Microscan Completes the Acquisition of Siemens' Machine Vision Business

RENTON, Wash., October 16, 2008 - Microscan today announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Siemens' Machine Vision business. The acquisition has added over 60 technology patents and 10 product lines to Microscan's portfolio of precision data acquisition and control solutions. The deal closure date was September 19, 2008.

Microscan now provides the most extensive product suite available for ID tracking and traceability, ranging from basic barcode up to complex inspection and measurement. Microscan solutions benefit a global customer base primarily through data tracking, traceability, and inspection solutions to enable manufacturing efficiency and quality controls.

Former Siemens Machine Vision products now transitioned to Microscan include:

• Visionscape® software and machine vision systems for inspection and measurement
• HawkEye® 1600T fully integrated one piece smart camera solution for vision applications
• HawkEye® 40 and 50 imagers for portable of reading barcodes and direct part mark 2D codes
• HawkEye® 1500 imagers for fixed position reading and verifying direct part mark 2D codes
• I-PAK® inspection system for pharmaceutical, food processing, and packaging industries
• NERLITE® precision lighting portfolio to enable image processing of any surface
• Data Matrix Verifiers, UID Compliant
• Industry specific solutions such as a 96 well plate Data Matrix reader
• Scalable components of vision processor and PC frame grabber boards

Beyond the intellectual property and product line acquisitions, Microscan and Siemens have further agreed to future cooperation related to strategic co-development to bring new automatic identification data capture products to market.