Cognex Surpasses One Billion Mark…Every Day!

Thanks to our broad range of vision systems, sensors and barcode readers, more than one billion products are made each day under the watchful eyes of Cognex vision. (And yes, that's billion with a "b"!) Believe It or Not!

Spending Money to Make Money

Since its founding in 1981, Cognex has poured over $670 million into its research and development efforts. How else could we invent such powerful vision products?
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Risky Business?

In 1981, Founder and Chairman Dr. Bob Shillman left academia and risked his entire life savings of $87,000 to start Cognex. Not a bad investment when you consider Cognex's market cap is now more than $3 billion. Believe It or Not!

Brainiacs

As of January 1, 2015, Cognex's vision experts have a total of 550 advanced degrees. They also have a total of 424 pocket protectors. Believe It or Not!

4,000 Year-Old Engineer at Cognex

More than 34 years and 4,000 man-years of application know-how are built into Cognex's machine vision software…as are 15 million late-night cups of coffee. Believe It or Not!

Go with the Flow

Thanks to powerful algorithms, Cognex products are just as happy working in factories where lighting is uncontrolled as they are where temperatures can soar to 120 degrees. In fact, nothing seems to faze them at all. Believe It or Not!

Patently Impressive

Cognex has more than 700 vision-related patents and patents pending. That's innovation at its finest. Believe It or Not!

Cognex Shoots for the Moon

Cognex surface inspection systems accurately inspect over 1,250,000 square meters of paper every day—including the paper for 100% of the dollar bills in your wallet. In one year, we inspect enough paper to cover the entire moon! And we get it right, ream after ream after ream. Believe It or Not!