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n.v. type public company traded as euronext bar industry display technology founded 1934 founder lucien de puydt headquarters kortrijk belgium key people jan de witte ceo an desender cfo products laser projectors video digital cinema display controller lcd dlp projectors led and flat panel displays image processing equipment and software media servers medical displays wireless collaboration tools revenue 1.029 billion 2015 number of employees 3 300 2016 website www.barco.com barco n.v. is a display hardware and software manufacturer specializing in laser projectors digital cinema projection video projectors dlp projectors image processing led displays flat panel displays lcd and led video walls medical displays point of care devices 3d sound digital signage wireless collaboration tools automated luminaires digital lighting lighting controls display controllers . 1 barco is headquartered in kortrijk belgium and has its own facilities for sales & marketing customer support r & d and manufacturing in europe north america and asia pacific . barco is active in more than 90 countries and employs 3 300 employees worldwide . barco posted sales of 1.029 billion euro in 2015 . 2 contents 1 active markets 2 history 2.1 acquisitions 2.2 divestments 3 management 4 barco silex 5 see also 6 references 7 external links active markets edit barco designs and develops networked visualization and collaboration products for the entertainment enterprise and healthcare markets . history edit barco is an acronym that originally stood for belgian american radio corporation . acquisitions edit barco graphics was the graphics division of the belgian barco group . it was the result of the 1989 merger of digitized information systems corporation d.i.s.c. aesthedes and barco s own creative group . in 1997 barco acquired eis electronic image systems a manufacturer of high brightness high resolution calligraphic crt projectors for the flight simulation market . in 1998 barco ets now ucamco acquired gerber systems corp. a manufacturer of plotters and automatic optical inspection aoi systems for printed circuit boards based in hartford connecticut united states . in 1999 barco acquired metheus corporation a tektronix spin off and manufacturer of professional graphics controllers based in beaverton oregon united states . 3 in 2004 barco acquired voxar a 3d medical imaging software company based in edinburgh scotland . in 2004 barco acquired folsom research inc based in rancho cordova california united states . 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 in austin texas . in 2010 barco acquired fimi a company specialized in medical imaging based in saronno italy . in 2010 barco acquired all intellectual property of element labs a manufacturer of led equipment based in santa clara california united states . in 2010 barco acquired dzine a belgium based company specialized in digital signage solutions . in 2012 barco acquired ip video systems a company specialized in networked visualization solutions based in sunnyvale california . in 2012 barco acquired jaotech a manufacturer of patient entertainment and point of care terminals for hospitals based in surrey uk . in 2013 barco acquired awind a manufacturer of hardware and software for wireless presentation systems based in taipei taiwan . in 2013 barco acquired projectiondesign a manufacturer of projection technology based in fredrikstad norway . in 2014 barco acquired x20 media inc an enterprise communication specialist based in montreal canada . in 2014 barco acquired iosono gmbh a 3d audio expert based in erfurt germany . in 2015 barco acquired advan int l corp a us based manufacturer of lcd displays for modality applications divestments edit in 2002 barco graphics was acquired by danish purup eskofot and renamed esko graphics which was again renamed esko in 2006 . 4 in 2007 barcovision was acquired by itema group from bergamo italy . 5 in 2008 barco sold its advanced visualisation avis group the previously acquired voxar 6 to toshiba medical tmsc . 7 in 2014 barco divested a wholly owned subsidiary of barco nv barco orthogon based in bremen germany to exelis . in 2015 barco s defense & aerospace division was sold to us based esterline technologies corporation nyse esl . 8 management edit ceo 2016 jan de witte ceo 2008 2016 eric van zele ceo 2002 2008 martin de prycker ceo 2002 hugo vandamme nl barco silex edit barco silex is a micro electronic design house established in 1991 that belongs to the barco group and has both offices and design teams in belgium and france . 9 see also edit barco creator references edit barco makes meetings efficient for businesses cxotoday.com . www.cxotoday.com . cxotoday news desk . sep 6 2016 . retrieved 12 september 2016 . archer robert . meridian audio and barco partner to create seamless audio video experiences . www.cepro.com . retrieved 12 september 2016 . acquires metheus corporation in u.s . barco . retrieved 2014 02 04 . http www.barco.com en news press releases barco graphics and purup eskofot to merge.aspx signs agreement with italian itema to divest its division barcovision . barco . 2007 07 19 . retrieved 2014 02 04 . 2008 11 21 . barco verkoopt verlieslatende voxar de tijd . tijd.be . retrieved 2014 02 04 . investors barco sells advanced visualization business to toshiba . barco . 2008 11 21 . retrieved 2014 02 04 . barco finalizes sale of its defense & aerospace division to esterline . barco . 2015 02 02 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . about barco silex . barco silex.com . retrieved 2014 02 04 . external links edit official website barco silex web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title barco manufacturer & oldid 743959085 categories companies of belgiumdisplay technology companiesfilm and video 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