JAI Inks New Distribution Agreement with 1stVision
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, January 25, 2007 - JAI Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-performance industrial cameras, today announced that it had signed a new agreement with 1stVision, Inc. of Andover, Massachusetts, to act as a channel distributor for JAI's full line of industrial camera products throughout the United States and Eastern Canada.
1stVision specializes exclusively in the automated imaging market where JAI's cameras are used. The recently signed agreement continues the relationship between JAI and 1stVision which began over seven years ago, and calls for 1stVision to sell and support JAI products to OEM customers, as well as various JAI Channel Partners, including VARs and System Integrators, that will be affiliated with 1stVision.
"As we continue to grow our business here in North America, we are looking to maintain and evolve the key partnerships that can help us to achieve our goals," said Steve Borochoff, vice president of sales and marketing for JAI. "This agreement will enable 1stVision to continue to play a major role in our ongoing success."
According to Scott Israel, president of 1stVision, "JAI's outstanding camera products are an important part of our portfolio of industry-leading vision components. Our customers look to us to provide them with the best technology and the best value. With the JAI product line, we have a wide range of choices to fit almost any automated imaging application."
About 1stVision, Inc.
1stVision is a distributor of advanced technology products serving exclusively the automated imaging market. The company carries a wide range of products for creating complete automated imaging applications, including cameras, framegrabbers, lighting, optics, cabling, software, and computer systems. 1stVision's knowledgeable staff provides a combination of products, expert advice, and integration services that is unsurpassed in the vision industry.
About the JAI Group
JAI is a manufacturer of high quality, industrial-grade cameras for the machine vision, transportation, military, aerospace, homeland security, medical and scientific markets. JAI provides the broadest camera offering of any industrial matrix camera manufacturer in the world. JAI's product line features both CCD and CMOS technologies, spatial resolutions from VGA to multi-mega pixel, progressive scan and interlaced format, and sensitivity to light levels as low as .00001 lux. Camera offerings include both monochrome and color, capture rates from real-time to over 1,000 fps, and a wide variety of physical interfaces including Camera Link(TM) and the new GigE Vision Gigabit Ethernet standard.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, JAI has subsidiaries in Japan, the US, and the UK. The JAI Group has annual sales of more than $70 million (USD) and employs 250 people worldwide.
JAI has two primary businesses: Camera Solutions and Traffic Solutions. Camera Solutions is a component supplier that designs, manufactures and markets CCD and CMOS camera solutions primarily for the ITS, medical and industrial machine vision markets. JAI cameras help improve customer businesses in a variety of ways, whether by improving quality and accuracy, lowering costs, increasing yields, or simply enabling better service. The Traffic Solutions business unit is one of the world's leading manufacturers of specialized traffic systems. Solutions are based on JAI-developed hardware and software, which is often integrated with third-party products.
Contact:
Rich Dickerson,
JAI, Inc.
408-383-4394,
rdi@jai.com
