Xaar plc

Xaar plc
Public
Traded as LSE: XAR
Industry Printheads
Founded 1990
Headquarters Cambridge, UK
Key people
Phil Lawler, (Chairman)
Doug Edwards, (CEO)
Revenue £ 93.5 million (2015)[1]
£ 13.1 million (2015)[1]
£ 12.5 million (2015)[1]
Website www.xaar.com

Xaar plc is a company supplying industrial inkjet printheads and is based in Cambridge. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

History

The company was established in 1990 as a result of an ink jet research project funded by AMI.[2] Xaar became listed on the London Stock Exchange on October 1997[2] and went on to win The Queen's Award for Innovation for the development of piezo-inkjet printheads in 2005.[3]

Operations

Xaar have developed the technology behind the Xerox Colorgrafx wide-format printer, which is a market leader in photocopiers.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Annual Results 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Graham Wylie". 3 April 2000. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57618. p. 4. 21 April 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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