Promethean World Ltd is a global education technologies company that makes digital whiteboards and other products. Founded in 1997, it was acquired in 2015 by NetDragon Websoft, a Chinese video game company. The company has headquarters in

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History

Tony Cann founded Promethean in Blackburn in 1996 and the following year launched PandA software, the forerunner to the Activstudio and Activprimary software tools for company presentations and meetings. Promethean initially sold U.S.-made Quora interactive whiteboards, before designing and building their own at the Blackburn facility. Cann was replaced by Graham Howe as chairman in July 2005. James Marshall became CEO in September 2012, replacing Jean-Yves Charlier. The company was the subject of an

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in March 2010. In May 2014, Graham Howe stood down as chairman, and was replaced by Philip Rowley. In July 2015, NetDragon announced that it had agreed to buy the company. In September 2015, Promethean acquired touch and gesture technology from Light Blue Optics for an undisclosed sum.

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Education companies established in 1997 Companies based in Blackburn Display technology companies 2015 mergers and acquisitions Educational technology companies of the United States it:Lavagna Interattiva Multimediale nl:Elektronisch schoolbord pt:Quadro Interactivo