Combined expertise in the field of optical 3D gauging technology ensures market advantage

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1 Expertise in optical 3D gauging technology expanded Combined expertise in the field of optical 3D gauging technology ensures market advantage Darmstadt, September 13, ISRA VISION AG, a world leader in the field of 3D machine vision, has enhanced its expertise in this technology sector by integrating 3D-Shape GmbH, a specialist from Erlangen, Germany. The company, consisting of a team of experts in optical 3D gauging technology, is an ideal match for expanding and enhancing the range of services ISRA can offer its customers, paving the way for considerable sales growth. For ISRA, this acquisition is another step towards the objective to continue to strengthen and expand its top position around the world in all relevant markets. "ISRA and 3D-Shape are the perfect match", explains Enis Ersü, CEO of ISRA VISION. "The technology basis and expertise complement each other ideally. This kind of business expansion opens doors to entirely new markets that will play a major role in ISRA's future business development plans", he adds. Professor Häusler, the founder of 3D-Shape from Erlangen, says in this regard: "We are happy to have found a partner with a global reach and a high degree of technical expertise. At the same time, 3D-Shape will be given access to a worldwide sales network - an advantage of immense value for the ability to expand our product distribution capabilities." Page 1

2 ISRA is pleased that with 3D-Shape it managed to gain a strong partner in the field of optical gauging technology. "By being able to combine our skills and merge the expertise of both companies in the field of 3D machine vision and optical 3D gauging technology, we will be able to significantly expand our share of the market in this industry sector", Enis Ersü emphasizes. The technical expertise that 3D-Shape brings to the table is an excellent basis to build upon in the development of new products, to allow existing segments to grow and to venture out into new markets. 3D-Shape specializes in optical 3D precision gauging technology for contactless shape recognition and for capturing objects and surfaces. The company was founded as a spin-off of the Friedrich-Alexander- University Erlangen-Nuremberg under the leadership of Professor Häusler. He and his team of experts, all with doctorates in their field, have been focusing particularly on deflectometry and white-light interferometry 3D gauging methods since The systems developed based on these methods are capable of recording the measuring object's topology into the nanometer range. Applications for the products are found in the field of industrial quality control and precision measurements. The reference list of 3D-Shape includes important companies, especially from the glass, semi-conductor and electronics, medical technology, orthopedics and automotive industries. The company's devices and gauging methods ideally supplement the new ISRA 3D product line. ISRA's many years of experience in the machine vision market and its close customer relationships to numerous industries, including the automotive, printing, glass, metal, Page 2

3 paper, plastic film and solar industries, open up new growth potentials for the 3D gauging technology from Erlangen. To utilize the opportunity to the fullest, from now on 3D-Shape will have full access to ISRA Group's global sales and distribution network. Customers of both companies will benefit from the local presence around the world, providing extensive customer service and effective support. The added product and technology expertise will provide customers of ISRA and 3D- Shape an expanded range of services. By completing this acquisition, ISRA is underlining its aspiration to be the world's top technology leader in the field of industrial image processing, especially in the 3D machine vision sector. ISRA VISION ( is the one of the world's leading supplier of intelligent machine vision systems. ISRA technology provides digital image processing capabilities used in control systems of automated production processes. The technology solutions primarily offered include robot guidance for the most demanding tasks (robot vision), surface inspection of complex surfaces such as coated and webbed products (surface vision) as well as for quality inspection tasks in assembly processes (quality vision). ISRA Group has 25 locations around the world, employs a staff of close to 500 and is listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Page 3

$surfaces such as precise inspection of the refractive power of progressive lenses to the one$ hundredth of a diopter during a process cycle. Reliable. Highly precise. Efficient.

hundredth of a diopter during a process cycle. Reliable. Highly precise. Efficient.

4 Images Process optimized and efficient solutions: 3D gauging of reflective/transparent freeform surfaces such as precise inspection of the refractive power of progressive lenses to the one hundredth of a diopter during a process cycle. Reliable. Highly precise. Efficient. Compact, optical 3D sensor SpecGAGE 3D for highly accurate 3D gauging of reflective freeform surfaces within seconds. Page 4

5 Highly precise and process optimized: Rugged optical 3D sensor based on white-light interferometry technology, making flatness inspection in the production line possible in seconds with accurate readings to the nanometer range. Applications: e.g. turning valves. Highly precise and fast: 100% quality inspection of soldering points on ball grid arrays in an inline operation. Hundreds of soldering contacts on ball grid arrays are inspected for coplanarity and presence within less than a second. Page 5

6 Highly precise and fast: Quality inspection of ball grid arrays (BGA). The image shows individual soldering points with a height of approximately 20 µm. The coplanarity of the soldering points is determined in cycles of just a few seconds with measurement inaccuracies of below 1 µm. Page 6

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