Improvision is a software developer based in Coventry, England. The company is the developer of Confocal, live cell imaging solutions and image analysis software for 2D, 3D and 4D imaging.

Improvision was founded in 1990 by Andrew Waterfall and Ken Salisbury. Improvision was acquired by PerkinElmer on April 2nd, 2007 in a cash transaction.

The company is based in Coventry, England, and it develops and sells scientific imaging equipment & software including confocal microscopy systems and Image Analysis Software (Volocity) for the Life Sciences industry.

In 2004 Improvision were awarded runner-up in the Apple Design Awards for Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution for their Volocity 2.6.1 software release. In 2002, it was a winner in the annual Lord Stafford Awards for Innovation.

In April 2000, Improvision received a Queen's Award for Enterprise, the highest honour which can be given to a UK company, in recognition of outstanding achievement in export sales.

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• Improvision
• PerkinElmer Corporate website
• Life and Analytical Sciences website