What is Barco’s strategy for the Brazilian market? How can Barco solutions foster collaboration in utilities, help companies to smartly reinforce security and surveillance or boost R&D activities? What is ClickShare and what can Brazil expect from the recent takeover of projectiondesign? 180 Barco partners and customers received answers to these questions – and much more besides - during Barco’s AVS days in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, earlier this month.

“We were amazed by the innovative solutions and services presented,” wrote AV RadioTVlink, a Greek specialist online magazine for audiovisual (AV) professionals, upon its visit to the recent Barco Image Open Days by Telmaco. The magazine dedicated a long article, including many great photos, to all the Barco solutions on display.

When exploring new technologies, professionals should experience them with the best possible equipment. That’s why the recent 24th Honeywell Users’ Group EMEA conference in Istanbul chose to collaborate with Barco. As Silver Sponsor of the event for several years now, Barco has been providing either LED-lit rear-projection video walls or LCD video walls.

In September last, Siemens proudly inaugurated one of its most prestigious projects ever: ‘The Crystal’. The world's first center dedicated to improving knowledge of urban sustainability, 'The Crystal' illustrates how the latest infrastructure technology can make the world’s cities better places to live and work. As behooves a high-tech building, 'The Crystal' features quite some Barco gear. So Barco took Installation Magazine on a visit to the landmark building in London’s Royal Victoria Docks.

The second edition of the InfoComm tradeshow for the Middle East, Africa and Gulf region was concluded last Thursday. The 5-day trade show was even more successful and larger than it was last year.

This year’s Security Essen tradeshow takes place from 25 till 28 September. A range of Barco products will be on show during this international security and fire prevention exhibition.

With the Olympics just finished, the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup, both in Rio, are still some years away. Yet already Brazil’s capital is investing tens of billions of dollars to make Rio ready for the big events. A world-class public transportation system is one of the many requirements. When SuperVia, the operator of Rio de Janeiro’s rail service, decided to upgrade the infrastructure of its Operational Control Center (CCO), it immediately contacted Barco.

The Chinese Hunan Economic TV recently chose Barco’s video wall system for its new studio upgrade project. Barco’s OverView OVL-708 wall will provide the perfect backdrop for panoramic telecasts of breaking news, while interactive special effect pictures will be displayed on the OverView NSL-5521 video wall with LED backlights.

Rice University has teamed up with AVI-SPL, the leading provider of audio video communications solutions, to develop its visualization wall at Rice’s Chevron Visualization Laboratory, allowing scientists to transform detailed data into 3D imagery.

Traveling the country in search of the ultimate “collaboration wall,” Sheriff Grady Judd of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office found the perfect solution to link communications among the region’s public safety agencies: Barco’s 80” DLP rear projection video wall, which improves visibility and enhances coordination to speed emergency response to incidents.