting and lighting controls.Barco is headquartered in
Kortrijk ,Belgium , and has facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing inEurope ,North America andAsia -Pacific . Worldwide, Barco employs more than 3600 people and realized sales of 747 millioneuro in 2007.Active markets
Barco offers display and visualization solutions for professional markets. The company designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Currently Barco is active in the markets of traffic, surveillance,
broadcasting ,presentation ,simulation andvirtual reality , edutainment, events, media,digital cinema ,air traffic control , defense & security,medical imaging ,avionics , andtextile s.History
Barco is an acronym that originally stood for Belgian American Radio COrporation.
Acquisitions
* Barco Graphics was the graphics division of the Belgian Barco Group. It was the result of the 1989 merger of Digitised Information Systems Corporation (D.I.S.C.), Aesthedes and Barco's own "Creative Group".
* In 2004 Barco acquired Voxar, a leading 3D medical imaging software company, based in
Edinburgh ,Scotland . The same year, it also acquired Folsom Research, Inc, based inRancho Cordova ,California . Folsom's product lines cover solutions for image processing, image communication and image functionality & interactivity.* In 2008 Barco acquired
High End Systems , an automated luminaires, digital lighting and lighting controls company, based inAustin, Texas .Divestments
* In the early 2000s Barco Graphics was acquired by Danish Purup-Eskofot, and renamed Esko-Graphics, which was again renamed Esko in 2006.
External links
* [http://www.barco.com/ Barco web site]
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