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Corel

Corel Corporation (/kəˈrɛl/ kə-REL; as an abbreviation for "Cowpland Research Laboratory") is a Canadian software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, specializing in graphics processing. The company is known for producing software titles such as CorelDRAW, and for acquiring AfterShot Pro, PaintShop Pro, Painter, Video Studio and WordPerfect.

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Founded
1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Industry
Software · Programming
Owner
Vector Capital
Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Formerly
Cascade Parent Limited (2022–2025)
Founder
Michael Cowpland

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Corel

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related to Acquired products · 63
Corel → AfterShot Pro, An American, An XML, Avid Studio, Bibble, Bibble Labs, Blast Radius, Borland, Bryce, ClearSlide, Click, Clickteam, Corel VideoStudio, Corel's, Create, DAZ Productions, Engagement, File, Gravit Designer, Gravit GmbH
related to Products · 48
Corel → Ability Office, Adobe Photoshop, Capture, Combination, Corel Chess, Corel Designer, Corel Digital Studio, Corel Graphics Suite, Corel Home Office, Corel KnockOut, Corel Linux OS, Corel MediaOne, Corel Paint It, Corel Painter, Corel Photo Album, Corel Photo-Paint, Corel SnapFire, Corel Ventura, Corel's, Corel's WinZip
related to history · 21
Corel → Additional, Canada, Canadian Tire Centre, CEO, Corel Centre, CorelDRAW, February, In, January, Michael Cowpland, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Microsoft's Coke, Mitel, NHL's Ottawa Senators, Novell WordPerfect, Pepsi, The, This
related to Corel World Design Contest · 15
Corel → Anniversary, Canada, CD, Corel Artshow, Corel Crystal Award, Corel World Design Contest, Corel's, CorelDRAW's, February, Logo, Ottawa, ProCreate, The, Two, US
Products · 8
Corel → AfterShot Pro, CorelDRAW, MindManager, Painter, PaintShop Pro, WinDVD, WinZip, WordPerfect
Industry · 2
Corel → Programming, Software
Subsidiaries · 2
Corel → Parallels, Roxio
see also · 2
Corel → Bridgeman Art Library, Corel Corp
Formerly · 1
Corel → Cascade Parent Limited (2022–2025)
Founded · 1
Corel → 1985; 41 years ago (1985)

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software acquired company wordperfect coreldraw winzip announced program pro graphics alludo products office acquisition corel's video studio ottawa parallels vector

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CorelFormerlyCascade Parent Limited (2022–2025)1.00infobox
CorelFounded1985; 41 years ago (1985)1.00infobox
CorelFounderMichael Cowpland1.00infobox
CorelHeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada1.00infobox
CorelIndustrySoftware1.00infobox
CorelIndustryProgramming1.00infobox
CorelKey peoplePrasannaa Ganesan (CEO)1.00infobox
CorelNumber of employees1,205 (2023)1.00infobox
CorelOwnerVector Capital1.00infobox
CorelProductsWordPerfect1.00infobox
CorelProductsCorelDRAW1.00infobox
CorelProductsWinZip1.00infobox
CorelProductsPaintShop Pro1.00infobox
CorelProductsAfterShot Pro1.00infobox
CorelProductsWinDVD1.00infobox
CorelProductsPainter1.00infobox
CorelProductsMindManager1.00infobox
CorelRevenue298 million USD (2016)1.00infobox
CorelSubsidiariesRoxio1.00infobox
CorelSubsidiariesParallels1.00infobox
CorelTrade nameAlludo (2022–2025)1.00infobox
CorelTypePrivate1.00infobox
CorelWebsitewww.alludo.com[dead link] www.corel.com1.00infobox

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