Adept Technology Selected by SIG Pack to Provide Controllers for New High Speed Robotic Packaging System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000 SIG Pack Develops Revolutionary New Packaging System Using Adept Controllers Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. and a factory automation leader, today announced that SIG Pack, a leading provider of packaging machines and systems based in Switzerland, has selected Adept to provide the controllers that will play a key role in their new RoboPack automated packaging system. The new automation solution will include AdeptMotion VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. controllers with integrated vision and conveyor tracking. "We are extremely pleased that SIG Pack has selected our controllers for their highly efficient RoboPack systems," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing for Adept Technology. "We have optimized our AdeptMotion controller architecture to deliver integrated motion control and vision guidance, and are proud to be part of SIG's best-in-class performance." "We're excited about integrating Adept's controllers into our systems. This partnership will allow us to offer the most flexible, user friendly and highest performance solution to our customers," said Frank-Peter Kirgis, product manager for SIG Pack. Under the agreement Adept will provide SIG Pack with AdeptMotion VME controllers with integrated vision and conveyor tracking to be used in their new RoboPack packaging system. The system will also utilize ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Flexible Automation Inc.'s FlexPicker robot to deliver a revolutionary high-speed packaging and material handling solution. The highly efficient RoboPack system will be utilized by major food, healthcare, electronic and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and manufacturers to package a wide variety of products at ultra fast pick rates. AdeptMotion VME controllers offer advanced motion features combined with machine vision, conveyor tracking, force sensing, and AdeptWindows PC software. Kinematic kin·e·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of mechanics that studies the motion of a body or a system of bodies without consideration given to its mass or the forces acting on it. modules allow simple programming of complex mechanisms while supporting tool offsets, world coordinates, and other advanced robot functions. Multiple robots can be coordinated from one controller. All AdeptMotion controls support Adept's most advanced options including AIM, vision, and force. SIG Pack is a division of SIG Swiss Industrial Company Holding Ltd. SIG Pack is a leading provider of packaging machines and systems. Its product range includes packaging solutions for piece and bulk goods, flexible robotics solutions, as well as multi-unit and cartoning machines for secondary packaging applications. For more information on SIG Swiss Industrial Company Holding Ltd. visit their website at http://www.sig-group.com/. More information on the SIG Pack division can be found at http://www.sigpack.com/. Adept Technology, Inc., founded in 1983, is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. Adept designs and manufactures intelligent automation hardware and software products for manufacturers in the semiconductor, electronics, appliances, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. , and automotive components industries. The company provides a broad, flexible line of software intensive, computer-driven automation products for assembly, material handling and packaging applications. Adept Technology product and service information is available at its World Wide Web site http://www.adept.com. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including but not limited to, the potential delays associated with the development and introduction of new products or software releases; the potential fluctuations in the company's quarterly and annual results of operations; the cyclicality of capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. of the company's customers; the company's dependence on the continued growth of the intelligent automation market; the risks associated with sole or single sources of supply and lengthy procurement lead times The interval in months between the initiation of procurement action and receipt into the supply system of the production model (excludes prototypes) purchased as the result of such actions. It is composed of two elements, production lead time and administrative lead time. ; the company's highly competitive industry; and rapid technological change within the company's industry. For a further discussion of risk factors relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the company's business, see the company's Form 10Q for the quarter ended Oct. 2, 1999, and the company's annual report on Form 10K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999, including the discussion in Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations filed as an exhibit thereto, filed on Sept. 24, 1999. Note to Editors: The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept, AdeptMotion, AdeptWindows, and Adept AIM are trademarks of Adept Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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