Alliance to Leverage Companies’ Complimentary Technology & Services to Promote Growth of Non-Contact Flexible Measurement and Inspection Market
Orion, Michigan — October 23, 2006, – Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (AMT), a leading supplier of factory automation design, engineering and process consulting services today announced its strategic alliance with Perceptron, Inc. to leverage the companies’ complimentary technology and services to promote growth of the non-contact robotic measurement and inspection market. AMT’s robot programming, custom software design and engineering simulation services will be coupled with Perceptron’s non-contact measurement technology to help customers improve quality, shorten product launch times and reduce overall manufacturing costs.
“Perceptron is the premier supplier of non-contact metrology solutions,” said Joseph Campbell, chief operating officer of Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. “Our customers have indicated that this is a critical manufacturing technology and that our combined expertise will prove invaluable to improving their manufacturing processes.”
“With the growth of the robotic measurement market we want to utilize AMT’s expertise in programming and simulation to help our customers to deploy Perceptron-based solutions faster,” said Mark Hoefing, vice president of marketing and sales for Perceptron, Inc.
The alliance establishes AMT as one of Perceptron’s preferred suppliers of engineering services and establishes Perceptron as AMT’s preferred supplier of non-contact flexible metrology systems.
Perceptron produces information-based process improvement solutions for industry as well as technology components for non-contact measurement and inspection applications. Automotive and manufacturing companies throughout the world rely on Perceptron’s process management solutions to help them improve quality, shorten product launch times and reduce overall manufacturing costs. Headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, Perceptron has approximately 242 employees worldwide, with operations in the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.perceptron.com.
Founded in 1989, Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (AMT), is a leading supplier of complete consulting and engineering services, offering single-source engineering solutions to the automation and manufacturing industries. The company’s service offerings range from design and simulation to programming, installation and support of industrial automation solutions. The company’s technical and industry expertise in automation for the automotive, aerospace, medical, heavy equipment and consumer products industries offers its customers the highest quality professional service available in the industrial arena. For more information contact Applied Manufacturing Technologies at 248-409-2000, or online at www.appliedmfg.com.