- CEO
- Charles Beauduin
- Full Time Employees
- 2,944
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Hardware, Equipment & Parts
- Address
- Beneluxpark 21 Kortrijk Belgium 8500
- IPO Date
- Jan 22, 2010
- Business
- Barco NV, headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium and founded in 1934, designs and develops advanced visualization, collaboration, and networking solutions for professionals in healthcare, enterprise, and entertainment markets worldwide, with operations spanning Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and over 90 countries. The company offers a broad portfolio of products including medical displays for diagnostic imaging (radiology, mammography, breast imaging, clinical review, dental, digital pathology), surgical and modality displays, custom medical solutions, and operating room workflow software; enterprise solutions such as video walls, corporate projectors, wireless collaboration systems like ClickShare and the new ClickShare Hub, control room software (Barco CTRL, OpSpace, TransForm N), and networking capabilities; entertainment products encompassing laser cinema projectors, HDR lightsteering projectors, immersive systems (Canvas, Caves, powerwalls), LED displays, image processing platforms like Encore 3, cinema screens, media servers, and simulation/training solutions for venues, live events, projection mapping, and television studios. Barco operates through three segments--Healthcare, Enterprise, and Entertainment--targeting mission-critical environments with a focus on image processing, connectivity, computational optics, and sustainability via eco-scoring for products. In recent developments, Barco reports solid first-half 2025 results with 5% sales growth to 454.4 million euro and 36% EBITDA increase, driven by Entertainment momentum including major frame contracts for laser cinema projectors and first HDR lightsteering deals across regions; expands HDR by Barco cinema technology in the U.S. with Regal Cinemas committing to 20 RPX screens and Alamo Drafthouse adding locations by year-end, alongside a new Hollywood facility; strengthens China presence via a major order with Huao for 400 projectors, 1,200 lenses, and 60 Encore3 systems rolling out through 2026; launches ClickShare Hub and expands strategic partnerships with Sennheiser, Logitech, and Huddly for integrated meeting room bundles; and completes a 60 million euro share buyback program in July 2025 while initiating another in November.