BOXLIGHT celebrates 10-year anniversary with all-time record sales; honoring employee with five years employment.POULSBO, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1995--BOXLIGHT Corp. announced today their 10th year anniversary ceremony to take place at noon on Thursday, Aug. 31, at their Poulsbo waterfront docks. The ceremony is in celebration of all-time record sales this month and honoring Sales Associate Carol Robinson on her fifth year anniversary with BOXLIGHT. History ------- BOXLIGHT Corp. was founded in May 1985 in Marin County, California Marin County (IPA: /məˈrɪn/) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2000, the population was 247,289. , by Herb and Sloan Myers, to distribute the then new LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. projection technology. In at the ground floor of this new market, they actually sold the third LCD projection panel See LCD panel. ever made. In November 1989, they relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to Poulsbo. Since then, they've grown their wharf-side company to over 40 employees. Their product line now consists of several different product lines and offers solutions for every presentation need. The past year has been very successful for BOXLIGHT, not only in growth and profits, but for recognition as well. BOXLIGHT was recently named in the 1994 special edition of Inc. magazines list of the nation's 500 fastest growing private companies. Washington CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. magazine also ranked Boxlight in their annual High-Tech 100 edition for 1994, ranking Washington States 100 fastest growing companies. Construction of new office headquarters on an 11-acre site in Poulsbo is scheduled to begin October 1, 1995, with an anticipated move-in date of August 1996. BOXLIGHT's present and projected growth has made this project necessary, with the new offices accommodating up to 150 employees. BOXLIGHT's First Salesperson ---------------------------- Hired in April of 1990, Carol Robinson was the first salesperson to come on board with BOXLIGHT. Prior to her employment with Boxlight, she worked for various computer software companies in California including Symantec, Egghead, Autodesk and Lockheed. Carol has been a resident of Coyle, on the Kitsap Peninsula The Kitsap Peninsula is an arm of land that is part of the larger Olympic Peninsula in Washington state (U.S.) that lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound. Hood Canal separates Kitsap Peninsula from the rest of the Olympic Peninsula. since 1989. BOXLIGHT CORPORATION -------------------- BOXLIGHT, the world-wide leader in LCD projection products, is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Poulsbo. They are a sole source for a comprehensive line of unique computer-based presentation products. For more information, contact BOXLIGHT at 800/762-5757, 360/779-4479, or fax at 360/779-4955. CONTACT: Reed, Revell-Pechar Jessica Maco, 206/462-4777 jmaco@rrp.com NOTE: The "at" symbol in Internet addresses There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. does not always translate correctly; it is sometimes deleted or translates into another character or symbol. |
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