Lawrenceville-based Boxlight acquires Mimio

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- Boxlight, the Lawrenceville-based manufacturer of classroom technology products, has acquired graphics-tablet and school software maker Mimio.

The purchase, according to Boxlight, will expand the company's K-12 technology offerings on both the hardware and software front.

"The benefits of the Mimio acquisition are two-fold," Mark Elliott, CEO of Boxlight Corporation, said in a news release. "It brings a comprehensive lineup of award-winning, proven educational solutions to meet the instructional needs of K-12 districts, schools and students. It also helps Boxlight Corporation take another step forward in its journey to become the single, worldwide education technology solution provider."

Terms of the acquisition were not announced.

"We are excited about what this acquisition enables us to bring to today's education market: a combined passion for learning and a powerful integrated solution of hardware and software that is unmatched," Mimio President Christopher Leonardo said in the release. "But even more inspiring is where this will take classroom educators and their students in the years ahead."

Best known for its classroom digital projectors, Boxlight was founded in 1985 by Herb and Sloan Myers. Currently, Boxlight provides classroom technology for districts including Department of Defense Schools worldwide, Atlanta Public Schools, Fort Worth and Dallas Independent School Districts and Round Rock (Texas) Independent School District.

Headquartered in Lawrenceville, Boxlight has offices in Belfair, Washington, Mexico City, Taiwan and China.

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