Type: Public
On the web: http://www.barco.com
Employees: 3,500
Employee growth: 263.1%

Sight is Barco's dominant sense. The company makes a variety of projection and visualization systems, along with related software. Its products include projectors, large format displays, medical tablets, presentation switchers, image processing systems, indoor and outdoor LED displays, and video walls. Barco's products are used in the avionics, broadcast, medical imaging, media and entertainment, military, oil and gas, security, simulation and training, and telecommunications sectors. The company gets more than 40% of its sales from customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $1,188.7M
One year growth: 29.9%
Net income: $57.8M

Officers:
Chairman: Prof Herman Daems
President, CEO, and Director: Eric Van Zele
COO: Filip Pintelon

Competitors:
InFocus
Panasonic Mobile Communications
Sony

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