JAI America Inc. moves US headquarters to Boston

JUNE 6--JAI Camera Solutions (Woburn, MA; www.jai.com), manufacturer and supplier of cameras for automated imaging and general imaging/surveillance markets, has relocated its North American office from California to Boston, MA. The East Coast region of North America is home to many of the industry's largest and most influential players. In addition, this location is ideal for JAI to provide North/South American market coverage while benefiting from JAI global organization with headquarters in Europe and R&D production in Japan.

"The vision industry is a dynamic market, which is continuously changing. JAI is responding by evolving to better satisfy the needs of the industry," said Henrik Ilsby, JAI vice president. "We are confident that our new office will enable JAI to focus our efforts on the North/South American market more efficiently and effectively. At the same time our new office will position JAI in the vision industry's 'global center' allowing us to more easily gain and apply global know-how locally."

JAI was established in 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has subsidiaries in England, Japan, and the USA. The JAI Group has annual sales of more than $60 million and employs 250 people worldwide. The JAI Group develops and distributes user-friendly tools for the professional international market by making electronic eyes and electronic brains work together.