Siemens signs for vision sensor support

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Sep 26, 2006

Cognex Corp and Siemens have agreed to extend their co-operation in the vision sensor market segment.

Cognex Corp and Siemens have agreed to extend their co-operation in the vision sensor market segment.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cognex will continue to provide Siemens with Cognex DVT vision sensors and FrameWork software to serve the machine vision needs of their global automation customers.

"I am pleased by the extension of our agreement with Siemens", said Jim Hoffmaster, Cognex President and Chief Operating Officer.

"Siemens' customers will continue to have access to a full line of world-class products to meet all of their vision needs".

"With the extension of the partnership between Siemens and Cognex we will continue to grow our customer base", states Herbert Wegmann, Head of the Factory Automation Sensors subdivision of Siemens A and D.

"Machine Vision applications are more and more important to our customers and we will be able to satisfy their demands with our broad offering of vision products".