Planar Systems Inc.

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Planar Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR) is a leading provider of valued-added display hardware and software for a variety of specialty display markets worldwide. Airports and other discriminating consumers worldwide depend on Planar to provide unique display-based solutions to exacting requirements, leveraging its operational excellence, technical innovation and go-to-market capabilities.

Founded in 1983, Planar is headquartered in Oregon, USA, with offices, manufacturing partners and customers worldwide. In Sept. 2006 Planar Systems acquired Clarity Visual Systems to support its strategic vision to create best in class display solutions for vertical markets that value differentiated display solutions. Through the Control Room/Digital Signage Business Unit (formerly Clarity Visual Systems)

Planar now provides innovative solutions for the display of networked visual information including displays, digital signage software, and command and control solutions. Planar's open and integrated systems for control room and digital signage applications provide a variety of customer solutions.

Planar Employees: 400 Worldwide
Control Room/Digital Signage Business Unit Employees: Supported by more then 100 people worldwide U.S. Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., European HQ in Espo Finland

Products
The Planar Control Room & Digital Signage Business Unit provides design of digital displays using DLP and LCD display technologies. In addition, the business unit provides multi-image processors for control rooms, and enterprise class digital signage software.

These offerings include a rich portfolio of products -- both rear-projection and direct-view AP/LCD displays -- resulting in a range of choices for control room, corporate applications and digital signage systems that are scalable to the needs of the largest enterprises.

Added to this is a selection of services to help Clarity's integration partners and end user customers design and implement their digital signage systems, develop and manage content, and ensure continued operation of digital signage networks at the highest levels of performance.

Customers
Planar has an installed based of more than 10,000 digital displays worldwide in leading airports such as Washington Dulles, D.C.; St. Louis, MO; Seattle/Tacoma, WA; San Francisco, CA; Chicago O'Hare, Illinois; London Heathrow, UK; and others. In addition, multinational companies such as Boeing, ABB, Siemens, Airbus, the US Navy, the Pentagon, United Airlines, Time Warner, NASDAQ, SAP Technologies, Northrop Grumman, SBC Ameritech, France Telecom, Madrid Metro, Pemex, Hydro Ottawa, Jyske Bank, Smithsonian Museums and more all use display technology and software controls from Planar.

Please See More Information at: www.planarclaritydisplays.com

Planar Systems
1195 NW Compton Drive
Beaverton, Oregon 97006-1992

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