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Summary

X-Rite is the global leader in colour science and technology.

Profile

The company, which now includes design industry colour leader Pantone Inc develops, manufactures, markets and supports innovative colour management solutions through measurement systems, software, colour standards and services. X-Rite’s expertise in measuring, formulating, communicating and matching colour helps users get colour right the first time and every time, which translates to better quality and reduced costs.

X-Rite serves a range of industries, including cosmetics, printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, retail/apparel, dental and medical.

Having acquired world-renowned colour experts GretagMacbeth and Pantone, X-Rite has grown to become the global leader in colour science, technology and standards. The merging of the strongest talent pools in the industry is driving innovation, standards development and further diversifying the company’s business. Today, with employees in over 100 countries, X-Rite manufactures, markets and supports innovative colour solutions that enable its customers to experience colour consistency across the entire digital supply chain – across globally diverse processes, locations and devices – providing the tools to achieve unparalleled results and truly own colour.

Hardware: X-Rite’s colour measurement hardware offerings include spectrophotometers, colorimeters, densitometers and related accessories, which are used to accurately measure colour in a variety of applications. The company designs and engineers a full spectrum of colour instruments, from handheld units to high-end precision bench top devices, as well as online solutions built directly into manufacturing production lines.

Software: X-Rite software allows users to easily measure, match, formulate, simulate and communicate colour. Other colour applications include sharing colour, storing colour information for easy retrieval and controlling quality at every level of the colour supply chain. Helping customers get colour right the first time, every time is what X-Rite does – saving them thousands of hours and millions of dollars in rework and waste.

Products by X-Rite and Pantone are sold worldwide through the companies’ own sales personnel and through a global network of independent sales representatives and dealers. X-Rite is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has other domestic operations in New Jersey (Pantone’s global headquarters), North Carolina and Massachusetts. In addition, the company has locations in Switzerland, Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Russia, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Singapore. Manufacturing facilities are located in the US, China, Switzerland, and Germany.

US Headquarters
XRite Pantone
4300 44th Street SE
Grand Rapids
MI 49512
United States
tel +1 616 803 2100

Asia Pacific Headquarters
36/F, 169 Electric Road
Hong Kong
China
tel +852 2568-6283