X-Rite, Incorporated

X-Rite, Incorporated, a technology company, develops color management systems and solutions worldwide. Its products include colorimeters, which measure light using red, green, and blue receptors, as well as measure printed colors on packages, labels, textiles, and other materials; spectrophotometers that are used in color formulation of materials, such as plastics, paints, inks, ceramics, and metals; densitometers, which measure optical or photographic density; spectrodensitometers that provide measurements for monitoring color reproduction used for controlling the color of printed inks in graphic arts applications; and sensitometers, which are used to expose various photographic films. The company also offers software packages that allow the users to collect and store color measurement data, compare data to databases, communicate color results, and formulate colors from a database. X-Rite also develops and markets products for the communication and reproduction of color. It serves the imaging and media, photography, digital imaging, paints, plastics, apparel, textiles, and automotive industries through sales personnel, independent sales representatives, and dealers. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.