1984

• VIDAR opened doors with Engineering Business Line, specialized in development and manufacture of large format scanners

1985

• Purchased Reston Consulting Group doubling VIDAR's size and increasing its capabilities

1990 - 1991

• Obtained large OEM contract with Houston Instruments
• Acquired Truvel Corporation, manufacturer of TruScan scanners for the Mac and IBM PC providing VIDAR with color scanning technology and first film digitizer

1992

• Designed and introduced the VXR-8 and VXR-12 film digitizers to the Radiation Therapy market

1993 - 1995

• Gained large Xerox OEM contract
• Expanded film digitizers from Therapy market to mobile teleradiology market with VXR-12

1996 - 1997

• Started up Bamboo Software Solutions Business Line
• Developed and manufactured first color large format scanner
• Obtained ISO 9001 certification

1998

• Introduced TeleradPRO film digitizer to market
• Previewed DiagnosticPRO® film digitizer at RSNA for entrance into PACS market

1999

• Released the results of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions clinical study that demonstrated no clinically significant differences between images digitized by CCD and laser digitizers
• Introduced the SIERRA Film Digitizer - the first film digitizer priced under $10,000
• Introduced VIDAR MammographyPRO™ Film Digitizer - first digitizer designed and engineered specifically for digitizing mammography films

2000 - 2001

• Developed and initiated Automatic Digitizer Calibration - new closed-loop calibration process that automatically adjusted for thermal drift
• Initiated three clinical studies to further evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and clinical quality of images produced by VIDAR film digitizers
• Released CopyExpress digital film duplication software

2002

• VIDAR acquired by Contex, a Danish large format scanning company

2003

• VIDAR medical film digitizers became the worldwide gold standard in film digitizing industry
• VIDAR introduced its family of next generation film digitizers - the Advantage product line

2004

• VIDAR acquired Star-V-Ray, developer and manufacturer of biomedical scanners and CCD cameras for machine vision and industrial imaging

2005

• Launched Microarray Scanner Business Line

2006

• Introduced White LED in Advantage product family for lower power and longer life

2007

• The Contex Group, VIDAR's owner, is acquired by RATOS, a listed private equity company located in Sweden
• VIDAR introduced the CAD PRO® and DiagnosticPRO Advantage for FFDM, along with dual use ClinicalExpress® software
• VIDAR introduced the DosimetryPRO® Advantage (Red) for EBT Film Dosimetry, QA, and IMRT - only medical film digitizer developed for use with GAFCHROMIC® EBT film

2008

• Released ClinicalExpress International

2009

• Began development of medical grade digitizer for dental market
• Celebrated 25th Anniversary

2010

• Launched the VIDAR Dental Film Digitizer in the United States and Europe

2011

• Launched the VetradPRO Edge Film Digitizer in the US & Europe, specifically developed for the veterinary market