BARCO Signs Multi-Year Medical Purchase Agreement with Cemax-Icon, a Kodak Company
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 3, 2000 -- BARCO Display Systems and Cemax-Icon, a Kodak Company located in Fremont, California, are pleased to announce the signing of a long-term multi-million dollar contractual agreement for the purchase of a full range of BARCO displays, graphics controllers and calibration software. Cemax-Icon has taken the initiative to standardize on BARCO’s medical display components for all new workstation requirements. Included are BARCO MGD 521 and MGD 221 high-resolution greyscale displays, BarcoMed® 2MP2 and 5MP2 high-performance graphics controllers, and MediCal® consistency and conformity calibration software.
BARCO and Cemax-Icon have had a long-term relationship, through which Cemax has offered the BARCO MGD 521 display and BarcoMed® 2MP2 graphics controller to their PACS customers", said Michael Feinstein, Director of Sales & Marketing for BARCO’s Medical Imaging Systems division. "With BARCO’s acquisition of Metheus Corporation, (now BARCO Metheus), Cemax can take full advantage of having one resource for graphics cards and display resources, providing the highest quality, most cost-effective solutions for their customers".
Grady Floyd, Cemax-Icon’s Chief Operating Officer, explains: "this contractual agreement further enhances our partnership and raises the bar in high-performance, high-value PACS workstations. As a BARCO business partner, Cemax-Icon is now better equipped to bring high-end imaging display technology together with state-of-the-art viewing software to the diagnostic and clinical medical community".
BARCO’s MGD line of 21" high-resolution greyscale displays has been especially designed for critical medical imaging applications, such as PACS and digital radiology, which require superior greyscale image quality. The BarcoMed® 2MP2 and 5MP2 are dual-head PCI-based graphics controllers that feature state-of-the-art technology for the rendering of reliable and accurate images for softcopy diagnosis. BARCO’s MediCal® image conformity and consistency calibration software guarantees perfect image quality within and between displays.
About BarcoView:
BarcoView with operation facilities in Kortrijk (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Atlanta, Georgia and Portland, Oregon (USA) designs and manufactures high-resolution display systems, displays, graphics controllers and display subsystems for highly demanding niche markets such as C4I, avionics, vessel and air traffic control, vehicle electronics, and medical imaging applications.
Alongside Barco Projection Systems and BarcoVision, BarcoView is one of the three strategic activities of the BARCO Group, which are all active in Image Processing. Barco Projection is in various markets of large screen visualization, whereas BarcoVision develops systems for visual inspection and quality control. In 2000, the entire BARCO group delivered a turnover of euro 751 million. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company and is member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.
About Cemax-Icon:
Cemax-Icon is a leading supplier of PACS and teleradiology systems. The Health Imaging division of Eastman Kodak Company develops, manufactures and markets products for the capture, processing, presentation and printing of health-related images. Kodak, together with its subsidiary, Cemax-Icon, comprise a leading single-source provider for PACS, computed radiography, imagers and traditional x-ray films and equipment. For more information, please visit Cemax-Icon’s web site at cemaxicon.com.
For more information, please contact
Koen
Helsen
Marketing director
Medical Imaging Devision
Telephone
+32-56-23 35 79
koen.helsen@barco.com
