Boxlight completes its offer of interactive solutions for the classroom with Mimio

According to its global expansion strategy, Boxlight has acquired the company Mimio in order to complete its portfolio of interactive solutions aimed at the world of education.

Boxlight Corporation has acquired the American company, developer of interactive learning technologies, Meow, whose products it distributes in Spain Atlantic Devices. An initiative that is part of the company's strategy that seeks to expand its field of action, Nivel Global, within the educational market.

At the end of the year, Boxlight made public its intention to strengthen its current business proposal and that it would do so through the acquisition of new companies and this has been one of the first it has carried out..

This operation will allow Boxlight to complete its line of hardware and software solutions for the educational market. As its CEO explains, Mark Elliott, “Mimio provides us with a complete line of solutions that respond to both schools and students.”, which will allow us to have the most complete technological range for the classroom and improve our position in this market”.

Through the purchase of Mimio, Boxlight will have the widest offering of interactive hardware and software solutions for the classroom. Both companies offer a wide range of technological solutions, but the union will also extend to complementary hardware, to software and technical support.

“This investment represents an important strategic opportunity to offer the best and most attractive product portfolio in the education technology industry., in providing integrated classroom solutions both in the American market and in the rest of the world. Besides, “We have a team with decades of experience in the sector and the fusion of the resources of both companies”, Elliott adds..

Founded in 1985, Boxlight was created to develop solutions for the presentation environment and in 2009 center its strategy on the education market. For your part, Mimio's origins date back to 1997 and arose from the initiative of five MIT students.

Mimio's portfolio of interactive solutions includes multi-touch screens, digital whiteboards, interactive projectors and different accessories that facilitate learning in the classroom.

For your part, Boxlight also has a line of interactive projectors that incorporate collaboration software that allows students to communicate with the teacher through their mobile devices.. Their portfolio also includes interactive panels and 'portable laboratories' that aim to facilitate teaching..