Cognex Receives Order for World's Largest Web Inspection System

NATICK, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced today that it has
received an order in excess of $2 million from Oji Paper Co., Ltd., a
Japanese manufacturer of premium coated papers, and the largest paper
manufacturer in Japan. The customer will integrate a Cognex
SmartView(R) web inspection system, using more than 100 cameras, at
its manufacturing plant in Tomioka, Japan.

The SmartView system will be used on a production line in which
paper is both manufactured and coated in one continuous process.
During production, the SmartView web inspection system identifies
defects on the moving web of paper and records their exact location on
the roll. When the paper is automatically cut into individual sheets
at the end of the production line, the SmartView system ensures that
any sheet containing a defect is rejected before the final packaging
step.

"This is the largest and most expensive SmartView system that
Cognex has ever sold, and will be the largest and most powerful web
inspection system in the world," said Dr. Robert J. Shillman, Cognex
Chairman and CEO. "Cognex is able to deliver large systems such as
this one because of SmartView's modular design. This unique design
makes SmartView ideal both for applications on narrow webs that
require only a few cameras, as well as on large webs such as the one
at Oji Paper, which is 10 meters wide and requires inspection not only
across that web but also at many different production stages."

SmartView can detect and classify defects smaller than a square
millimeter in the most challenging applications at full production
speeds. This enables manufacturers to both improve product quality and
reduce scrap, resulting in increased profitability.

About Cognex

Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets
machine vision sensors and systems, or devices that can "see." Cognex
vision sensors are used in factories around the world to automate the
manufacture of a wide range of items and to assure their quality.
Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having
shipped more than 400,000 machine vision systems, representing over $2
billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981.
In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts,
Cognex also has regional offices and distributors located throughout
North America, Japan, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Visit Cognex
on-line at www.cognex.com.

Cognex Corporation
Robin Pratt, 858-350-5065
Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications
robin.pratt@cognex.com

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