Cognex Machine Vision Selected by Canada's Largest Steel Producer.NATICK, Mass. -- Cognex Corporation Cognex Corporation is an American corporation that manufactures commercial machine vision systems. Cognex is the world leader in its field, holding an array of patents and employing academic experts. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, announced today that Canada's largest steel producer, Stelco Inc., has chosen Cognex's SmartView(R) Metals surface inspection system for its steel mill located in Ontario, Canada. The Cognex SmartView system will detect defects in coated steel used for automotive body panels. SmartView is a state-of-the-art surface inspection system that automatically detects, identifies and displays defects in metals and other materials as they are produced. Cognex has sold more than 400 SmartView systems since its release in February 2000, making it the most successful product launch in the history of surface inspection systems. "As the global leader in supplying surface inspection solutions to the metals industry, Cognex has more experience in detecting, identifying and visualizing metal defects than any other company," said Markku Jaaskelainen, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division. "As a result, we have been able to equip SmartView with features that best meet the needs of metals customers, including their need for real-time access to inspection data." About Stelco Stelco Inc. is Canada's largest and most diversified steel producer. Stelco is involved in all major segments of the steel industry through its integrated steel business, mini-mills, and manufactured products businesses.. Stelco has a presence in six Canadian provinces and two states of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It supplies steel products to such North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets as hot rolled, cold rolled, and coated sheet, plate, bars and wire rod a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. See also: Wire and manufactured products, such as wire and wire products, and pipe and tubular products. In 2003, Stelco produced 5.1 million tons of steel and supplied 4.7 million tons of steel products valued at $2.8 billion. About Cognex Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets machine vision systems, or computers that can "see." Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 200,000 machine vision systems, representing over $1.5 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Cognex's Modular Vision Systems Division, headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts Natick (Pronunciation IPA: /ˈneɪtɪk/) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Natick is located near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 32,170 at the , specializes in machine vision systems that are used for automating the manufacture of a wide range of discrete items and for assuring their quality. Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division, headquartered in Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. , specializes in machine vision systems that are used for inspecting the surfaces of products manufactured in a continuous fashion, such as metals, paper and plastics. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, Cognex also has regional offices located throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Visit Cognex online at http://www.cognex.com. |
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