please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources x rite news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources x rite news newspapers books scholar jstor free images february 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message x rite inc. type subsidiary founded 1958 headquarters grand rapids michigan u.s. parent danaher corporation subsidiaries x rite international inc. barbados x rite holdings inc. xr ventures llc x rite gmbh germany x rite asia pacific limited hong kong x rite ltd. u.k. x rite ma incorporated x rite mediterranee sarl france x rite global inc. x rite ag pantone inc. website www.xrite.com x rite inc. is a manufacturer of color measurement and management solutions located in grand rapids michigan united states . the company also creates products that regulate quality in the processing of film and x rays . contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 references 4 external links history edit x rite colorchecker passport helps photographers get all the colors on their images real and find the right white balance . the firm was incorporated in 1958 by seven engineers from lear siegler . its first product x ray marking tape was introduced in 1968 . in 1975 it introduced its first densitometer for photographic printing use . the firm went public in 1986 and in 1987 moved into a new headquarters and production facility in grandville michigan . by 1990 the firm shifted emphasis to the field of color measurement . in 1966 it purchased h. miller graphic arts of england ; in 2006 it purchased amazys owners of gretag macbeth and thereby the munsell products ; 1 in 2007 it acquired pantone inc. 2 in october in 2012 the firm was acquired by danaher corporation 3 on may 12 subsidiaries edit x rite international inc. barbados x rite holdings inc. xr ventures llc x rite gmbh germany x rite asia pacific limited hong kong x rite ltd. u.k. x rite ma incorporated x rite mediterranee sarl france x rite global inc. x rite ag pantone inc. munsell color references edit x rite announces preliminary final results of its offer for all registered shares of amazys holding ag press release . x rite to acquire pantone inc. extending reach in the color industry press release . danaher corporation successfully completes tender offer for shares of x rite incorporated press release . external links edit official website http www.xritephoto.com this michigan related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title x rite & oldid 732538526 categories electronics companies of the united statescompanies based in kent county michigancompanies formerly listed on nasdaqcompanies established in 1958michigan stubsunited states company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2016all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from august 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles with a promotional tone from february 2016all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from february 2016all stub articles 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 edit links this page was last modified on 1 august 2016 at 16 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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