JANUARY 6--Thermal IR camera specialist CEDIP Infrared Systems (Croissy-Beaubourg, France; www.cedip-infrared.com) has announced its fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth in international sales. In 2004, CEDIP achieved revenue growth of more than 12% compared to 2003, with export sales accounting for 70% of turnover.
Pierre Potet, president of CEDIP, commented, "Our continuing strong organic growth has been driven by new products introduced over the last year, including the Ruby Night Vision camera and the Emerald Large Format cooled camera, and also to the consolidation of our sales organization in the USA." He added, "CEDIP's future looks very positive with the recent introduction of the Silver thermal IR camera series and the opening of a new subsidiary company--CEDIP Infrared Systems GmbH--to increase support to and further develop our growing base of customers in German speaking markets."
To support its continuing growth, CEDIP also announced a major investment in a new building at its headquarters. The new facility increases the floor area by some 30%.
CEDIP will proceed with the installation of a new cleanroom and will expand its assembly and calibration area. A new state-of-the-art testing and environmental facility will be set up that will enable the company to test and fully qualify internally its systems according to the CE and MIL standard. Vibration testing, EMI, temperature and humidity test equipment will be installed. CEDIP will also expand its radiometric calibration capability with a new temperature-calibration chamber capable of fully automated processing of batches of cameras.
CEDIP Infrared Systems offers a range of high-performance infrared imaging cameras and systems incorporating the latest technology in optics, infrared focal plane array detectors, electronic hardware and software.