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Mission & Organization
 About I.R.I.S.
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Mission & Organisation

About I.R.I.S.

I.R.I.S. was created by Pierre De Muelenaere in April 1987 to commercialize the results of his PhD 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 a dedicated hardware board and a 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. The revenue in 2007 was 95.062.297€ millions and the staff is 500 people located at 7 different locations.


Executive Commitee

The first line of management of I.R.I.S. is the Executive Committee.
The members of the Executive Committee are high-level skilled professional who have accumulated an important international experience in the fields of imaging, Intelligent Document Recognition, Document Management and implementation of large scale systems.

> Explore I.R.I.S. Executive Commitee organization

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Corporate Governance

In line with the recommendations of the Lippens Code, the Board has drafted a Corporate Governance Charter, which is valid from 1 January 2006.

> Learn more about our Corporate Governance