Cascade Parent Limited

Moby ID: 2075

AKA +
  • Alludo - Trading name (from 2022-09-13)
  • Corel Corporation (from 1985 to 2022-09-13)

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Cascade Parent Limited, using the trading name Alludo as of 2022, is a developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and Internet software. The company was incorporated in 1985 as Corel Corporation.

Their product line includes CorelDRAW, Corel WordPerfect Suite, Corel Home Office (formerly Corel Office Professional), CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD. Products they have acquired from other companies include WinZip, PaintShop Pro, MindJet MindManager, Ulead VideoStudio, Intervideo WinDVD and others. Their products were developed for most operating systems, including: Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, MS-DOS, OpenVMS and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry.

Corel was traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol-COS) and the NASDAQ - National Market System (symbol-COSFF) until 2003.

In 1997, Corel Corporation sold its CD Home Collection to Hoffmann + Associates Inc., a Toronto based developer, publisher and distributor. The collection included over 60 multimedia titles, including many games. The sale of the Corel ChemLab was part of the deal. Corel acquired a minority interest in Hoffmann + Associates, as well as an ongoing royalty stream over a specific time period.

The company was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in 2019.

Credited on 16 Games from 1995 to 2005

Teaching-you: 31 Languages of the World (2005 on Macintosh, Windows)
Play & Learn: Writing and Calculating (2001 on Windows)
The Cassandra Galleries (1997 on Windows, Macintosh, Windows 16-bit)
U.F.O.s (1997 on Windows, Macintosh)
David Bellamy's Endangered Wildlife (1996 on Windows 16-bit)
Ashes to Ashes (1996 on Windows)
Dracula's Secret (1996 on Windows, Windows 16-bit, Macintosh)
Pandora's Box: An Interactive Storybook on CD-ROM (1996 on Macintosh, Windows 16-bit)
The Secret of the Hunchback (1996 on Windows 16-bit, Macintosh)
The Wild World of Madison Jaxx (1996 on Windows 16-bit, DOS)
Adventures with Edison (1995 on DOS)
Corel Arcade Mania (1995 on Windows 16-bit)
Corel Wild Board Games (1995 on Windows 16-bit, Macintosh)
Corel Wild Cards (1995 on Windows 16-bit, Macintosh)
NN’n N Toy Makers (1995 on Windows 16-bit, Macintosh)
Nikolai's Trains (1994 on Windows 16-bit, Macintosh)

History +

1985

Company incorporated.

Trivia +

The name "Corel" is an abbreviation for "COwpland REsearch Laboratory".

Contact Information as of October 2017:

Corel Corporation

1600 Carling Avenue

Ottawa ON K1Z 8R7

Canada

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