爱色丽(X-Rite)为大型颜色解决方案供应商，目前在全球均有分公司或者办事机构。
下面看一下这家公司的发展历史：（截至2012年）
1915 Macbeth Artificial Daylighting Company started in New York to provide daylight fixtures to retailers in New York City.
1918 The Munsell Color Company founded in Boston to supply color standards with Munsell notations.
1922 The Munsell Color Company moves from Boston to New York and continues to sell color books and charts, Munsell Crayons andhigh-grade tempera to artists and teachers for color instruction of school children.
1923 The Munsell Color Company relocates from NYC to Baltimore, MD.
1946 Gretag AG Established in Switzerland.
1955 Macbeth relocates to New Windsor, NY.
1958 X-Rite incorporates in the State of Michigan as Foresight Enterprises.
1962 Larry Herbert acquires printing operations from a small printer in Moonachie, New Jersey.
1965 Kollmorgen Instruments Corporation and Macbeth merge.
1970 Kollmorgen acquired the Munsell Color Company, the internationally recognized manufacturer of precise color standards.
1977 Pantone, Inc. is established as a private company.
1979 Gretag Color Control Systems became an independent profit center within Gretag AG, focused on color measurement and color quality control products.
1984 Gretag Color Control Systems produced the first portable spectrophotometer.
1985 Foresight Enterprises changes name to X-Rite, Incorporated.
1986 X-Rite, Incorporated goes public and is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange (XRIT)
1989 Macbeth acquired a German-based manufacturer of spectrophotometer systems.
1994 X-Rite acquires U.K. distributor H. Miller Graphics (X-Rite Limited).
1994 X-Rite acquires Colorgen Inc. and launches its MatchRite product group.
1997 The Gretag Color Control System Division of Gretag AG merges with the Macbeth division of Kollmorgen Instruments Corporation.
1998 Gretag Macbeth GmbH acquired LOGO Kommunikations, a developer of color management software.
1994 X-Rite acquires Colorgen Inc. for custom database software and paint formulation assets and launches its MatchRite product group.
1998 X-Rite acquires French distributor Vannier Photo (X-Rite Méditerranée).
1999 GretagMacbeth acquired Talia Tecnoequipe, a software company focused on the textile industry. Viptronic, a manufacturer of hand-held instrumentation was acquired by GretagMacbeth.
2001 Gretag-Macbeth Holding AG becomes Amazys Holding AG.
2003 GretagMacbeth announces acquisitions of SheLyn Inc., a textile software and applications provider and Sequel Imaging a graphic arts solutions provider.
2003 X-Rite acquires Monaco Systems, a MA-based developer/distributor of color management software for graphic arts and photo markets.
2003 X-Rite acquires London-based Centurfax Ltd. acquiring the ccDOT product line serving the pre-press and printing markets.
2004 X-Rite acquires Moniga Gremmo, an industrial and ink formulation enterprise based in Milan, Italy.
2006 X-Rite acquires and merges with Amazys Holding AG and all its holdings.
2007 X-Rite acquires and merges with Pantone, Inc.
Macbeth人工日光公司（The Macbeth Artificial Daylighting Company）创立于1915年，专为纽约市的零售商提供日光灯。他们还开发了第一个模拟日光的照明系统。
Gretag AG于1946年在瑞士成立，最初专门从事机电技术和照明产品生产。1997年，Gretag AG与Macbeth合并。
爱色丽（X-Rite）于1957年成立。在发明了X射线记录条后，爱色丽进入了光密度测量领域，并在1980年代后期推出了他们的第一台分光光度仪和比色计。
2006年，爱色丽收购了GretagMacbeth。
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2012年Danaher并购X-Rite
来源：www.xrite.com