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Corporate Profile for OSI Systems Inc., dated Oct. 2, 1998.


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Published Date:   Oct. 2, 1998

Company Name:          OSI Systems Inc./UDT Sensors Inc.

Address:          12525 Chadron Ave.
                  Hawthorne, Calif. 90250

Main Telephone
 Number:          310/978-0516

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL):           www.udt.com
Chief Executive
 Officer:          Deepak Chopra

Chief Financial
 Officer:          Ajay Mehra

Investor Relations
 Contact:          Sanjay Sabnani, Coffin Communications
 Business number: 818/789-0100
Public Relations
 Contact:          Sanjay Sabnani, Coffin Communications
 Business number: 818/789-0100
Trading Symbol:   OSIS

Industry:          Manufacturing/Optoelectronics


Company description: OSI Systems OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS) is a worldwide company based in California that develops and markets security and inspection systems such as airport security X-ray machines and metal detectors, medical monitoring and anesthesia systems, and optoelectronic devices.  is a vertically integrated worldwide provider of devices, subsystems and end-products based on optoelectronic Refers to devices that function due to the interaction of light and electronics. For example, an electronic signal is the input to a laser diode, which generates light pulses that are transmitted through an optical fiber.  technology. The company designs and manufactures optoelectronic devices and value-added val·ue-add·ed
adj.
Of or relating to the estimated value that is added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution:
 subsystems for original equipment manufacturers for use in a broad range of applications, including security, medical diagnostics (1) Software routines that test hardware components (memory, keyboard, disks, etc.). Diagnostics are often stored in ROM chips and activated on startup.

(2) Error messages in a programmer's source code that refer to statements or syntax that the compiler or assembler
, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , office automation, aerospace, computer peripherals and industrial automation.

In addition, the company utilizes its optoelectronic technology and design capabilities to manufacture security and inspection products that it markets worldwide to end users under the "Rapiscan" brand name. These products are used to inspect people, baggage, cargo and other objects for weapons, explosives, drugs and other contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. .
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