MVTec Software, Munich, Germany, has appointed JMAK Automation as its distributor in the US and Canada. Besides the distribution of Halcon and ActivVisionTools, JMAK Automation also provides high-level technical support for these software products.
JMAK was founded in 2005 to provide consulting and design services to the manufacturing industry with core expertise in motion control and CAD. In 2011, JMAK added extensive support for machine vision and imaging.
'JMAK chose to partner with MVTec to provide our customers with leading machine vision technology,' said Marty Karnacewicz, JMAK's co-founder and vice president of sales. 'JMAK has vast experience in the semiconductor and electronics industries. Halcon's library of core vision tools allows high tech OEMs and system integrators to build robust machine vision solutions.'
Halcon's flexible architecture facilitates rapid development of machine vision, medical imaging, and image analysis applications. The software provides outstanding performance and a comprehensive support of multicore platforms, MMX and SSE2, as well as GPU acceleration.
'JMAK's expertise in machine vision and thorough understanding of OEM customers' needs make them an ideal partner for MVTec,' said Dr Heiko Eisele, president of MVTec. 'We look forward to working with JMAK to expand our market share in the semiconductor, electronics, and other important industries in North America.'
