Contra Vision
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Contra Vision Ltd was founded in 1985. There are two wholly owned subsidiaries: Contra Vision North America, Inc., which operates out of Atlanta, USA, covering the North American market and surrounding countries; and Contra Vision Supplies Ltd, which operates across the other continents of the world from a base in Stockport, UK.
Contra Vision sells a range of perforated window films to printers for them to produce see-through graphics. Contra Vision also offers other see-through graphics products including non-perforated window films and printed interlayers for laminated glass.
The company was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2015. This followed a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2014.
Patents and intellectual property Contra Vision Ltd owns the Intellectual Property Rights to over 30 inventions. These inventions include the first dominant patent for see-through graphics, [RE37,186 . This encompasses any design superimposed on an opaque "print pattern" ("silhouette pattern" seen on the windows of buses and buildings worldwide), the design being visible from one side but not from the other. A second notable patent is US 6,212,805, which covers a design superimposed on a translucent print pattern, enabling the design to be lit from behind, hence the trade mark Contra Vision BACKLITE}