I.R.I.S. Group
Encyclopedia
IRIS : Image recognition integrated systems is a computer software technology company that provides text recognition and document management solutions. IRIS is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve
, in Belgium
.
thesis at the Université Catholique de Louvain. The first product of the company Texiris 1.0 was a commercial version of the prototype designed at the University and was a revolutionary OCR system, based on dedicated hardware board and recognition software that could install on an IBM PC.
Over the years, the university spin-off has become an international leader in the fields of Intelligent Document Recognition, Document Management and complex large scale IT projects.
I.R.I.S. licenses its various technologies to major companies such as HP, Kodak, Samsung, Adobe,..
It distributes a comprehensive range of products in more than 50 countries. It has developed an installed base of more than 900 very large customers.
The company is listed on the stock market since 1999. It has been constantly profitable since 1991.
In 2007, the revenue of I.R.I.S. Group was 95.062.297€. I.R.I.S. has more than 500 employees based in Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels (Belgium
), Orly (France
), Windhof (Luxembourg
), Amsterdam and Maastricht (The Netherlands), Aachen (Germany
), Delray Beach (USA) and Hong-Kong (China
).
I.R.I.S. has a wide offer of professional solutions:
IRISPowerscan: High-speed scanning, separation and indexing + export to multiple output formats
IRISDocument: Conversion of images to multiple output formats such as searcheable PDF, XPS, DOC... and to Microsoft Sharepoint
IRISCapture Pro for Invoices: Invoice recognition
IRISCapture Pro Sort & Index: Freeform indexing on every form type
IRISCapture Pro for Forms: Forms recognition (Barcodes, OCR, OCR, checkboxes, ICR...)
IRISCard for CRM: Business card recognition and export to Microsoft CRM
Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the French-speaking part of the country...
, in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
.
IRIS history
I.R.I.S. was created by Pierre De Muelenaere in April 1987 to commercialize the results of his Ph.D.Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
thesis at the Université Catholique de Louvain. The first product of the company Texiris 1.0 was a commercial version of the prototype designed at the University and was a revolutionary OCR system, based on dedicated hardware board and recognition software that could install on an IBM PC.
Over the years, the university spin-off has become an international leader in the fields of Intelligent Document Recognition, Document Management and complex large scale IT projects.
I.R.I.S. licenses its various technologies to major companies such as HP, Kodak, Samsung, Adobe,..
It distributes a comprehensive range of products in more than 50 countries. It has developed an installed base of more than 900 very large customers.
The company is listed on the stock market since 1999. It has been constantly profitable since 1991.
In 2007, the revenue of I.R.I.S. Group was 95.062.297€. I.R.I.S. has more than 500 employees based in Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels (Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
), Orly (France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), Windhof (Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
), Amsterdam and Maastricht (The Netherlands), Aachen (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
), Delray Beach (USA) and Hong-Kong (China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
).
Consumer products
- ReadirisReadirisReadiris is optical character recognition software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. It is produced by Belgian company Image Recognition Integrated Systems Group S.A. I.R.I.S. Group...
Pro: A software that makes optical text recognition (OCR) - IRISPen: A pen scanner to scan and recognizes text in books, magazines.
- IRISCard: A handheld scanner to scan and recognize business cards.
- IRISCan: An A4 portable and color scanner with its extended software suite.
- IRISPdf: software that is designed to process large volumes of documents either on a single workstation or on a server using images coming from multiple workstations.
Business products and services
I.R.I.S. Professional Solutions provides solutions in the fields of production scanning, invoice reading, automatic document reading, document management, storage and archiving, security through biometrics and many more.I.R.I.S. has a wide offer of professional solutions:
IRISPowerscan: High-speed scanning, separation and indexing + export to multiple output formats
IRISDocument: Conversion of images to multiple output formats such as searcheable PDF, XPS, DOC... and to Microsoft Sharepoint
IRISCapture Pro for Invoices: Invoice recognition
IRISCapture Pro Sort & Index: Freeform indexing on every form type
IRISCapture Pro for Forms: Forms recognition (Barcodes, OCR, OCR, checkboxes, ICR...)
IRISCard for CRM: Business card recognition and export to Microsoft CRM
Awards
- “Oscar for Successful Export”. In 1997, I.R.I.S. receives an “Oscar for Successful Export” from the Ministry of the foreign trade (Belgian Export Award).
- Best Belgian IPO. In 1999, I.R.I.S. receives the « 1999 best Belgian IPO award” after its successful introduction on the stock market.
- Manager of the Year 2001. Pierre De Muelenaere, Chairman and CEO of I.R.I.S. Group is elected "Manager of the Year 2001" by Trends Tendances magazine.
- Gazelle 2002. I.R.I.S. won the « Gazelle 2002 » award on the occasion of the annual symposium « le Goût d’entreprendre » organised by the Wallonian government from Belgium.
- Deloitte Technology Fast 500. In 2001, 2002 and 2003, I.R.I.S. has been listed on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in Europe.
- Enterprise of the Year 2002. I.R.I.S. has been awarded “Enterprise of the Year 2002” by Ernst & Young for its qualities to have built strong, sustainable, innovative, dynamic business ventures.
- Top 100 best performers 2006. I.R.I.S. has been listed in the Top 100 best performers 2006, a list of quoted companies established by Petercam, De Tijd and
- Gazelles 2006. In 2006, I.R.I.S. joined the 200 Trends Gazelles 2006 companies in the Belgian region “Braban Wallon, Namur, Luxembourg” for its fastest growth.
- Europe’s 500 list. In 2006, I.R.I.S. has entered the Europe’s 500 list for the 4th consecutive years. This award rewards fast growing and employment creation of European companies.
- Best of Retailvision 2007. I.R.I.S. has been awarded "Best Software" at Retail Vision 2007, Monaco.