At MD&M West, which was held Feb. 4-7 in Anaheim, Calif., Eric Hershberger, principal applications engineer for Cognex Corporation, showed Machine Design the company's range of inspection equipment.

NATICK, Mass., Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024. Table 1 below shows selected financial data for Q4-24 and the full year 2024 compared with Q4-23 and the full year 2023. "Cognex delivered strong results in the fourth quarter, with revenue at the high end of our guidance range.  Growth was driven by continued momentum in our Logistics and Semiconductor businesses, including accelerated demand late in the quarter. Across most of our other factory automation end markets, demand remains soft but stable, while Automotive remains very weak," said Robert J. Willett, CEO

NATICK, Mass., Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) today announced that the company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on March 13, 2025 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on February 27, 2025.About CognexCognex Corporation ("the Company" or "Cognex") invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the most critical manufacturing and distribution challenges. We are a leading global provider of machine vision products and solutions that improve efficiency and quality in high-growth-potential businesses across attractive industrial end markets. Our solutions blend physical products and software to capture and analyze visual information, allowing for the automation of manufacturing and distribution tasks for customers worldwide. Machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing or distribution and tracking of discrete items, such as mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. Machine vision is important for applications in which human vision is inadequate to meet requirements for size, accuracy, or speed, or in instances where substantial cost savings or quality improvements are maintained.Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 4.5 million image-based products, representing over $11 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981