Cognex Machine Vision Selected by Leading Commercial Printer.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 a major commercial printer in the U.S. will use Cognex In-Sight(R) ID readers to identify printed sheets and ensure alignment during printing. The order, which is in excess of $700,000, is one of the largest purchase orders for In-Sight to date. The In-Sight ID readers will be used to read 2D Data Matrix codes marked on sheets of paper, which will enable the printer to automatically identify each unique sheet and which press printed it. In the event of a printing problem, misprinted sheets can be quickly identified and retrieved. Operators will also be able to determine which press was responsible for the misprint mis·print tr.v. mis·print·ed, mis·print·ing, mis·prints To print incorrectly. n. An error in printing. so that process corrections can be made. In addition to code reading, the customer will use Cognex vision to check for misfed sheets in order to increase the efficiency of the operation. Both applications will enable the printer to lower the overall cost of printing. "The number and variety of commercial applications for Cognex machine vision continue to expand," said Dr. Robert J. Shillman, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cognex. "This very significant order from the printing industry is another indication that more manufacturers across a wide range of industries are recognizing the value of machine vision for error-proofing production and achieving critical cost savings." 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 $1.7 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 plastic. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, Cognex also has regional offices and distributors 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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