{"id":7656,"date":"2024-12-03T10:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/?p=7656"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:29:30","slug":"90-jaar-barco-en-het-vervolg-in-poperinge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/blog\/2024\/12\/03\/90-jaar-barco-en-het-vervolg-in-poperinge\/","title":{"rendered":"90 jaar Barco&#8230; en het vervolg in Poperinge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7656\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7656-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-7656-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7656-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>Barco, Poperinge en elektronica-fabricage<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Barco-Nieuws van 12 september 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We're so proud to celebrate a huge milestone today: our 90th birthday! From our humble beginnings in Belgium developing radios and TVs to becoming a global tech leader, it's been one incredible journey.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From radios to revolutionary tech<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our story began on 12 September 1934 in the quiet town of Poperinge<\/em><\/strong><em>,\u00a0where entrepreneur Lucien De Puydt and American engineer Frank Bowens set out to build radios\u00a0\u2013 the most high-tech consumer product of the time. The radios were assembled from parts imported from the United States, which led to the company name \u2018Barco\u2019 \u2013 an acronym for Belgian American Radio Corporation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From bringing entertainment into people\u2019s homes through radios and TVs in our early days, we have evolved into a trusted visualization technology partner for professionals in the healthcare, enterprise, and entertainment markets.\u00a0Our mission is to transform the quality of life through technology \u2013 improving health outcomes, changing the way people work, and creating compelling experiences.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a trip down memory lane and discover our 90 years of innovation!\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barco.com\/nl\/inspiration\/news-insights\/general\/barco-turns-90-today--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/www.barco.com\/nl\/inspiration\/news-insights\/general\/barco-turns-90-today--<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nog wat geschiedenis\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barco was van 1934 tot 2007 een alom gekend elektronica-fabricage bedrijf in Poperinge (ook gekend als BSM)\u00a0 met in de hoogdagen een 300-tal werknemers\u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daarna nam Connect Group alle Barco medewerkers over, begin 2015 vertrok Connect uit Poperinge, dit is bijna 10 jaar geleden, samen dus 80 jaar een vooraanstaande positie in elektronica-fabricage met klanten in gans West-Europa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Het is nu aan Page Electronica om het vak hier in stand te houden!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uiteraard is dat met een deel kennis vanuit ex-Barco medewerkers, \u00e9n dankzij de technische scholen die inspeelden op de barco-aanwezigheid in Poperinge. <strong>Zelf vieren we in 2025 ons 30-jarig bestaan,\u00a0 je kan er <a href=\"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/blog\/2024\/03\/08\/30-jaar-page-electronica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hier<\/a> meer over lezen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ook in onze computerwinkel Page Computers is elektronica-kennis een voordeel.<\/strong> Er is een kleine overlap in medewerkers. De winkel wordt nu geleid door Jan Maes, die zijn carri\u00e8re gestart was bij Barco. De winkel zit in onze gebouwen in de Casselstraat, samen met elektronica-kablage &amp; inbouw.<\/p>\n<p>Luc<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barco, Poperinge en elektronica-fabricage Barco-Nieuws van 12 september 2024 We&#8217;re so proud to celebrate a huge milestone today: our 90th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuws","post-thumbnail-displayed"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/barco_90j.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/page.be\/electronica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}