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BLOG | 16.09.2025

"Not Only Digitization"

When NOA was founded over 25 years ago, its name was inspired by the story of Noah and his ark. Years later, as we expanded from audio into video transfer with FrameLector, “NOA” was used tongue-in-cheek as an acronym for “Not Only Audio”.

For some time now, we go a huge step further: “Not Only Digitization”

NOA has grown from providing trusted audio/video ingest solutions into a complete factory ecosystem that supports every step of the digitization journey: from the first touch of a dusty carrier in the archive, inventory workflows, manual preparation steps, and quality-controlled migration, to quality control, transcoding, and the safe return of the item to its shelf. And even beyond that, NOA provides solutions for sustainable long-term archiving of large AV collections.

With NOA, institutions know they can rely on professional, proven solutions that deliver reliable results, high-quality output, and maximum efficiency.

More importantly, they gain a partner dedicated to ensuring every digitization project becomes a lasting success.

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