Cognex Corporation
Natick, Massachusetts machine-vision maker (NASDAQ: CGNX), founded 1981; its In-Sight and DataMan lines have shipped over one million vision products.
Cognex Corporation is a publicly traded machine-vision company headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, founded in 1981 by Robert Shillman together with Bill Silver and Marilyn Matz. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker CGNX. The company states it has sold more than one million image-based products over its history.
Cognex builds camera-based systems, sensors, and software that let automated equipment locate, inspect, measure, and identify parts. Its In-Sight line covers vision systems and smart cameras for inspection and guidance tasks; the DataMan line covers fixed-mount and handheld industrial barcode readers; and the company also sells 3D vision systems, deep-learning-based vision software including VisionPro and In-Sight ViDi, and standalone vision sensors for simpler detection tasks. Cognex says its deep-learning tools were among the first built specifically for industrial smart cameras rather than adapted from consumer applications.
Cognex's products are used across automotive, electronics and semiconductor, consumer goods, packaging, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and logistics and e-commerce operations, where its barcode readers and vision systems support sortation, traceability, and quality inspection at production-line speeds. The company states its installed systems inspect more than one billion products a day and operates through offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
In-Sight Vision Systems
Self-contained industrial smart cameras and vision systems for automated inspection and guidance.
DataMan Barcode Readers
Fixed-mount and handheld industrial barcode readers for ID and traceability.
Contact Cognex Corporation
WEBSITE
https://www.cognex.com/PHONE
+1 508 650 3000HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
1981
Primary Role
Component Supplier
Company Size
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Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Public
Funding Total
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