About Stephane Horta

Born in Belgium in 1965, Stephane Horta is an executive with a difference. What distinguishes him from others in similar positions is his all-round, in-depth understanding of the field and industry he operates in. He recognizes the importance of knowing – in detail – what goes on at the front line today, in order to be able to develop a vision for tomorrow. He is both a thinker and doer, in that order. His invaluable contribution to the company is ultimately based on his insatiable desire to adopt the latest IT technology and stretch its boundaries to the maximum, for the benefit of the users. Above all, Stephane is uncompromising when it comes to his customers’ experience. Whatever happens, he will make sure that he and his team, as a whole, will always deliver solutions.

Metis EDS Gamma Planetary Book Scanner

Metis EDS Gamma is an innovative A1 planetary book scanner. EDS (Easy Digital Scanner) is a line of professional book scanners that has been created by Metis to offer superior image quality, ergonomics, ease of use and high productivity in a unique integrated solution. Metis EDS Gamma book scanners are used by libraries, archives, universities, museums, municipalities, local governments and othe [...]

2020-06-23T15:35:40+02:0028/06/2019|

New Qidenus Mastered Book Scanner Powered by iGuana

The enhanced Qidenus Mastered Book Scanner powered by iGuana is a semi-automatic book scanner designed for high-quality, high-volume book scanning. It is a perfect choice for customers with serious workloads (such as service bureaus) looking for an affordable book scanner that effectively combines top quality with high performance. This highly reliable and efficient book scanner is unique on the [...]

2020-06-23T15:41:22+02:0011/04/2019|

Digitizing Cultural Heritage & Art – Jan Hoet Collection

iGuana's ArtFactory division has successfully completed a very important and difficult project which involved digitizing personal notebooks of Jan Hoet (1936 - 2014), an internationally renowned Belgian curator and art critic. We were truly honoured to be entrusted with this project by the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (MDD) and its Wunderkammer Residence where Jan Hoet's personal library collection is h [...]

2023-10-23T16:32:51+02:0022/03/2019|

Digitizing Rare & Fragile Books in the Plantin-Moretus Museum Collection

The Plantin-Moretus Museum is the only surviving printing workshop and publishing house in the world dating back to the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing, it is associated with the history of the invention and spread of typography. Its name refers to the greatest printer-publisher of the second half of the 16th century [...]

2021-09-13T13:05:53+02:0004/02/2019|

Qidenus Mastered Book Scanner

Qidenus Mastered Book Scanner is a semi-automated, market-leading book scanner designed for large scale book digitization. The Qidenus Mastered book scanner unit is the most versatile scanner in the Qidenus portfolio. It offers the widest range of scan area sizes and resolution output. It uses a self-centering book cradle with a gentle 80° opening angle in combination with an automated glass plat [...]

2020-06-23T16:01:59+02:0017/12/2018|

Qidenus Smart Book Scanner

Qidenus Smart Book Scanner is a manual, market-leading book scanner engineered to deliver outstanding image quality, excellent productivity, speed and ease of handling. Qidenus Smart Book Scanner is designed for individual work: one operator, one book. Operator has full control over the scanner's 100 degree V-shaped book cradle, the position of the glass plate and scanning speed. Narrow opening [...]

2020-06-23T16:05:14+02:0016/12/2018|

Qidenus Swan Document & Book Scanner

Qidenus Swan Document & Book Scanner is the ultimate office scanning solution. With the Qidenus Swan document and book scanner you can easily scan all kinds of office documents, including ring folders, flip boards, magazines, books, loose sheets, certificates, invoices, contracts, surveys, crumpled documents, etc. Thanks to the scanner's adjustable V-shaped book cradle, you can scan bound ma [...]

2022-01-17T10:28:51+01:0015/12/2018|

iGuana Acquires Qidenus Technologies

iGuana is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Qidenus Technologies, manufacturer of state-of-the-art, market-leading book scanners based in Vienna, Austria. Qidenus Robotic, Mastered, Smart & Swan book scanner series are trusted by a vast network of major distributors and customers in over 120 countries in North & South America, Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe, Russia & CIS, and t [...]

2022-01-17T10:28:51+01:0014/12/2018|

iGuana and acmisGroup Announce Merger

iGuana and acmisGroup, comprising Acmis, Ampaco, Mskan and Kalmo companies, are very pleased to announce their merger following the decision by Herwig Eelen, CEO of acmisGroup, and Stephane Horta, CEO of iGuana, to combine the companies. iGuana is a leading supplier of its own state-of-the-art document management software (DMS), production-scale scanning services and secure records storage in Bene [...]

2020-06-25T11:15:05+02:0022/11/2018|

New Clipping Feature for Newspapers & Registers in iGuana iDM

We are excited to announce the release of a new feature in iGuana iDM software for clipping of selected articles and sections from scanned newspapers, registers (such as civil status registers of birth, marriage and death certificates, census and population registers, etc.), magazines, journals, and other media. The new clipping functionality allows users to easily select an individual article, he [...]

2020-06-25T11:16:58+02:0005/10/2018|