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Company News Highlights 2001 p11 of 13:

• IDC granted European patent
  JUNE 19--The European Patent Office issued patent No. 0803080 to Imaging Dynamics Corp. (IDC; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; www.imagingdynamics.com) for its filmless x-ray apparatus. The company is a provider of cost-effective digital radiology solutions.
• Sanyo honored by EDA Consortium
  JUNE 18--Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan; www.sanyo.co.jp) will receive this year's EDA Consortium Design Achievement Award. Sanyo is being honored for its system-on-chip (SoC).
• Pepperidge Farm wins user-recognition award
  JUNE 11--Pepperidge Farm Inc. (Norwalk, CT) received the 2001 Robots & Vision User Recognition Award at the International Robots & Vision Show (Chicago, IL) for its use of these technologies in cookie packaging.
• Matrox Imaging celebrates 25th anniversary
  MAY 31--On May 25, the Matrox group of companies marked 25 years of producing reliable and cost-effective imaging, graphics, and video products for worldwide markets.
• Adept Technology offers discounted products to universities
  MAY 30--Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA: www.adept.com), a manufacturer of automation products for the telecommunications, fiberoptic, and semiconductor industries, has instituted a discount program of up to 80% to colleges and universities on the costs of robotic hardware, controllers, and software.
• Free vision-sensor education program
  MAY 25--Originally an incubator company of The Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) and now a supplier of machine-vision sensors, DVT Corp. (Norcross, GA; www.dvtsensors.com) has developed four free educational programs for machine-vision professionals.
• Submarine periscope views 360°
  MAY 22--RemoteReality Corp. (Westborough, MA; www.remotereality.com), a leading manufacturer of omnidirectional still and video imaging technology, has been selected by the Office of Naval Research (ONR; www.onr.navy.mil), an agency of the Department of Defense, to provide high-resolution 360° imaging capability for submarine periscopes.
• FLIR Systems buys Swedish thermal imaging division
  MAY 10--FLIR Systems Inc. (Portland, OR; www.flir.com), a leading supplier of thermal-imaging and broadcast camera systems, has agreed to purchase the Optronics Division of SaabTech Electronics AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.saab.se), a leading vendor of defense, aviation, and space products and systems integration.
• Space Station assembly arm exploits vision technology
  APRIL 30--The recently launched Canadarm2 Space Station on Space Shuttle Endeavour contains four cameras and video-processing electronics from DALSA Corp. (Waterloo, Ont., Canada; www.dalsa.com).
• New drug-screening technology uses infrared imaging
  APRIL 13--FLIR Systems Inc. (N. Billerica, MA; www.flir.com), a supplier of infrared imaging systems, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; Research Triangle Park, NC; www.gsk.com), a leading provider of pharmaceutical and health-care products, have agreed to license an innovative drug-screening technology using infrared imaging to a newly formed company called Thermogenic Imaging Inc. (Billerica, MA; www.thermogenicimaging.com).

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