About - BoldVu® by MRI | Digital Outdoor LCD Display Solutions

The History of BoldVu® by MRI

Our experience building rugged LCD displays for the demanding world of avionics shapes everything we do.

Today, we bring that same precision engineering and uncompromising reliability to the digital out-of-home industry.

35 Years of Durable LCDs

1991

Avionic Display Corporation (ADC), was among the first companies to introduce full-color LCD technology to the military, business, and commercial aircraft sectors, tackling the most demanding and harshest environmental conditions.

1998

American Panel Corporation (APC), established a sister company of ADC continued the development of building a LCD display solution that thrives in the world’s harshest and mission critical environments.

2004

Manufacturing Resources International, Inc. (MRI) was spun-off to bring this extensive knowledge to the Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) market with the BoldVu® product line.

MRI’s “mission-critical” design philosophy has been the core to BoldVu’s success for over 20 years.

Our customers trust us as the industry leader for superior visibility, reliability, and excellence in outdoor display solutions.

Timeline:

2024: BoldVu® by MRI Turns 20
20 Years of BoldVu® Products, based upon 33 years and counting of knowledge and lessons learned in deploying LCD based displays that not only survive, but thrive in the harshest of ambient environmental conditions.

2024 is the 20th anniversary of Manufacturing Resources International, Inc (MRI) and the launch of the 17th Generation of BoldVu® technology.

BoldVu® by MRI – Generation Seventeen:
- Higher color saturation (> 104% NTSC)
- 40% quieter
- Up to 30% more energy efficient
2021: 55” Wall Mount ADA Compliant

Low Profile, Direct Sun, Outdoor LCD Display

The 55” BoldVu® Universal Mount Displays (UMD) slim down to meet the ADA requirement for wall mounted obstacles, requiring no third-party mounting peripherals.
2020: InfiniteTouch®

The First Ever Digital Touch Controller

Available exclusively on 55” through 86” BoldVu® displays, the revolutionary all-glass InfiniteTouch® does away with conventional analog detection and uses digital frequency detection Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touch technology.

First deployed on interactive kiosks for Barclays Center arena in NYC.
2018: Facility Expansion

MRI expands manufacturing facility to 220,000ft² (20,438m²)

By the end of 2019, MRI contains 5 acres of climate controlled space under one roof.

That’s almost 50% larger than the average Costco!
2017: 6,000 Nits

Industry First 6,000 Nit Outdoor LCD

The first 6000 nit LCDs were deployed in an outdoor environment for NASCAR Daytona.
2014: Joint Venture with LG Electronics

LGE forms a 50:50 Joint Venture with MRI for IP-54 and more stringently sealed LCD based products. LG-MRI is headquartered at the MRI facility in Alpharetta, GA.
2013: Taxi Tops

High volume deployment of LCD based taxi toppers in Las Vegas and NYC.
2012: Relocation

MRI’s facilities expand from 27,000 ft2 to 164,000 ft2 with the purchase of an additional 137,000 ft2 manufacturing facility north of metro Atlanta in Alpharetta, GA.
2010: First 72″ Display Size

Industry First Large Format (72”) Touchscreen LCDs

Deployed in San Francisco, CA Bus Shelters.
2004: MRI Incorporation

Manufacturing Resources International, Inc (MRI) is Founded

MRI was formed as a technical spinoff of APC. The mission-critical ruggedness of APC products was well suited to revolutionize the DOOH industry.
1998: APC Incorporation

American Panel Corporation (APC) Founded as a sister company of Avionic Display Corporation (ADC)

APC quickly became the sole Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of mission-critical digital displays in both avionic (military and commercial) flight decks and military ground vehicles. (APC sold in 2019).

As with ADC, APC continued to gain extensive real-world experience in making LCDs thrive in the world’s harshest and mission critical environments. Not only temperature extremes (-55°C to +85°C ambient), direct high altitude solar exposure, shock, vibration, explosive decompression, rain, dust, salt fog, sea water, but also Apache helicopter gun fire and rotor vibration, and M1A2 Abrams Tank percussive gun fire, track-slap, gun butt and boot kick impact.
1991: ADC Corporation

Avionic Display Corporation (ADC) founded as one of the world’s first companies to bring full-color LCD technology to the military, business, and commercial aircraft cockpit one of the most demanding and mission critical applications in the world. Harshest temperature extremes, solar exposure, shock, vibration, explosive decompression, rain, dust, salt fog, etc.