Cognex Receives $400,000 Order for DataMan Handheld Readers.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 sensors and systems, announced today that it has received the largest single order to date for its DataMan[TM] handheld ID readers. The purchase, valued at more than $400,000, was made by a leading provider of direct-part-marking (DPM (Documents Per Minute) The number of paper documents that can be processed in one minute. ) equipment used to make identifying marks directly on the surfaces of products. Cognex's customer will sell its DPM equipment together with Cognex's DataMan ID readers to companies in the semiconductor and electronics industries, who will use the system to identify and track containers used for storing and transporting components. "The ability to trace each product through its useful life is a rapidly growing necessity for manufacturers," said Dr. Robert J. Shillman, Cognex's 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. . "Cognex is in an excellent position to serve this growing requirement; we have a wide range of ID readers, including handheld units, cordless units, fixed-mount units, and our new low-cost, ultra-compact DataMan 100, which is about as small as a book of matches and can be easily integrated into production equipment. All of Cognex's ID readers benefit from Cognex's industry-leading IDMax code-reading software, which offers the most reliable code reading available in the industry." About Cognex Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision sensors and systems, or devices that can "see." Cognex vision sensors are used in factories around the world to automate the manufacture of a wide range of items and to assure their quality. Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 350,000 machine vision systems, representing over $2 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. In addition to its corporate headquarters 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 , 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, Asia, and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . |
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