Editing InFocus (section)

==History==
InFocus was formed by Steve Hix and Paul Gulick in 1986. It is one of three companies in the [[computer display]] industry started by people who formerly worked for [[Tektronix]] along with [[Planar Systems]] and [[Clarity Visual Systems]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/infocus-corporation|title=InFocus: Information from Answers.com|website=[[Answers.com]]|access-date=2009-01-27}}</ref> The company moved into a new headquarters building in Wilsonville, Oregon, in 2002.<ref name="Times move">{{cite news|url=http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=125678387739356900|title=InFocus moves headquarters from Wilsonville to Tigard|last=Peterson|first=Nick|date=October 29, 2009|newspaper=The Times|location=Tigard, Oregon|access-date=October 19, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222054948/http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=125678387739356900|archive-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref> At that time the company employed 1,200 people.<ref name="Times move"/>

In mid-2005 InFocus acquired the company TUN (The University Network), which provided digital media and thin screen television advertising to colleges, and then sold it in late 2006 to Submedia LLC.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.infocus.com/Company/PressReleases/2006/120406_SaleofTheUniversityNetwork.aspx|publisher=InFocus|title=InFocus Announces Sales of The University Network|date=December 4, 2006|access-date=2008-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205736/http://www.infocus.com/Company/PressReleases/2006/120406_SaleofTheUniversityNetwork.aspx|archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> The company later became a publicly traded company on the [[NASDAQ]] exchange as INFS. On May 28, 2009, InFocus was taken private by Image Holdings Corporation and [[Lap Shun Hui|John Hui]] in a transaction valued at $39 million.<ref name="Times move"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregons_infocus_finds_a_buyer.html|title=Oregon's InFocus finds a buyer who will take it private|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 13, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| title = InFocus To Be Taken Private By Oregon Company
| date = 2009-04-13
| work = HomeTheaterReview.com
| access-date = 2014-03-31
| url = http://hometheaterreview.com/infocus-to-be-taken-private-by-oregon-company/
}}</ref> In October 2009, they announced plans to move to [[Tigard, Oregon]] in December 2009 as their old headquarters were too big for the much smaller new company.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/10/infocus_will_leave_wilsonville.html|title=InFocus will leave Wilsonville for Tigard|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=October 22, 2009|work=[[The Oregonian]]|access-date=2009-10-24}}</ref> The company was down to 110 employees at the time of the move, with just over half at the headquarters.<ref name="Times move"/> As of 2012, the company had further shrunk to 90 employees and revenues of about $150 million.<ref name=reboot>{{cite news|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|title=InFocus goes big in search of a reboot|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/05/infocus_goes_big_in_search_of.html|access-date=May 5, 2012|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=May 5, 2012}}</ref> As of 2014, the company employed 120 people and is one of Oregon's 25 largest homegrown technology companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/09/silicon_forest_25_regional_tec.html#incart_river|title=Silicon Forest 25: Regional tech finally getting younger, larger (infographic)|work=OregonLive.com|date=14 September 2014}}</ref> In September 2015 InFocus named long-time board member, Mark Housely CEO.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/techflash/2015/09/infocus-names-longtime-board-member-as-new-ceo.html |title=InFocus names longtime board member as new CEO |work= Portland Business Journal |date= September 29, 2015 |access-date= August 16, 2021 }}</ref> 
In October 2015 InFocus acquired Jupiter Systems, a company based in [[Hayward, California]]  which developed video wall and collaboration systems.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.commercialintegrator.com/article/infocus_jupiter_aim_to_create_collaboration_superpower |title= InFocus, Jupiter Aim to Create Collaboration Superpower |work= Commercial Integrator| date= October 6, 2015 |author= Tom LeBlanc |access-date= August 16, 2021 }}</ref>