Anoto AB
Anoto AB is a Swedish company developing digital pen and paper solutions. Core inventions include two critical components for Anoto’s functionality; a positioning pattern that can be printed on paper or other substrates, and an electronic pen that records pen movement over patterned surfaces using a miniature digital camera. The Anoto Group has around 110 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Stockholm, Boston, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Major shareholders are Ericsson, Logitech International S/A and Capital Group.
Anoto shares are traded on the O-list, Attract 40 of Stockholmsbörsen (Stockholm Stock Exchange) under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anotogroup.com. In developing the Anoto functionality the company has key competencies in understanding design processes for innovative technologies, environments for assessment and developing business and market models for innovative technologies.
The main business is technology licensing. Licensees include Logitech, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Hitachi and 3M, Hamelin, Esselte on the printing and paper side.
