| Year | Business Heritage | | Innovation Heritage |
| 2009 |
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Panaro colour LED displays |
| 2008 |
GDS ADM, kiosk division created following acquisition of ADM Italia |
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Future Innovation Award - Camera di Commercio Vicenza
Sunlight readable high brightness LED backlight TFT display
Quick Product Development Award - Blue chip OEM
GDS ADM first voting kiosk tested in Italy
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| 2007 |
Acquisition of EMSEI - medical and military MS
GDS Sferal WWT relaunches the Compuprint brand
GDS Sferal WWT, printers and mechatronics EMS capability established following acquisition of CPG and FinMek
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Dual Interconnected Thermal Management System for DOOH displays (patent pending)
Digi Awards - The Digital Signage Group 'Transportation application - Creativity in technology' for 32" and 45" outdoor displays
Supplier of the Year - Blue chip OEM
Panaro monochrome LED displays
First bonded 70" display
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| 2006 |
GDS acquires US based Clearview and G-Bond technology |
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World's largest bonded panel presented at SID (65") |
| 2005 |
GDS expands operations capability into China |
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HDTV Award G-Series |
| 2004 |
GDS establishes operations capability in both Romania and Brazil |
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Thermal management system |
| 2003 |
Aquisition of EMS activity |
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Patented inverter design
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| 2002 |
Formal merger and acquisitions, Fair Electronics, ETC and Cabel |
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| 2001 |
CPG is acquired by the FinMek Group |
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| 2000 |
CA&G and Emco merge operationally
Compuprint becomes CPG due to the merger of Compuprint and Genicom International
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Development of bonding technology
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| 1999 |
CA&G and Emco engage in strategic alliance |
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| 1998 |
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Sunlight readable Mitra CCFL TFT display launched at SID |
| 1996 |
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Sunlight readable Helios HCFL TFT display (3000 cd/sm)
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| 1994 |
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Compuprint becomes the official supplier of IBM (today Infoprint Solutions / Ricoh-IBM Group) for matrix products |
| 1992 |
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Compuprint printer heads, the most reliable in the market, are embedded in the 9000 and 10000 serial printer families
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| 1990 |
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First European Compuprint laser printer
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| 1988 |
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Compuprint becomes the official supplier of Digital - DEC for matrix products
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| 1985 |
Compuprint division is acquired by Bull France |
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| 1984 |
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Sunlight viewable CRT display |
| 1979 |
CA&G and Emco Electronics founded |
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| 1976 |
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First serial printer family (Compuprint Signum) is designed and produced |
| 1974 |
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First Compuprint serial matrix printer (20 Series) |
| 1971 |
Compuprint division created inside Honeywell System laboratories in Pregnana Milanese (Italy) |
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