Barco opens new company in Canada

MUMBAI: In line with its expansion plans in America, Barco is opening a new subsidiary in Toronto, Canada, says a company statement.

The new subsidiary follows recent key appointments in the areas of sales, marketing, and service for the Canadian market.

“Barco is experiencing continuous growth in Canada,” said Barco Inc. executive VP Tom Ray in America. “We feel confident that Canada’s market offers a substantial upward potential for all of Barco’s business units, and we therefore believe that now is the right time to move forward with a considerable investment in this market.”

Luc Kindt who is the president global sales & services and senior vice-president of Barco has stressed on the growth potential for the media and entertainment and control room market, as well as the medical imaging market in Canada. “I am confident that our local presence will contribute substantially to business we receive in those markets,” he says in the statement.

Barco is headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium. The company designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection.