Barco SLM R8 Wins Industry Award at InfoComm

The annual Rental & Staging Systems Awards, which recognize excellence in the design and production of new products as well as the AV production for staged events, were held at InfoComm in Orlando on Wednesday. The awards for best new products in the rental and staging market, in which Barco’s SLM R8 won Best New Video Projection Product, were determined by a special Rental & Staging Systems Magazine readers’ poll.

Barco’s SLM R8 projector, which forms part of Barco’s SLM projection range, is equipped with a 3-chip DLPTM sub-system, features SXGA resolution Digital Micro Mirror DevicesTM and a state-of-the-art optical system, and provides a compact, multi-purpose solution for any event. With its 8000 ANSI Lumen light output, the SLM is ideally suited for both mid-range applications as well as the demanding environments of rental & staging events.

Chris Colpaert, Barco Events R&D Manager, who accepted the award on behalf of Barco at yesterday’s Awards Luncheon, stated: “The SLM R8 has proved an enormously popular product ever since its launch in February 2002. Its reputation as a reliable, flexible projector that delivers all the functions and options needed of a projector for the rental & staging market have seen us take a steady flow of orders over the past year.”

Barco’s SLM Performer range, which includes the R6, G8, R8, G10 and R10, delivers a light output range of between 5000 and 10 000 Ansi Lumen. The projectors in this range have been used at international events including the Detroit and Geneva International Motor Shows.

Barco Media & Entertainment offers turnkey visualization solutions to its markets. Barco’s LED display and projection solutions can be seen at the world’s leading motor shows, on stage with some of the world’s biggest stars and on buildings and in lobbies of some of the world’s foremost brands. As such the division has provided LED and projection solutions to clients the likes of Clear Channel International, Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Bank, BMW, Toyota, Porsche, Daimler Chrysler, U2, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Bon Jovi and many others.



About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, is active in three key areas of imaging technology. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Brussels/Euronext and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company. For more information, please visit www.events.barco.com

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Steve Scorse
Division Manager
Barco

Telephone +32 56 36 88 30
Steve.scorse@barco.com

Inge Govaerts
Public Relations Manager
Barco - Media & Entertainment

Telephone +32 56 36 8052
inge.govaerts@barco.com