Vidisco

Vidisco Ltd.
Company typePrivate (Ltd.)
IndustryManufacturing,
Defense (military),
Non-destructive testing
Founded1988
FounderShlomo Shapira[1]
Headquarters
Or Yehuda
,
Israel
Key people
Alon Guttel (CEO)
Alon Flieder (VP R&D)
ProductsDigital X-ray,
X-ray generator,
Digital radiography
Number of employees
40 (2011)

Vidisco is an Israeli based developer and manufacturer of portable digital X-ray inspection systems.

The company was founded in 1988 by Shlomo Shapira, to develop digital portable X-ray inspection of unexploded ordnance,[2] the company has since developed a range of digital X-ray inspection devices for both the security and industrial testing markets.[3] Vidisco was one of the first companies to integrate amorphous silicon flat panels into portable X-ray systems.[4][5][6][7]

According to the company, it supplies portable digital radiography inspection systems to a number of security and military agencies around the world, including the Israeli Defense Forces, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), and United States Armed Forces.[8] As of January 2019 Vidisco's CEO is Alon Guttel.[9]

  1. ^ Nestelbaum, Maya (13 August 2008). "The Rontgen Prestige". Globes. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ Pick, Lior; Kleinberger, Ofra (2009). "Going Digital – Technical Highlights of Digital Radiography for NDT". ME Materials Evaluation Magazine: 1111–16.
  3. ^ Ewert, Uwe; Bavendiek, Klaus (February 2010). "New Compensation Principles for Enhanced Image Quality in Industrial Radiology with Digital Detector Arrays". ME Materials Evaluation Magazine: 163–68.
  4. ^ "Product Review". GSN Magazine: 14. May 2007.
  5. ^ Bassat, Ben (September 2008). "Digitale Radiographie das Unsichtbare Schen – Teil 1". Eli. Intersec Magazine: 22.
  6. ^ Bassat, Ben (November 2008). "Digitale Radiographie das Unsichtbare Schen – Teil 2". Eli. Intersec Magazine: 24–5.
  7. ^ Bassat, Ben (January 2009). "Digitale Radiographie das Unsichtbare Schen – Teil 3". Eli. Intersec Magazine: 26–7.
  8. ^ Vidisco
  9. ^ "Alon Guttel's LinkedIn's profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 1 December 2020.