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Cognex Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of machine vision systems that are used to automate a range of manufacturing processes where vision is required. Since its establishment in 1981, Cognex has generated more than $1.9 billion in cumulative revenue, shipped more than 300,000 vision systems and acquired more than 223 patents, with nearly 100 patents pending. The company s vision systems automatically identify products, inspect for defects, gauge part dimensions and guide robotic equipment at up to thousands of parts per minute. Its product line includes In-Sight vision sensors, personal computer vision systems, identification products, expert sensors and surface inspection systems. Cognex Corporation is headquartered in Natick, Mass.

Analog Devices is a world-leading semiconductor company specializing in high performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits. The company was founded in 1965. Its products play a fundamental role in converting real-world phenomena such as temperature, motion, pressure, light and sound into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of applications ranging from industrial process control, factory automation, radar systems and CAT scanners to cellular base stations and telephones, broadband networking, computers, cars and digital cameras. The company s unique value to its customers is its ability to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers of speed, accuracy and cost, to solve intricate engineering challenges and to create ICs that enable portability, connectivity, and multimedia. Analog designs, manufactures and markets the high-performance, high-precision signal processing ICs that make pictures vibrant, voices clear, connections continuous and products portable. Jerald G. Fishman has been the chief executive officer of Analog Devices from more than 10 years. He has been with the semiconductor manufacturer for over 35 years. Fishman earned a BSEE from CUNY City, and a MBA from Boston University. The company is headquartered in Norwood, Mass.

Axcelis Technologies, headquartered in Beverly, Mass., provides innovative, high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company is dedicated to developing enabling process applications through the design, manufacture and complete life cycle support of ion implantation, rapid thermal processing, and cleaning and curing systems. Axcelis Technologies has key product development centers in Beverly, Mass., as well as in Toyo, Japan through its joint venture, SEN.