BARCO Teams up with Belairbus to Participate in A3XX Program
KORTRIJK, BELGIUM, 9 April, 1998 -- BARCO Display Systems joins Belairbus in a strategic partnership to get the participation in the development and the production of the A3XX, the superjumbo of Airbus, which is to become the world’s largest passenger airplane.
With its Avionics division, BARCO Display Systems intends to expand its activities to the civil aviation market, in which Airbus Industries is an important potential customer. As Belairbus is the official contact for the Belgian aviation industry towards Airbus Industries, it was a necessity to create a formal relationship between BARCO and Belairbus.With this partnership, BARCO underlines its strategy to further develop its activities in the aviation market, with an innovative avionics concept and product range, which is currently being designed. With an extensive range of displays and CDU’s, BARCO focuses on the principles of products with open and modular architecture.
BARCO Display Systems manufactures a.o. control display units (CDU’s) for the cockpits of fixed and rotary wing aricraft. BARCO has been supplying equipment for the C-130 H, C-130 J, P3 Orion, Cougar, Gazelle, F16, Lynx, and Nimrod, to name but a few.
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.
