legion of extraordinary dancers . lxd inc. type private industry liquid crystal displays founded 1970 headquarters cleveland ohio research triangle north carolina key people ed harrison ceo todd bolanz president jim roman vice president charles wang vice president products liquid crystal displays & related products website http www.lxdinc.com lxd incorporated is one of the first liquid crystal display manufacturers in the world . the company headquartered in cleveland ohio has factories in the united states and china . history edit lxd incorporated was founded as ilixco international liquid xtal company by james fergason in 1968 in kent ohio and was the first manufacturer of the twisted nematic lcd . ilixco became cash strapped while trying to break into the display market with watch and large instrument displays and it was purchased by then customer dickey john corp in 1974 . john lamphier iii owner of dickey john corp renamed the company liquid xtal displays inc. and later sold the company to the electronic components division of general electric in september 1979 . in december 1983 the company was purchased by dr. hugh mailer who shortened the name to lxd incorporated . in 1986 majority ownership of lxd was acquired by a norwegian company lcdvision . in july 1994 the company became a subsidiary of the brenlin group . in 1996 james fergason s son jeffrey fergason formed a new company using the ilixco name . the new ilixco is a holding company that owns controlling interests in io display systems and razor digital entertainment . in january 2008 the company was acquired by current management . a joint venture between jiya lxd in china was established . in september 2010 lxd announced the opening of a new 30 000 square foot 2 800 m2 facility in research triangle north carolina . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lxd incorporated & oldid 743405562 categories companies based in clevelandcompanies established in 1970 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 14 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view