Cognex Corporation

Cognex offers the widest range of VISION and ID products available from a single source. Companies throughout the world use Cognex systems to improve product quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and track parts on their production lines. All Cognex products incorporate innovative technology that has led the world since 1981, and are universally recognized as offering the highest accuracy, reliability, and performance. With more than half a million systems installed worldwide, inspecting billions of products every day, Cognex helps manufacturers operating in all industry sectors isolate defective parts, optimize production processes, and implement full traceability programs. Vision Systems In-Sight® systems are powerful, self contained products for all kinds of vision applications. They combine camera, processor, and software into a single package, with a simple and flexible user interface for configuring your application. Vision Sensors Checker® sensors are easy to use and affordable. They are used to check the presence and size of parts and products. Can be used in a wide range of applications where traditional sensors cannot provide solutions. Vision Software VisionPro software gives the most flexibility, by combining the full library of powerful Cognex vision tools with the cameras, frame grabbers and peripherals of your choice. Enables easy integration with PC-based data and control programs. Fixed-Mount Industrial-ID Readers DataMan® readers offer the smallest and highest performance in the industry, reading everything from simple bar codes to challenging DPM marks reliably every time. Ground breaking technologies includes new autofocus and industrial connectivity capabilities. Handheld Industrial-ID Readers DataMan offers the widest range of industrial handheld readers in the industry. With innovative lighting, image acquisition, and code reading capabilities, they can read virtually any code on any surface. Code Verifiers Easy-to-use and reliable DataMan verifiers enable the quality of codes to be accurately evaluated, with both fixed mount and handheld units available. Critical for applications that require the highest read rates for 2D Data Matrix codes. Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 1 million vision-based products, representing over $4 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has regional offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For details, visit Cognex on-line at http://www.cognex.com.