X-Rite
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X-Rite, Inc. is a manufacture of color matching products located in Kentwood, Michigan, USA. Their products include those used for matching paint colors (Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing). They also create products that regulate quality in the processing of film and x-rays (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing).
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[edit] Background
X-Rite was incorporated by seven engineers from Lear Siegler in 1958. The company's first product, x-ray marking tape, was introduced in 1961. In 1968 they debuted silver recovery equipment for x-rays. In 1975, X-Rite introduced its first densitometer for photographic printing use. X-Rite went public in 1986. A year later, X-Rite moved into a new headquarters and production facility in Grandville, Michigan. In 1990, X-Rite began to shift its emphasis to the field of color-measurement. A round of acquisitions started in 1994 with the purchase of H. Miller Graphic Arts of England. Co-founder Ted Thompson retired in 2001. The same year, dental color matching systems were unveiled. [1]
[edit] Subsidiaries
- X-Rite International, Inc. (Barbados)
- X-Rite Holdings, Inc.
- XR Ventures LLC
- X-Rite GmbH (Germany)
- X-Rite Asia Pacific Limited (Hong Kong)
- X-Rite Ltd. (U.K.)
- X-Rite MA, Incorporated
- OTP, Incorporated; Labsphere, Inc.
- X-Rite Mediterranee SARL (France)
- X-Rite Global, Inc.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ^ Encyclopedia of Company Histories, International Directory of Company Histories, by The Gale Group, Inc.
[edit] External Link
X-Rite's webpage xrite.com
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