Company

The story of BMSvision starts in the 70s as part of the Belgian Barco Group. Under the brand name Sycotex, Barco Automation installed its first production monitoring systems in the local Flemish textile mills in the mid-seventies, this being the start of a 45 years success path to become a global player in the field of MES-systems.

Milestones:

• 1975: Installation of the first SYCOTEX system.
• 1982: Opening of the Barco Automation USA office in Charlotte, NC.
• 1987: Introduction and first installation of BarcoCim, the MES product line for the plastics industry.
• 1988: Acquisition of UK based Dextralog and start of the UK office in Blackburn.
• 1999: Launch of Cyclops automatic on-loom fabric inspection system.
• 2000: Barco Automation changes its name into BarcoVision.
• 2001: Launch of the “Master” brand name for all BMSvision client-server based MES-systems.
• 2008: BarcoVision acquired by Itema. BarcoVision changes its name to BMS but keeps BarcoVision as  trade name.
• 2011: BMS acquired by the Savio group. Trade name BarcoVision becomes BMSvision.
• 2012: Launch of DU11 as first member of a touch screen-based family of Data Units.
• 2015: Opening of the BMSvision China office in Shanghai.
• 2018: Introduction of Argus, the world’s first automatic on-loom inspection system for Jacquard fabrics.

As a global player in Manufacturing Execution Systems, with four subsidiaries (Belgium, United Kingdom, United States and China) and customers in more than 70 countries, our mission is to improve efficiency and save energy for all companies in the textile and plastics industries, now and in the future.

To achieve this, we give our employees the freedom to develop customer-focused total solutions as a team and with a genuine pioneering mentality.

At BMSvision, we are convinced that companies in the textile and plastics industries have an underutilized potential for production improvement and energy savings.

In a world of consolidation, open systems, smart factories, cloud computing and rising energy costs, we promise to continue to develop total solutions and integrate them into our customers' business processes so that they can maximize their quality and efficiency and are ready for Industry 4.0.

To do this, we always use the latest technologies, such as deep learning, Internet of Things and cloud computing, and more than ever we choose to spread ourselves globally, thus offering the most innovative solutions in terms of production improvement and energy savings.