Infocomm - Christie increases production of its digital projectors to meet demand...

Infocomm - News - Christie ramps up projector production

In the world's largest deployment of Digital Cinema systems as part of Christie/AIX (a collaboration with Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. with U.S.-based Carmike Cinemas, Inc.), Christies has had to increase production of its digital cinema projectors to meet demand, according to press release:

To keep pace with the demand, the Company's Canadian facility has already increased manufacturing capacity to meet the demand, putting it on target to deliver up to 400 units per month by the end of 2006 - a 400 percent increase in production in one year. The company plans additional expansions in the coming year as 2K-resolution DLP Cinema, the heart of the Christie CP2000, becomes the industry standard.

According to Jack Kline, President and COO, Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.

"We have dramatically expanded our manufacturing facility and are increasing our production lines from two to six, and extensively restructuring our space and production methods to meet increased demand."

In addition to the nearly 4,000 projectors bound for North American theaters, Christie has been contracted to deliver hundreds of systems to the European and Asian markets.