Company presentation
About Barco
You will find us where images are critical to professionals
NYSE
Euronext
International company
Headquartered in Belgium
Stocklisted (BAR) on
NYSE Euronext Brussels
90+
Presence in more
than 90 countries
3,980
Employees
1.156
Billion euro
sales in 2012
The Barco Company values: tobeone
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deal openly and ethically
delight our customer
are accountable
trust each other
encourage team play
lead by innovation
care about our people
Business areas
Four core divisions, four wholly-owned ventures
Projection
Healthcare
Lighting
LED
Advanced
Visualization
ATM software
Defense &
Aerospace
Design services
Vertical markets
Cinema
Venues &
Hospitality
Utilities, Security
& Surveillance
Healthcare
Defense &
Aerospace
Corporate AV
OEM
Recent Acquisitions
 projectiondesign®
 AWIND
 Designs and manufactures stateof-the-art projection technology
 Increased market share in the
mid-venue market
 Complementary product portfolio,
technology, geographic footprint
 Matching culture & values
 Leading provider of wireless content
sharing and WiFi-enabled
presentations
 Addressing market trends in
interactive office communication
 Advancing Barco’s ambition to
expand beyond visualization
 Bolsters Barco’s presence in
emerging geographies
>> this combination creates a
market leader in projection solutions
for both large- and mid-venue
markets
>> this transaction advances the
strategy of leveraging Barco’s strengths
in visualization to establish leadership
position in professional networking &
collaboration.
Worldwide presence
AMERICAS
NORTH AMERICA
United States
California
Georgia
Ohio
Oregon
Texas
Canada
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
EMEA
Belgium
Denmark
Red = Sales office
ASIA
China
France
India
Germany
Japan
Israel
Malaysia
Italy
Singapore
Norway
Poland
South-Korea
Taiwan
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
UAE
United Kingdom
Gray = R&D and/or Manufacturing
APAC
PACIFIC
Australia
Geographical breakdown of sales 2012
NORTH-AMERICA
EMEALA
APAC
34%
42%
24%
Technology
Display
technology
Projection
technology
Connectivity
Collaboration
Flagship products
43,000
10 million
unlimited
10x
1 click
71°C
Lumens for
world’s brightest
cinema projector
Pixels of
grayscale
perfection
Number of
sources with
Barco’s
networked control
rooms concept
More silent than
competition in its
class
Share your ideas
on screen with
just one click
Our rugged
displays can
withstand
temperatures
this high
Strengths
 Technological leadership
– Considerable investment in R&D and innovation
– Broad patent portfolio
 Global presence
– Worldwide R&D and manufacturing centers
– Strong presence in emerging economies
 Dedicated people
– 3,980 skilled employees
– 1 out of 5 employees = engineer
 Industrial partnerships
– Partnerships with other industry leaders, such as Texas Instruments, Samsung and Hitachi
– Partnerships that encompass the majority of the world’s leading OEMs and distributors
 Customer and market focus
– Market-oriented business groups with a regional focus
– Customer loyalty exceeds the industry benchmark score
 Operational Excellency
– Several Supplier of the Year awards
– Lean Practice Award: awarded the manufacturing excellence in China
Company history
75+ years
of experience
Founded in 1934
as the “Belgian
American Radio
Corporation”
’50s and’60s
’70s and ’80s
’90s
21st century
Barco one of the
first manufacturers
to use printed
circuits for its
television sets
Diversification
and international
expansion with
video projection
systems
Barco moves into
professional markets
(projection, medical
imaging, 3D
and LED)
Global leader in
professional
visualization &
collaboration
solutions
million sales
Cinema
“Enchanting 50 million moviegoers every day”
Product portfolio
Projection
2K and 4K resolution
Sound in 3D
Digital signage
Auro 11.1 by Barco
Theater infotainment
CineCare
Training and service
Where will you find us?
Lobbies & lounges
Auditoriums
Advertising & POS
Key facts
2,200+
43,000
Barco-certified
digital cinema
engineers
32,000+
Installed base
World-record
43,000 lumens
DLP
Long-standing
partnership with
Texas Instruments
Covering 4000+ screens across the Americas for world’s second largest
motion picture exhibitor
Cinemark, Texas, USA
“In line with our strategy to offer our customers the very best 3D
cinema experience, we didn’t want to settle for less than the best”
Luciano Silva, Director of Technology, Cinemark, Brazil
”While good films remain key, our alternative offering attracts new
audiences. Barco greatly helped us move into this exciting digital age”
Nicolas Hamon, Projection & Sound Manager Kinepolis, Belgium
”In a post production environment, high quality images and perfect
color rendering are an absolute necessity; that’s why we chose Barco”
Peter Valehrach, Integrator for UPP, Prague, Czech Republic
Market leader in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong through partnerships
with reference customers such as China Film Group, Zhujiang Jinyi
Film Group and Stellar International Cineplex
Official digital projection supplier of the Berlinale for a decade
63rd Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
“Barco's Auro 11.1 3D audio format is actually the best”
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO DreamWorks Animation LLC, Glendale, California, USA
Kinepolis was looking for an out-of-the-box solution that
was easy to handle and modify.
Kinepolis, Belgium
Venues & Hospitality
“Setting the scene for over 2,500 gigs and shows every year”
Product portfolio
Projection
Rental and staging
LED
Full range of LED tiles and
creative LED
for rental and fixed applications
Lighting
Digital lights
Automated luminaires
Lighting controllers
Image
processing
Presentation switchers
Matrix switchers
Where will you find us?
Car shows
Shopping malls
Concerts
Conference &
meeting rooms
Sport stadiums
Houses of worship
Branding
Key facts
30%
10 x
RLM projector family
10 times more silent
than competitors
50
Visualizing for
30% of the
fortune 100
Supporting brands
in 50 world capitals
2 million
Barco processes
over 2 million LEDs
each week
“The HDX-W18 projector made our colors bright and alive and the picture
void of flickering, which greatly enhanced the quality of the show”
Magdalena Groblicka, Director of Sales & Marketing, Visualsupport, Kraków, Poland
“Barco offers us great support, important at high profile events such as
this Nobel Peace Prize Concert”
Remi Bjerknes, Project manager video at AVAB-CAC AS, Oslo, Norway
Up to 80% of brands use Barco at car shows
L’Atelier Renault, Paris, France
”The transformable LED gave us the chance to create a transparent 360°
moving video element, unprecedented in this industry”
Willie Williams, Show Designer, 360° tour, U2
”Barco's outdoor LED has extremely good viewing angles and will
display the live action perfectly even in the bright Abu Dhabi sunlight”
Mohammed Al Mubarak, Chief Commercial Officer of Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
“The lights are great to use in a big festival. Their extreme
brightness brings the most impressive effects to a show.”
Kenneth Jakobsen, Bico Professionel, Roskilde Music Festival, Denmark
Healthcare
“Supporting healthcare professionals a billion times a year”
Product portfolio
Mammography
displays
Diagnostic
displays
Clinical review
displays
Digital OR
systems
High-resolution (>5MP)
grayscale displays
Nio and Coronis
display families
for image creation
and interpretation
Reviewing diagnostic
images and clinical
information
Nexxis digital OR and highaccuracy surgical displays
to meet ever-changing
imaging requirements
Nexxis digital OR*
MediCal QAWeb
Point-of-care
solutions
Smart bedside terminals
and mobile tablets to
enhance patient comfort
and clinical efficiency
Where will you find us?
Laboratory
Intensive care
Emergency
Radiology
Surgery
Dental practice
Post-operative care
Patient wards
Private practice
Key facts
I-Guard
800,000
Medical displays
installed
80,000
Patented automated
calibration sensor
Display
controllers
50,000+
QA software
licenses
”Using the latest technology enables us to make accurate diagnoses
and confident clinical decisions for our patients”
Carlos Yoshihara, Coordinator of the Hospital do Coração PACS program, São Paulo, Brazil
”The mammography displays help radiologists gain in-depth interpretative
expertise which leads to fewer call-backs and more recoveries”
Prof. Làszló Tabár, Radiologist, University of Uppsala, Sweden
”I am very impressed. The image quality, brightness and contrast ratio
are excellent for multi modality viewing”
Dr. Liang-Kuang Chen, Shin Kong Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
”We knew we wanted to procure the best products, vendor and
support in a new PACS system. With Barco, we achieved all three”
Cathy Taylor, Manager of the Clinical Applications Team, Gwinnett Medical Center, Atlanta, USA
”I am so glad to work with Barco. It really is the most experienced player
in the field of medical display devices, worldwide”
Dr. Rainer Braunschweig, Head Radiologist, BG Bergmannstrost, Leipzig, Germany
”The bedside smart terminals improve the standard of care we give our
patients, and allows our staff to make better use of time”
Michael Wilke, Managing Director Alexianer, Krefeld Hospital, Germany
”The combination of Barco’s clinical review displays with MediCal QAWeb
software guarantees us DICOM compliant images at all times”
Dr. Willy Hummel, Clinical Physicist, Medical Center Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Corporate AV
“Visualization for over 30% of the Fortune Global 100”
Product portfolio
V-Series
LED display solutions
indoor & outdoor installations
fixed install & rental applications
0 & M-Series
LDX-Series
LED-lit rear-projection
video walls
LCD technology
with LED backlights
3D projectors
ClickShare
Single-click presentation
& collaboration system
Corporate AV projectors
Where will you find us?
Retail / Signage
Media & Entertainment
Government
Enterprise
Education
Virtual Reality
Key facts
10 mp
∞
10 megapixels,
one projector
Video wall size
10m:1
10 million:1
contrast ratio
25
Number of
simultaneous
ClickShare
connections
15,000 square feet of LED on Times Square
American Eagle Outfitters, New York, USA
Press backdrop for 500 million citizens
EU Press Room, Brussels, Belgium
The world’s largest, most sophisticated virtual reality environment
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
“We couldn’t believe how quiet the RLM projectors really were. On top of
that, they’ve proven their quality and reliability every day”
Ward Bohé, Curator Mercator Museum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
“ClickShare sets itself apart by its exceptional user-friendliness and
truly fosters meeting room collaboration”
Alain Despiau, IT Research Manager, leading French energy company, France
“Our guests know that they will get a high-quality visualization solution
from the very first to the last minute of their conference”
Hrannar Hafsteinsson, IT Manager, Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, Reykjavik, Iceland
Nexen Petroleum
”Barco offers the sense of realism needed to accurately predict the
look and feel of our products – in 3D as well as 2D”
Electrolux, Porcia, Italy
”Barco consistently delivers in terms of quality, reliability, and
performance”
Phil Morse, US Agent Ansible Design Ltd, London, England
360°, smear-free, fast-moving images
Daimler Driving Simulator, Stuttgart, Germany
Immersing audiences in a million stars
La Coupole, Saint-Omer, France
Utilities, Security & Surveillance
“Helping over 2.5 billion commuters get home safely every day”
Product portfolio
Rear-projected
video walls
LCD
video walls
LED-based
Lamp-based
Near-seamless LCD
LCD displays
Networked
visualization
platform
Control room
design
services
Where will you find us?
Security
Utilities
Traffic
Process control
Command & control
Telecom
Broadcast
Key facts
50%
Monitoring half
of the world’s
electricity
transport
100,000
Hours of LED
lifetime
∞
Number of
sources you
can display
100+
Supporting security
in 100+ metropolitan
areas
”With the Barco wall, our team can now better inform commuters and
travelers, thus preventing road congestion and improving road safety”
Dorothee Allekotte, Manager Integrated Overall Traffic Control Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
“We considered other solutions but the sheer quality of the Barco
portfolio makes them stand out from the competition”
Marcos do Amaral, Applied Technologies General Manager, OGC Petróleo e Gás, Brazil
“The new wall and displays provide the infrastructure our operators need
to see everything in one snapshot view”
Carlo Neyt, Chief of Police, Antwerp, Belgium
“The clarity of the images and data on the Barco modules enhances
readibility and significantly minimizes the potential for errors”
Steven Diebold, Real Time Systems Manager, KCP&L, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
”The new LED technology not only decreased the cost of ownership
spectacularly but also reduced our carbon footprint by more than 50% ”
Gorik Everaet, Incident Manager, Belgacom, Brussels, Belgium
“Antena 3 TV really cannot afford to go dark, not even for a minute. The
large Barco support team is stand-by anytime we need them, 24/7”
Raoul Lorenzo Cenalmor, Head of the Broadcast Engineering Department, Antena 3 TV, Madrid, Spain
Defense & Aerospace
“Flying aboard 100 types of aircraft every day”
Product portfolio
ATC
displays
Rugged
displays
Main displays
Auxiliary displays
Display servers
Consoles
Computers
Workstations
Cockpit
displays
Control display units
Mission displays
Flight critical displays
Modular software platform
Simulation
systems
360° dome displays
Mini-domes
Customized simulators
Where will you find us?
Helicopters & airplanes
Armed forces
Air traffic centers & towers
Training
Flight
Ship bridge
Driving
Key facts
12,000+
ATC displays
in the field
100+
Pilots run
more than 100 certified apps
on Barco displays
71°C
Withstanding
71°C
Honeywell
2012
Supplier
of the Year
30%
Training over 30%
of the world’s
military pilots
”Barco is synonymous with high quality, both in its products
and in its services”
Bruno Cervia, Head of Engineering New Projects, Pilatus (PC-21 aircraft), Stans, Switzerland
28,000 rugged displays, 14,000 graphic cards, 8,000 consoles
United States Navy AN/UYQ-7 (Q-70) Program
Vital to 1,000 aircraft cockpits
Honeywell Primus Apex Flight Deck
“The ISIS displays are the best solution to support us in the coming years
on account of their ease-of-use, brightness and low energy consumption”
Slobodan Opacic, ATM Expert & Air Trafic Controller, ATCC Ljubliana, Slovenia
“Barco has focused on reliability with regard to product performance,
and by their responsive customer support”
Kim Troutman, NAV Canada
Reducing carbon footprint by 46,000 tons
Airways New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
10x more realistic simulation with Barco’s pixel fill factor
BOWST Refueling Trainer, Xenia, USA
”Barco’s projectors have greatly helped us to make this one of the UK’s
most advanced ship bridge simulators”
Peter Woods, Simulator Manager and Lecturer, Lairdside Maritime Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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