{"id":81691,"date":"1999-12-31T00:59:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/flir-merger-to-produce-new-and-better-cameras\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:59:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:59:00","slug":"flir-merger-to-produce-new-and-better-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/flir-merger-to-produce-new-and-better-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"FLIR Merger To Produce New And Better Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLIR, one of the world&#8217;s leading manufacturers of infrared cameras, is merging its thermal imaging cameras (Commercial Vision Systems) and night vision equipment (Thermography) divisions into one big division, FLIR Commercial Systems.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table cellpadding=\"4\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"\" align=\"Right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\" height=\"200\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20100301040005858c3.jpg', 'foo', 'width=400, height=1434, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20100301040005858c3_180x200.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>General Manager, FLIR Commercial Systems Australia, Roger Christiansz, said: &#8220;The merger is a natural fit. Both businesses have been focused on the enormous potential for commercially oriented thermal imaging systems.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FLIR creates thermal imaging and infrared night vision equipment for a number of commercial, industrial and government applications. The company said the merger will bring together a wider variety of thermography and imaging applications, including: research and development; airborne observation and broadcast; search and rescue; drug interdiction; surveillance and reconnaissance; navigation safety; maritime patrol; and ground-based security.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The company has been supplying thermography and night vision equipment to science, industry, law enforcement and the military for over 50 years.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mr Christiansz said, &#8220;Both divisions have been focused on developing high volume markets for our cooled and uncooled technology. 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Now we will combine the &#8216;best of the best &#8216; to continue to provide FLIR products and services which will grow and lead the market.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;From a very solid foundation we will take FLIR Commercial Systems to a new level of market penetration, product innovation and customer satisfaction,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLIR, one of the world&#8217;s leading manufacturers of infrared cameras, is merging its thermal imaging cameras (Commercial Vision Systems) and night vision equipment (Thermography) divisions into one big division, FLIR Commercial Systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":91688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-management","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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