What They Say
Quoting Futuresource Consulting as a source, AV Interactive has reported that, excluding China, Promethean’s ActivPanel Interactive FPD (IFPD) has been number one globally since 2018 and is number one individually in the US, the UK and Ireland and German markets. The firm is quoted as the top brand in iFPDs since 2018, again excluding China.
Futuresource said that outside China, Promethean had 23% of the global market in 2021 and got as far as 32.8% in share in the UK and Ireland in 2021.
What We Think
Promethean is a well established firm with well regarded software – a critical factor in maintaining share in the education market. The firm was taken over by the Chinese firm, NetDragon, a public company listed in Hong Kong, in 2016. This story reminded me that FlatFrog said that it had sued Promethean over the firm’s ‘InGlass’ touch patents. (FlatFrog Files Lawsuit Against Promethean Ltd. and Promethean Inc. for Alleged Infringement of FlatFrog Patent) As far as I could tell from a document I found from three months ago, the disp[ute is not yet solved. I’m not enough of an expert to interpret the document. At one time, Promethean had been an investor in FlatFrog and in 2017, at ISE, Promethean was promoting the FlatFrog technology.
BETT is taking in place in London shortly, and I plan to attend, so I may be able to get some more information then. (BR)
