Product category:
Vision and Colour Sensors
News Release from: Cognex UK
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 December 2003
Vision systems to feature in automation
solutions
Cognex has signed a worldwide co-operation agreement with the German company, Johann A Krause Maschinenfabrik.
Cognex has signed a worldwide co-operation agreement with the German company, Johann A Krause Maschinenfabrik The two companies plan to work closely together on technical issues in the future
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cognex has introduced Display Inspect - a machine vision software and hardware package for inspecting displays, keypads, and enclosures on LCD and LED display-based products.
Johann A Krause will deploy Cognex machine vision systems within the automation solutions it supplies to the automotive industry.
As the world market leader in the industrial imaging sector, Cognex is the ideal partner for Johann A Krause.
The agreement will allow Johann A Krause to exploit Cognex's comprehensive expertise in this field.
Johann A Krause develops, designs, manufactures and delivers turnkey assembly systems for powertrain components.
This includes the associated inspection and testing installations, for the automotive and automotive supply industries.
In the automation segment, the Johann A Krause Group is a technology leader and ranks among the preferred suppliers of semi-automatic and fully automatic systems.
Each of the two companies anticipates powerful synergy benefits as they implement customised solutions.
Cognex's technology, many years of experience in industrial image processing and provision of worldwide local support and training were the key criteria applied by Johann A Krause in its search for a strategic partner.
"This co-operation with Cognex will allow Johann A Krause Maschinenfabrik to fulfil all specific requests from our customers as efficiently as possible", says Dr Thomas Trittin, Project Manager Development Controls Department at Johann A Krause.
The wealth of expertise harnessed by Johann A Krause in the automotive industry is certain to have an important impact on product development plans at Cognex.
Eric Ceyrolle, President of International Operations at Cognex explains the alliance from his company's perspective: "Collaborating with a strong partner in the powertrain segment will help us grow our market share in the automotive industry, which is becoming more and more important to our business". Request free introductory details about products from Cognex UK ...
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