Novanta Inc.

Novanta Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVT) is a leading global supplier of core technology solutions that give advanced industrial and healthcare original equipment manufacturers a competitive advantage. Headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, the company combines deep proprietary expertise at the intersection of photonics, vision, and precision motion, engineering highly differentiated components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance.

Its offerings include laser beam steering and galvanometers, machine-vision technologies, precision encoders, motors, servo drives, and customized mechatronic subsystems, supported by operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. More than a third of Novanta's business is dedicated to products and technology that support robotics and automation. In robotics the company holds a distinctive position by offering the entire stack from servo controller to sensor to motion, and it is a market leader in end-of-arm (end-effector) technology with families of products for factory automation including automatic tool changers, multi-axis force and torque sensing systems, utility couplers, and material-removal tools serving industrial, collaborative, and surgical robotics. Novanta serves its markets through a portfolio of specialist brands, including Celera Motion for precision encoders, motors, and mechatronic subsystems; ATI Industrial Automation for robotic tool changers, force and torque sensors, collision sensors, and end-effectors; Novanta IMS for precision motion; Reach Technology for embedded display and HMI solutions; and Cambridge Technology for laser beam steering. The company was created from GSI Group Inc., a global supplier of laser, precision-motion, and vision technologies, which rebranded as Novanta Inc. on May 12, 2016. Novanta positions innovation and technical collaboration with customers as the core of its value proposition, expressed through its theme Innovation that Matters.