Leslie G. Polgar of Lafayette, California, has joined CRLO Displays Ltd. of Dalgety Bay, Scotland as its CEO. Previously, Polgar was the founding president of Eastman Kodak's Display Products business.

CRLO Displays was formed in September 2004 by European investors Amadeus Capital and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures with $19 million in new funding. The company's Ferroelectric liquid-crystal-on silicon (FLCOS) technology is currently in use for advanced simulation and training systems.

At Kodak, Polgar led the successful commercialization of the world's first consumer market active matrix organic light emitting diode (AM-OLED) display, which won the industry's Best Display of 2002 Gold Award

Prior to Kodak, he held senior executive positions with Etec Systems (now part of Applied Materials), Air Liquide America Electronics and Bertram Laboratories.

He will join the CRLO Displays board and will open new offices in the San Francisco Bay-Silicon Valley area.