Vidisco

Products and technologies

Security products

Non-destructive testing (NDT) products

Veterinary products

Key technologies

History timeline

• 1986 Vidisco is founded by Shlomo Shapira to design and manufacture integrated computerised video systems.
• 1988 The first portable digital solutions of X-ray inspection designed by Mr.Shapira and his team are released.
• 1988-1993 First Video-based portable X-ray systems - A400, A500 & A500E.
• 1992 David Singer is appointed the first International Marketing Manager.
• 1994 Ships the first portable X-ray inspection system packed in a single case.
• 1995-1998 Develops remote control of the X-ray source and digital radiography PC based inspection system that allows bomb technicians to work a safe distance from the inspection area. Develops and ships first CCD -based digital radiology system with 8 bit X-ray image capabilities – the FoXrayII.
• 1999 Ari Diamond is nominated by Shlomo Shapira as General Manager of the company and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Lior Pick is promoted to Executive Vice President taking over responsibility of business development and strategy, new technology implementation, R&D and production.
• 2000 Ships first CCD system in a backpack configuration.
• 2001 Incorporates amorphous Silicon flat panel technology into the radiography product line- the flat foX-17.
• 2003 Ships the thinnest digital radiology imager ever manufactured at a depth of 13 mm – the foX-Rayzor.
• 2004 Develops and ships the first portable Dual Energy X-ray systems that can automatically present a colored image, differentiating between organic substances from metallic items.
• 2005 Ships first flat panel based system in a backpack configuration.
• 2008 Develops and ships the first portable Dual Energy X-ray module using a fixed kV portable pulsed X-ray source – the XR-DE.
• 2010 Develops new Digital Detector Array product line with an enhanced Imager Control Unit featuring built-in wireless communication capabilities. Adar Yiron is promoted from Operations Manager to Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
• 2011 Adds a third flat panel to its product arsenal; field ready, large area, battery operated, 14 bit imager based system that fits into one case or backpack – The BlazeX/ BlazeXPro.
• 2012 Releases the smallest flat panel unit in the world - The BoltX.
• 2014 Ari Diamond, CEO and co-founder of the company is fired and replaced by Shai Levi. Adar Yiron leaves the company.
• 2014 Shai Levi, CEO, leaves the company after 9 months.
• 2015 Ron pincu, new Executive VP Sales, leaves the company.

  Certifications

• Vidisco is ISO 9001:2008 certified.
• ASTM, E2422-05: Standard Digital Reference Images for Inspection of Aluminum Castings
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section V, Article II, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, 2010.
• ASTM, E2597-07: Standard Practice for Manufacturing Characterization of Digital Detector Arrays, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 2007.
• BSS, BSS 7044: Radiologic Inspection, Digital Radioscopic, Boeing Specification Support, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.
• BSS, BSS 7075: Radiologic Inspection, Composite Structures, Boeing Specification Support, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.