Cognex Machine Vision Selected by Leading Chinese Steel Manufacturer.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 Wuhan Iron and Steel Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (武汉钢铁（集团）公司 pinyin: Wǔhàn Gāngtiě（Jítuán) Gōngsī) was founded in 1958 in Qingshan. It was China's first supergiant iron and steel complex. Group, China's third-largest steel manufacturer, will integrate Cognex's SmartView(R) surface inspection system at its manufacturing plant in Wuhan, China. The SmartView system will be installed on Wuhan Iron and Steel's continuous annealing annealing (ənēl`ĭng), process in which glass, metals, and other materials are treated to render them less brittle and more workable. line to inspect cold rolled steel for defects such as scratches and stains as it goes through the annealing process. The order, which is in excess of $600,000, is part of a modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, project designed to increase capacity and productivity at Wuhan's cold roll mill. Wuhan Steel & Iron Company produces a variety of products including flat hot-rolled steel plates, flat cold-rolled steel plates, cold-rolled silicon steel plates, plates for containers, plates for ship-making, zinc-coated plates, and cold-rolled and deep-drawn sheets for cars. Cognex's SmartView surface inspection system is a state-of-the-art surface inspection system that is used to automatically detect, identify, and visualize defects in metals and other materials as they are being produced. SmartView can detect and classify defects of less than a millimeter in the most challenging applications, at full production speeds, which enables manufacturers to both improve product quality and reduce scrap, resulting in increased productivity and profitability. "China is now the world's largest steel manufacturer, and Wuhan Steel is one of China's largest producers," said Markku Jaaskelainen, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division. "We are pleased that this major manufacturer has chosen Cognex products for this modernization project, and we expect to see many more opportunities for Cognex vision systems at Wuhan and at other steel producers in China as that nation ramps up its manufacturing infrastructure to improve quality and productivity." 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 225,000 machine vision systems, representing over $1.6 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 which 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 which 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 Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . Visit Cognex on-line at http://www.cognex.com. |
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