Canadian Companies

3DM Devices Inc.

3DM Devices develops and manufactures non-contact measurement systems based on laser profiling. These systems are provided on an OEM basis. Markets currently served are: lumber industry for log and lumber profiling and clinical market for human foot and body scanning.

Contact: John Keightley, President
Address: 3347 262nd Street
Aldergrove, BC V4W 3V9 Canada
Phone: (604) 856-8311
Fax: (604) 856-4442
Website: www.3dm.com

Braintech Inc.

BrainTech, Inc. specializes in the design and integration of vision-based industrial automation solutions in the areas of part recognition, inspection and handling. Using a suite of powerful tools such as the BrainTron Classifier, the BrainTech Image Processing Library (BIPL) and our proven robotics and engineering expertise, BrainTech is able to delpoy complete seamless solutions for your machine vision applications.

Contact: Chantal Murata, Investor Relations
Address: #102-930 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4 Canada
Phone: (604) 988-6440
Fax: (604) 986-6131
Website: www.braintech.com

Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM)

Contact: Langis Gagnon
Address: 550 Sherbrooke Street, West
Suite 100
Montreal, QC H3A 1B9 Canada
Phone: (514) 840-1235 ext. 8959
Fax: (514) 840-1244
Website: www.crim.ca

Coreco Imaging

Coreco is a manufacturer of PC-based hardware and software. The hardware consists of frame grabbers which interface to area scan, line scan and TDI cameras. Complementary hardware products allow real-time operations such as run length encoding, image subtraction, averaging and profiling, etc. Software development is supported via imaging libraries, drivers and interpreters.

Contact: Sales and Marketing
Address: 7075 Place Robert-Joncas
Suite 142
St. Laurent , PQ H4M 2Z2 Canada
Phone: (514) 333-1301
Fax: (514) 333-1388
Email: info@imaging.com
Website: www.imaging.com

DALSA

DALSA is an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital imaging solution products, high value semiconductors, and wafer foundry services. DALSAâs core competence is in specialized integrated circuit design, electronics, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing. Products include image sensors, electronic digital cameras, and semiconductor wafers for use in MEMS, power semiconductors and mixed signal CMOS chips. DALSAâs digital imaging products are designed to replace human vision and act as high performance ãelectronic eyesä in machine vision. DALSAâs semiconductor products steer telecom traffic, sense and actuate the environment in automotive and fiber-optic telecom, manage power in electronic systems, and are at the heart of the silicon chips used in many other applications.

Contact: Sales Department
Address: 605 McMurray Road
Waterloo, ON N2V 2E9 Canada
Phone: (519) 886-6000
Fax: (519) 886-8023
Email: sales@dalsa.com
Website: www.dalsa.com
 

EtremeCCTV

Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, with offices in Newcastle, U.K., Extreme CCTV Inc. (www.ExtremeCCTV.com)
specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced infrared illuminators and precision-engineered
video surveillance products.
 

Extreme CCTV
3021 Underhill Ave.
Burnaby, BC
Canada V5A 3C2
 

INO

Contact: John Laurent, Head-Industrial Vision & 3-D Sensors
Address: 2740 Einstein Street
Ste-Foy, QC G1P 4S4 Canada
Phone: (418) 657-7006
Fax: (418) 657-7009
Website: www.ino.ca

Invensys

Invensys Systems, Inc. delivers manufacturing and inspection solutions to help companies increase their manufacturing efficiency and improve product quality. Our vision & robotics solutions are platform-independent and perform detailed, impressively accurate quality inspections at extremely high speeds. We use the most modern inspection equipment, designing the inspection environment to fit the Client's specific needs as well as employing state-of-the-art vision and robotic techniques to quickly and precisely remove any product rejects from the production line. Other services include mechanical design and fabrication, electrical engineering, material handling and project management and technical support services.

Contact: Charles Magnan, Vice President
Address: 3300 Cavendish Boulevard, Suite 670
Montreal, QC H4B 2M8 Canada
Phone: (800) 267-6611
Fax: (514) 485-6617
Website: www.solutions2accelerate.com
 

IO Industries

IO Industries Inc. (London, Ontario, Canada), established in 1991, is a world leader in the development of computer vision hardware and software for digital video recording and image processing. Scientists and engineers around the world use IO Industries imaging products for medical, military/aerospace, scientific and industrial applications.

Contact: Andrew Sharpe, President
Address: 1615 North Routledge Park
Unit 27
London, ON N0M 2J0 Canada
Phone: (519) 663-9570
Fax: (519) 663-9571
Website: www.ioindustries.com

LMI Technologies Inc
 

The LMI focus is on 3D Machine Vision sensing for industrial applications for process optimization. Experience in the varied industries of wood processing, automotive assembly, tire manufacturing, road inspection and molten metal pouring have given LMI particular expertise in using laser sensors in hostile environments.
LMI companies developed some of the first triangulation sensors for use in industrial applications the 1970's, and provides sensors and systems under the brand names Selcom, LaserPour, DynaVision and DSight..
LMI sensor hardware is coupled with proprietary software for sensor image analysis, calibration and data display in simple user-friendly format. LMI Technologies has dedicated major development efforts in creating robust sensor/system software to meet demanding customer expectations.

range up to 4 m

Contact: Leonard Metcalfe, CEO
Address: 205-7088 Venture Street
Delta, BC V4G 1H5 Canada
Phone: (604) 940-0141
Fax: (604) 940-0793
Email:
Website: www.lmint.com

Matrox Imaging

Matrox Imaging is a designer and manufacturer of PC-based hardware and software for machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging. Hardware products include standard frame grabbers, real-time vision processors, integrated imaging platforms and device-independent development software.

Contact: Francois Bertrand, Director of Sales & Marketing
Address: 1055 St. Regis Blvd.
Dorval, QC H9P 2T4 Canada
Phone: (514) 685-2630
Fax: (514) 822-6273
Email: fbertran@matrox.com
Website: www.matrox.com/imaging

Novacam Technologies Inc.

Novacam Technologies Inc. provides custom machine vision systems, system integration, consulting and contract R&D work including design, system specification, implementation and testing in the areas of industrial and medical imaging and instrumentation.

Contact: Sales & Marketing
Address: 277 Lakeshore Road
Suite 04
Pointe-Claire, QC H9S 4L2 Canada
Phone: (514) 694-4002
Fax: (514) 630-6420
Website: www.novacam.com

PixeLINK

Vitana Corporation's flagship product line, PixeLINK(TM), is a family of video converters and digital cameras that allow customers to enter the digital marketplace quickly and easily. PixeLINK products are intended for industrial and life science markets, with a specific focus on microscopy and machine vision. All Vitana products are FireWire(R) (IEEE 1394) ready thereby simplifying the installation process dramatically. PixeLINK products work in both Windows(R) and Mac environments.

Contact: Joel Bisson, President
Address: 3030 Conroy Road
Ottawa, ON K1G 6C2 Canada
Phone: (613) 247-1211
Fax: (613) 247-2001
Website: www.pixelink.com

Pleora Technologies Inc.

Pleora provides integrated hardware and software products that allow high-performance video applications to be delivered over standard, low-cost IP networks at up to1,000 Megabits/second. Pleora's products, known as iPORT, include in-camera intellectual property and discrete modules that convert analog and digital video signals and compressed audio/video streams to Internet Protocol. The iPORT solution, which consists of three main elements, masks transport layer complexity and lets applications leverage PC and Ethernet performance advancements. The iPORT Protocol Engine framegrabs camera data, converts it to IP, and sends it across long reaches of Cat-5 copper cable. The iPORT Device Driver transfers IP/Ethernet video data to PC memory using less than 1% of CPU capacity at full data rates. The iPORT SDK gives developers quick and easy support for new or existing applications software.

Contact: Rudi Rincker, VP, Global Sales
Address: 359 Terry Fox Drive
Suite 230
Kanata, ON K2K 2E7 Canada
Phone: (613) 270-0625
Fax: (613) 270-1425
Website: www.pleora.com
 
 

Point Grey Research, Inc.

Point Grey Research is a technology and product engineering company which designs and manufactures advanced digital cameras, including IEEE-1394 digital cameras, stereo vision cameras and spherical digital video cameras. Point Grey Research products have been successfully used in people tracking, object tracking, modeling and dimensioning, mobile robotics, mining and many other computer vision applications.

Contact: Ana Dimapilis, Sales & Marketing Manager
Address: 305-1847 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6J IY6 Canada
Phone: (604) 730-9937 x257
Fax: (604) 732-8231
Website: www.ptgrey.com

QImaging Corporation

QImaging designs and manufactures the most versatile high-performance CCD digital cameras with a wide range of high-performance features including low-noise, high-speed, high-resolution cameras with FireWire interface (IEEE-1394). Application software and a software development kit are also available. QImaging specializes in high-performance cameras and imaging systems for industrial and scientific imaging markets. Our cameras have been used in a wide variety of applications worldwide and have even been used aboard several NASA space missions.

Contact: Alexander Fernandes, CEO
Address: 4401 Still Creek Drive
Burnaby, BC V5C 6G9 Canada
Phone: (604) 708-5061
Fax: (604) 708-5081
Website: www.qimaging.com

Radix Controls Inc.

pc based

Providers of full turnkey solutions for manufacturing using advanced technology. We specialize in machine vision-based applications, like robot guidance/pick and place, quality inspections, gauging & traceability, and robot cells & machine controls. Also specializing in custom software & network design services, as well as software programming, testing & support for process optimization, SCADA, web-based HMIs & reporting, data mining and database design. Cognex, DVT, Siemens Controls & Vision Systems Integrator, ABB and Microsoft Certified Partner.

Contact: Ross Rawlings
Address: 2105 Fasan Drive
Oldcastle, ON N0R 1L0 Canada
Phone: (877) 467-2349
Fax: (519) 737-1810
Website: radixcontrols.com

Raytheon Canada

Raytheon Canada provides a wide variety of Advanced Engineering Services through their Richmond Facility. The Facility comprises teams of highly experienced engineers and supporting technical staff, including industry-recognized professionals.

ELCAN Optics Precision Lenses

RCL Corporate Communications
Raytheon Canada Limited
360 Albert Street, Suite 1640
Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1R 7X7
 

Servo-Robot Inc.

Servo-Robot Inc. provides manufacturing process optimization and control solutions using its proprietary 3-D laser scanning and machine vision systems. Servo-Robotâs leadership in joining processes is recognized by the industry worldwide. Since 1983, we have been producing non-contact joint tracking and automated inspection systems for arc and laser welding. We help our customers in various industries including automotive, pipe mills, shipbuilders, and others to improve manufacturing processes.

Contact: Jean-Paul Boillot, Chairman & CEO
Address: 1370 Hoquart Street
St-Bruno, QC J3V 6E1 Canada
Phone: (450) 653-7868
Fax: (450) 653-7869
Website: www.servorobot.com

Seimac

Seimac has been in business for over 25 years, providing radio and data acquisition products for global customers in the research, military, Search and Rescue, and oil and gas industries. The company was founded in Bedford, Nova Scotia by Joe Seiler and Hugh MacPherson, two retired Combat Systems Engineers from the Canadian Navy. Over the years the company has evolved from being an electronics consulting firm to a world leader in the design and manufacture of specialized radios for mission critical applications. The company designs, manufactures and markets a variety of products including COSPAS-SARSAT beacons, a range of miniaturized ARGOS satellite radio transmitters that are used in tracking objects and animals in marine and terrestrial applications, a GOES satellite transmitter, a 2.4 GHz Spread Spectrum Radio Modem and VHF radio and optical beacons.

   Trisha Hensley
   Sales and Marketing
   Email: thensley@seimac.com

Mailing Address:
SEIMAC LIMITED
271 Brownlow Avenue
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1W6

FAX: (902)468-3009
 

ShapeGrabber, Incorporated

ShapeGrabber manufactures industrial 3D inspection systems for industrial applications. Optical digital technology brings speed, accuracy and full coverage to quality control. ShapeGrabber deals effectively with complex shapes, unlike traditional methods that rely on the inspection of a few points. Donât wait in the CMM queue, ShapeGrab it!

Contact: Marc Bisson, President & CEP
Address: 1900 City Park Drive
Suite 304
Ottawa, ON K1J 1A3 Canada
Phone: (613) 247-1707
Fax: (613) 247-1406
Website: www.shapegrabber.com

StockerYale Canada

Lasers

Contact: Sales Department
Address: 275 Kesmark
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC H9B 3J1 Canada
Phone: (800) 814-9552
Fax: (514) 685-3307
Email: sales@lasiris.com
Website: www.stockeryale.com

Symagery Microsystems

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Symagery develops, manufactures, and markets highly integrated imaging solutions for a wide range of OEM applications. We work with our OEM customers to provide cost-effective component products tailored to meet their specific requirements. We specialize in combining CMOS image sensing technology, with image capture and signal processing circuitry and software, to create efficient solutions. The final product may be a single Integrated Circuit (IC), an IC chipset, or an electronic module--our ability to work at the IC level gives us added flexibility in developing solutions that optimize functionality, performance, and cost.

Contact: Joan Rideout
Address: 3026 Solandt Road
Kanata, ON K2K 2A5 Canada
Phone: (613) 592-2592 x. 4397
Fax: (613) 592-6778
Website: www.symagery.com

Titan Pacific Resources Ltd.
and its divisions...

Titan Technologies
Nagy Burner Control
Sherrex Systems and
Alberta Industrial Technologies

...have joined together to form the new Titaion.ptn logix corp.

Remote telemetry, wireless, access control, and encryption;
to guided wave radar, ultrasonic, all the way up to free space radar.

Corporate Office:
4130 -93 Street
Edmonton, AB
T6E 5P5
P: 780-462-4085
Toll Free: 877-462-4085
F: 780-450-8369

VX Technologies Inc.

VX Technologies Inc. is at the forefront of the 3D digital imaging market. A privately held company, VX Technologies designs, manufactures and markets 3D optical imaging systems that offer precision accuracy at a fraction of the price of laser systems. VX Technologies StarCamú systems are a critical component of 3D optical imaging solutions across a range of industries. The StarCamú systems offer astonishing 3D image quality and measurement accuracy, rapid image capture and processing.

Contact: Lew Turnquist, Sales
Address: #2000, 777-8 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3R5 Canada
Phone: (403) 233-2236
Fax: (403) 269-9091
Website: www.vxtechnologies.co
 
 
 

International Systems Integrators
 

AccuSentry

Orientation/shape, color variations, and assembly verification. AccuSentry's camera and processor combination helps us at the leading edge of the market and creates a unique hardware solution for customers. Our state-of-the-art machine vision-specific camera technology and Sentry 9000 software, combined with our total commitment to customer satisfaction, will maintain our position of leadership.

Contact: Julie Zagozda, Director of Marketing
Address: 2260 Northwest Parkway
Suite H
Marietta, GA 30067 USA
Phone: (770) 850-1700
Fax: (770) 850-1705
Website: www.accusentry.com
 

ENSCO, Inc.

ENSCO, Inc. is a machine vision system integrator and a technology leader in the application of electronic imaging, pattern recognition and sensor-based techniques for inspection and process control. We specialize in developing custom, application-specific solutions in the diverse industries, including manufacturing, wood products, agriculture, transportation, food processing, electronics, and security and surveillance. ENSCO has serviced commercial and government customers for over 34 years. ENSCO has approximately 700 employees and sales revenues of $ 80 million.

Contact: April Ray
Address: 5400 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22151 USA
Phone: (703) 321-4466
Fax: (703) 321-4529
Website: www.ensco.com

Integral Technologies OEM Products Group

Integral Technologies is committed to developing high-performance, cross-market, digital video imaging hardware and software for OEMs and VARs, providing specialized solutions in key markets such as security, machine vision, scientific/medical imaging, electronic photography and more. Integral manufactures the flashpoint 3D line, FlashBus MV, FlashBus MX and Xpress-each with full software and technical support and Integral's critically acclaimed SDKs. Software is continually upgraded and improve with downloads and technical notes available online at www.integraltech.com.

Contact: Jack Wade, Director of Sales, OEM Products Group
Address: 9855 Crosspoint Blvd.
Suite 126
Indianapolis, IN 46256 USA
Phone: (317) 845-9242 x237
Fax: (317) 845-9275
Website: www.integraltech.com

NET USA, Incorporated

Founded in 1996, New Electronic Technology (NET) has drawn on years of collective experience in the video technology field to expand both its physical size and its reputation as one of the industry's most innovative companies. Our products cover the entire field of high-end CCD cameras that are used for industrial, scientific and medical applications, plus a complete assortment of lenses, cables, peripheral devices and equipment for illumination facilities. Through our exclusive European partnership with the Japanese manufacturer Tokyo Electronic Industry (TELI), we offer cameras with remote heads, cameras for image processing purposes and OEM board cameras. With more than 500 employees, TELI is the world's second largest manufacturer of video cameras for industrial purposes, a formidable industry presence that we are able to leverage to your advantage. The highly motivated NET team offers expert, friendly consultation in all fields of video technology. As a one-stop shop, we not only offer the best solutions possible, but we pride ourselves in personally seeing those solutions through from implementation to execution. Since our inception, we have worked closely with specialized companies to deliver custom solutions and complete service to their complex image processing needs. Let NET do the same for you!

Contact: Milo Obradovic, Account Manager
Address: 3037 45th Street
Unit 8
Highland, IN 46322 USA
Phone: (219) 934-9042
Fax: (219) 934-9047
Website: www.net-usa-inc.com

Titan Systems Corporation, Advanced Products & Design Division

Titan has a proven track record of providing high-resolution graphics and real-time image acquisition, processing and display products.Our flexible, reconfigurable FPGA-based architecture allows for the implementation of off-the-shelf and custom algorithms to meet specific system design and space requirements. Titanâs newest product, VigraWATCH, is a multi-function, single board COTS solution offering MPEG-2 video compression/decompression, graphics display and stereo audio.

Contact: Sales Department
Address: 10636 Scripps Summit Court
Suite 101
San Diego , CA 92131 USA
Phone: (800) 621-8474/(858) 527.6100
Fax: (858) 527.0150
Website: www.titansystemscorp.com/divisions/apd

Wintriss Engineering Corporation

Wintriss Engineering designs, develops, manufactures and markets computer vision components and systems to OEMs, system integrators and end users for use in motion analysis and machine vision. Our products include high-resolution CCD cameras, host interface boards, and other vision system components. Wintriss Engineering also provides vision engineering services. Specializing in CCD, DSP and FPGA technologies, our talented and growing staff of engineers has developed custom applications in sports imaging and measurement, image processing and machine vision. An expanding eight-year old California corporation, Wintriss was included in the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S.

Contact: Vic Wintriss, President
Address: 6344 Ferris Square
San Diego, CA 92121 USA
Phone: (858) 550-7300
Fax: (858) 550-0373
Website: www.weco.com

PerkinElmer Optoelectronics

PerkinElmer Optoelectronics designs and manufactures high performance line scan cameras (monochrome and color), line scan imagers, TDI imagers, and cooled CCD arrays and cameras for the BioTech, Industrial, and Military/Aerospace markets. With more than 30 years of experience in the machine vision market, PerkinElmer is the first choice for imaging solutions among leading companies.

Contact: Sales & Marketing
Address: 2175 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Phone: (408) 565-0870
Fax: (408) 565-0703
Website: www.egginc.com/optogrp