() is a display
Hardware manufacturer specialising in
CRT Projector s,
LCD Projector s,
DLP Projectors ,
LED displays,
Display Wall s and
Flat Panel Display s. Barco is an acronym that originally stood for '''B'''elgian '''A'''merican '''R'''adio '''CO'''rporation.
Barco is headquartered in
Kortrijk ,
Belgium , and has facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in
Europe ,
North America and
Asia -
Pacific . Worldwide, Barco employs more than 3800 people and realized sales of 751 million
Euro in 2006.
Barco is a world leader in professional markets, in which it offers display and visualization solutions. Based upon in-depth market knowledge, 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 and
Virtual Reality , edutainment, events, media,
Digital Cinema ,
Air Traffic Control , defense & security,
Medical Imaging ,
Avionics , and
Textile s.
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 in
Rancho Cordova ,
California . Folsom's product lines cover solutions for image processing, image communication and image functionality & interactivity.
