IMAX Corporation
IMAX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment technology company worldwide. The company specializes in motion picture technologies and large-format film presentations. It engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and lease of large-format digital and film-based theater systems; and the conversion of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) Hollywood feature films for exhibition on such systems.
The company's theater systems are based on proprietary and patented technology for large-format digital projectors and large-format 15-perforation film frame, and 70mm format projectors. It serves theater exhibitors that operate commercial theaters, such as multiplexes; and museums, science centers, and destination entertainment sites. The company also engages in the production and distribution of original large-format films; provision of post-production services for large-format films; operation of a small number of IMAX theaters; and provision of services in support of IMAX theaters and the IMAX theater network, as well as rents 2D and 3D large-format analog cameras. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 351 theater systems comprising 231 commercial and 120 institutional operating in 42 countries. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.
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Executives
Chief Executive Officer
Richard Gelfond
Chief Financial Officer and EVP
Joseph Sparacio