Barco broadens visual display solutions portfolio to include cross-cockpit collimated displays

Xenia, Ohio – Barco, a leading global provider of visual display systems, announces that it will now provide cross-cockpit collimated displays (CCCD) to serve commercial airline and military aviation simulation customers.  Barco’s new venture broadens the company’s extensive visual display portfolio and positions it to offer complete systems for flight training simulators.

     Barco’s cross-cockpit collimated display system business will be centered at its US Simulation headquarters in Xenia, Ohio. Barco has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Q4 Services in Orlando, Florida to manufacture the polyester film mirrors for this product. "Q4's collaboration with Barco will result in cost effective, high-quality products unsurpassed in the visual display industry,” says Martyn Rolls, Development Manager for Q4 Services, LLC. We look forward to a long, mutually beneficial relationship with Barco."

     The new collimated display system will be optimized for use with Barco’s new line of LCoS projectors and will be FAA/JAA Level-D compliant.

     "Barco has had a long history of providing high quality visual display systems and sophisticated control and alignment tools for the simulation and training industry,” says Al Herman, Vice President and General Manager for Barco’s Simulation business. “We’ll continue this legacy of excellence with our new cross-cockpit collimated display solution. Our CCCD system will incorporate the latest technology and offer improved display performance over the traditional systems.  Customers will realize a lower cost of ownership at a more competitive price.”

     Barco directs its research and development to respond to the future demands of visual display solutions.  Barco is the only company in the industry involved in the research, development, manufacture, and deployment of all visual display technologies: CRT, DLP, LCD, and LCoS.  The company’s move into the CCCD market reconfirms the company’s leadership position in the simulation display industry.   

About Barco

     Barco, a global technology company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. For fiscal year 2005, Barco posted net sales of euro 712.0 million.

    Barco’s ordinary shares are listed on the Brussels/Euronext stock exchange. Barco is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company. Share information may be accessed on Bloomberg under the symbol BAR BB and on Reuters under BARBt.BR. 

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