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Xaar plc
Company typePublic
LSEXAR
IndustryPrintheads
Founded1990
HeadquartersCambridge, UK
Key people
Andrew Herbert, (Chairman)
John Mills, (CEO)
RevenueDecrease £48.0 million (2020)[1]
Increase £(4.3) million (2020)[1]
Increase £(14.7) million (2020)[1]
Total assetsDecrease £73.5 million (2020)[1]
Total equityDecrease £56.2 million (2020)[1]
Number of employees
365 (2020)[1]
SubsidiariesEPS
Websitewww.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 in 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Results 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Graham Wylie". 3 April 2000. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ^ "No. 57618". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 April 2005. p. 4.