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Colortrac celebrates a milestone
04/01/2010
Colortrac celebrates 20 years of award-winning large format scanner innovation and leadership with 27% unit sales growth in 2009
First incorporated in November 1989, Colortrac has been recognized with a number of notable awards and achievements during its 20th year. In April the Colortrac SmartLF Gx 42 wide format scanner was voted "Top Product 2009" by readers of Wide-Format Imaging magazine. In November Business Equipment Research & Test Laboratories (BERTL) awarded 4.5 Star "Outstanding" ratings for both the SmartLF Ci 40e and the SmartLF Gx+ T42e large format scanners. Colortrac is the first and only large format scanner manufacturer to achieve this rating for its leading ranges of CIS and CCD technology scanners.
No less impressive is Colortrac's continuing unit sales growth. In 2009 the company sold more wide format scanners than at any time in its history, achieving a 27% increase in unit sales and an even bigger increase in market share. Given the difficult trading conditions in many of its markets this is testament to the quality and performance of the SmartLF large format scanner range and the dedication and hard work of our employees and sales partners throughout the world.
Colortrac Timeline
1989: Colortrac founded. Technology Research and development activity begins
1994: Launch of the first Colortrac monochrome and color large format scanners
1995: Colortrac provide large format color scanning technology to OEM customers
1996: Launch of Colortrac Series 2 - a key component of the first digital color copy system
1997: Launch of Colortrac Series 3 and Colortrac Inc founded in USA
1998: Colortrac first to introduce thick media handling
1999: Colortrac receive Queen's Award for Export Achievement; acquire ANAtech and Tangent Imaging Systems
2000: Launch of Colortrac Series 4, includes first open aperture scanner with one camera and first 54" color scanner
2002: Launch of Colortrac Series 4e, the first with both FireWire and SCSI interfaces
2004: Launch of the SmartLF 4080, the first CIS based A0 color scanner under £5000 / $7500
2005: Colortrac Suzhou founded
2006: Launch of the SmartLF Cx 40 and the Gx 42, the first LF scanner with 1200 dpi optical resolution
2008: Launch of the SmartLF Gx+ 42 and 56, the world's widest large format scanner, and SmartLF Ci 40
2009: Launch of the SmartLF Ci 24