Company Profile

Planar Systems Inc (AKA: Planar America~Planar Advance)
Profile last edited on: 12/30/2023      CAGE: 5Z179      UEI: XT8DZBD7MP88

Business Identifier: Electronic display products and systems
Year Founded
1983
First Award
1985
Latest Award
1996
Program Status
Inactive (Acquired)
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Location Information

1195 Nw Compton Drive
Beaverton, OR 97006
   (503) 748-1100
   N/A
   www.planar.com
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 01
County: Washington

Public Profile

Originally founded as a spin-off from Tektronix, Planar Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLNR) is a U.S. digital display manufacturing corporation. The firm was the first US manufacturer of electroluminescent (EL) digital displays and still makes a variety of other specialty displays. electronic display products and systems. With a series of acquisitions and restructuring through the years, Ihe company now offers products for display signage market, such as tiled LCD systems that allow customers to create flat, large video walls for various applications, including ambience, advertising, architectural, and brand promotion; and signage monitors comprising other stand-alone signage monitors, outdoor signage displays, transparent displays, and customized LCD signage solutions. It also provides products for commercial and industrial display markets comprising desktop monitor displays, rear-projection cube displays, touch monitor displays, high-end home displays, custom commercial and industrial displays, and electroluminescent displays.

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
500+
Revenue Range
Over 50M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Publicly Traded
Stock Info
NASDAQ : PLNR
IP Holdings
75-99

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Most Recent SBIR Projects

Key People / Management

  Gerald Perkel -- President and CEO

  Rob Baumgartner -- Vice President, Global Operations

  Richard E Coovert

  Allan Douglas

  Ryan Gray -- Vice President and CFO

  Christopher King

  Balaji Krishnamurthy -- President

  Mark Kruskopf

  Samantha Phenix -- Vice President, Research and Development

  William R Sproull

  Sey Sheng Sun

  Richard T Tuenge