PPT VISION expands OEM supply and product-development agreement with Ismeca

JANUARY 27--PPT VISION Inc. (Minneapolis, MN; www.pptvision.com) has entered into an amendment of its OEM supply agreement with Ismeca Europe Semiconductor SA, a subsidiary of Schweiter Technologies that supplies automation solutions targeted at the semiconductor back-end manufacturing process (www.ismeca.com). PPT provides Ismeca with its patented SpeedScan 3D and IMPACT 2D machine-vision solutions for use in Ismeca's new LTM series tray-to-tray and tray-to-tape scanning machines.

The agreement calls for PPT VISION to provide 2-D and 3-D engineering support services to Ismeca over the next 18 months. The total value of the engineering services agreement is approximately $1.3 million. In addition, PPT has agreed to provide its patented SpeedScan 3D technology to Ismeca on an exclusive basis for the semiconductor back-end market segment subject to certain minimum purchase requirements.