The world’s leading provider of vision systems, software, sensors, and industrial barcode readers used in manufacturing automation.
Cognex vision helps companies improve product quality, eliminate production errors, lower manufacturing costs, and exceed consumer expectations for high quality products at an affordable price. Typical applications for machine vision include detecting defects, monitoring production lines, guiding assembly robots, and tracking, sorting and identifying parts.
Cognex serves an international customer base from offices located throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, and through a global network of integration and distribution partners. The company is headquartered close to Boston in Natick, Massachusetts, USA.
Cognex is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CGNX.
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04/25/2024
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), a leading provider of machine vision for factory and warehouse automation, today announced that more customers are experiencing increased product...
04/02/2024
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, today released the In-Sight® L38 3D Vision System, which combines AI, 2D, and 3D vision technologies...
03/27/2024
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, today introduced the 380 Modular Vision Tunnel, a new addition to the Modular Vision Tunnel portfolio, f...
01/03/2024
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), a leading provider of machine vision for factory automation, today announced that Paul Todgham has resigned from his position as Senior Vice Pres...
09/21/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), a leader in industrialmachine vision, today published its second Sustainability Report for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2022. The report p...
09/18/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), a world leader in industrial machine vision, introduced the DataMan® 380 fixed-mount barcode reader, which uses advanced optics and integrat...
09/12/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, today announced the launch of the In-Sight SnAPP vision sensor, redefining standards for ease of use, ac...
08/29/2023
Expansion of product portfolio to include optics components enables a more comprehensive customer offering. Deepens Cognex’s penetration of important, high-growth ma...
05/31/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, announces the launch of the Advantage 182 vision system designed to automate complex location, classific...
04/03/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, has released the In-Sight® 3800 Vision System. Designed for high-speed production lines, In-Sight 38...
03/07/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, introduces the In-Sight 2800 Detector for logistics. Built upon Cognex’s In-Sight platform, the In...
03/06/2023
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the leader in industrial machine vision, released the DataMan® 282 fixed-mount barcode reader, outfitted with the company's high-powered inte...
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Cognex Corporation: Senior Management
Robert Willett
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sheila DiPalma
Executive VP of Employee Services and Corporate Officer
Carl Gerst
Executive Vice President, Vision and ID Products
Joerg Kuechen
Senior Vice President, Advanced Vision Technology and Chief Technology Officer
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At Cognex, we believe that fun leads to connection, collaboration, growth & even more fun. That’s why we invest in creating a rewarding workplace where Cognoids can work hard & play hard together. And, like all things at Cognex, we strive to make it unique & creative.
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COGNEX HISTORY
Cognex through the years
Cognex Corporation was founded in 1981 by Dr. Robert J. Shillman, a lecturer in human visual perception at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
March 1981
The company produced its first vision system, DataMan, in 1982. DataMan was the world’s first industrial optical character recognition (OCR) system capable of reading, verifying, and assuring the quality of letters, numbers, and symbols marked directly on parts and components.
March 1982
Despite a growing list of customers using Cognex vision, serious challenges soon became apparent in the company’s business model. Implementing a vision application in these early years required computer programming knowledge, and users demanded considerable support.
June 1986
In 1999, after 18 years in business, Cognex celebrated the shipment of its 100,000th vision system. By 2003--just four years later--the company had already hit the 200,000 milestone
January 2003
In 2004, Cognex was invited to open trading at Nasdaq in celebration of its 15th year as a publicly-traded company.
January 2004
Cognex Founders Dr. Bob Shillman, Bill Silver, and Marilyn Matz (center) recieved the 2005 SEMI award in recognition of their technical contributions to semiconductor manufacturing.
January 2005
Today’s Cognex DataMan 100 fixed mount ID reader packs much more functionality into a much smaller package.
January 2010
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