lse prw industry education founded march 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 03 headquarters blackburn lancashire key people simon leung chairman and interim ceo products classflow activinspire activboard activtable activexpression activote revenue 205.1 million 2009 1 operating income 29.5 million 2009 1 net income 12.2 million 2009 1 number of employees 650 website www.prometheanworld.com promethean world ltd is a global education company that develops integrates and implements learning environments . the company has headquarters in blackburn lancashire and in atlanta united states . it was listed on the london stock exchange and was a constituent of the ftse smallcap index until it was acquired by netdragon in september 2015 . contents 1 history 2 offices 3 references 4 external links history edit tony cann 2 3 founded promethean in blackburn lancashire in 1997 with the launch of panda software the forerunner to activstudio and activprimary a range of software for use in company presentations and meetings . tony cann was replaced by graham howe as chairman in july 2005 . 4 james marshall became ceo in september 2012 replacing jean yves charlier . 5 in may 2014 graham howe stood down as chairman and was replaced by philip rowley . 4 in july 2015 netdragon announced that it had agreed to buy the company . 6 in september 2015 promethean acquired touch and gesture technology from light blue optics for an undisclosed sum . 7 offices edit promethean has offices in blackburn united kingdom and regional offices in atlanta united states paris france china singapore & bahrain . promethean s main manufacturing unit is based in shenzhen china and the company has product distribution facilities in both europe and the united states . references edit a b c promethean world financials supergroup and promethean world in 400m listings bonanza daily mail 12 march 2010 promethean world said to offer 224 million pound ipo bloomberg 1 march 2010 a b losses narrow at promethean world . manchester evening news . retrieved 8 january 2014 . new ceo takes over at promethean . education investor . 24 september 2012 . retrieved 8 january 2014 . netdragon agrees to buy promethean world . education investor . 13 july 2015 . acuity sale of light blue optics interactive touchscreen display . acuity . 2015 11 17 . retrieved 2016 06 11 . external links edit promethean world retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title promethean world & oldid 728761849 categories companies established in 1997companies based in blackburneducational technology companiesdisplay technology companieshidden categories pages using duplicate arguments in template callspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 italianonederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 7 july 2016 at 13 33 . 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