LXD Incorporated
| LXD, Incorporated logo | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Liquid Crystal Displays |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
Key people | Ed Harrison, President, CEO Jim Roman, Vice President Todd Bolanz, Vice President Charles Wang, Vice President |
| Products | Liquid Crystal Displays & Related Products |
| Revenue | - |
Number of employees | - |
| Website | http://www.lxdinc.com |
LXD, Incorporated is one of the first Liquid Crystal Display Manufacturers in the world. The company has factories in the United States and China, including its corporate headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio.
History
The precursor to LXD was ILIXCO (International Liquid Xtal Company) owned by James Fergason which was started in 1968 in Kent, Ohio and was the first manufacturer of the twisted nematic LCD. Jim Fergason held the original patents on TN LCDs. ILIXCO is still in business in California. They eventually won the patent lawsuit(1976)with Hoffman LaRoche and Timex but it was too late to save the manufacturing facility. ILIXCO was trying to break into the diplay market with watch and large instrument displays. They became cash strapped and one customer offered to pick up the payroll for the manufacturing rights to LCDs. The compnay was DICKEY-john Corp. In 1974,the owner of DICKEY-john, John Lamphier III along with his brother-in-law, sister, and father got the manufacturing rights and formed Liquid Xtal Displays Inc. The company used LXD interchageably for compnay business. The DICKEY-john Corp purchsed the compnay in March of 1975 and LXD became a wholly owned subsidary of DICKEY-john Corp. The company was purchased by the Electronic Componets Divison of General Electric in September of 1979 and kept the name Liquid Xtal Displays (LXD) with the General Electric signature. It was a GE buiness unit. General Electric sold the company to Dr. Hugh Mailer in December of 1983 and became just LXD Inc. The compnay struggled with under capitalization and was sold to a Norwegian group in 1986. A new manager was brought in around 1993 and almost put the company in bankruptcy. The company was sold to David Brennan Brenlin Group around 1994.