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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Microscan introduces new Track, Trace and Control Solution

RENTON, WA, January 2010 — Microscan, a global technology leader for precision data acquisition

and control solutions, introduces its new Track, Trace and Control (TTC) Solution, developed in

partnership with Cogiscan. The flexible solution features new Microscan TTC middleware, which can

partner with any of our machine vision or auto ID hardware to address plant-wide information. The TTC

middleware is the first jointly released solution since the company’s strategic partnership agreement with

Cogiscan last year.

Microscan’s TTC middleware is specifically designed to provide work-in-progress (WIP) visibility through

any factory (tracking), validate the process flow (control) and provide the history of the process steps

accomplished on a product (traceability). With TTC middleware, efficient data collection is combined with

error proofing to demonstrate process compliance, while reducing material and assembly costs.

Developed by experts in the electronics industry for the electronics industry, this new solution ensures

that the right material is at the right place at the right time, along with the historical data to prove it. The

middleware provides complete, real time data visibility across the plant floor for any and all data collection

points. This can include data collected from machine vision inspections, RFID, barcode and 2D readers.

The Microscan TTC solution allows simple implementation, featuring Web-based controls and reporting,

separate from the main IT plant floor network. The solution includes middleware, choice of hardware and

complete visibility online for real time reporting. Connectivity to all commonly used MES and ERP

systems is easily accomplished. Additionally, it features visual warnings and alarms if a product is

scanned at the entry of the wrong operation or if the operation is out of sequence.

During a downturn, successful companies are those that focus on bottom line improvements, such as

traceability and process workflow improvements. Microscan’s TTC solution allows users to acquire more

profit out of current sales and production by reducing scrap, preventing quality errors, and increasing

throughput speed.

For more information on Microscan’s Track, Trace and Control Solutions, visit www.microscan.com.

GLOBAL HEADQUARTER OFFICES

Corporate & Americas Asia-Pacific Europe–Middle East–Africa

Renton, WA USA TechLink, Singapore The Netherlands

Tel: 425.226.5700 Tel: 65.6846.1214 Tel: 31.172.4233.60

info@microscan.com asia@microscan.com info@microscan.nl

GLOBAL HEADQUARTER OFFICES

Corporate & Americas Asia-Pacific Europe–Middle East–Africa

Renton, WA USA TechLink, Singapore The Netherlands

Tel: 425.226.5700 Tel: 65.6846.1214 Tel: 31.172.4233.60

info@microscan.com asia@microscan.com info@microscan.nl

About Microscan

Microscan is a global leader in technology for precision data acquisition and control solutions serving a

wide range of automation and OEM applications. Founded in 1982, Microscan has a strong history of

technology innovation that includes the invention of the first laser diode barcode scanner and the 2D

symbology, Data Matrix. Today, Microscan remains a technology leader in automatic identification and

machine vision with extensive solutions for ID tracking, traceability and inspection ranging from basic

barcode reading up to complex machine vision inspection, gauging, and measurement.

As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company recognized for quality leadership in the U.S., Microscan is known

and trusted by customers worldwide as a provider of quality, high precision products. Microscan is a

Spectris company. For more information, visit www.microscan.com.

About Cogiscan Inc.

Cogiscan is the leader in Material Control for the electronics manufacturing industry. The company offers

real time tracking, traceability, and control of all materials (feeders, components, PCBs, solder paste)

throughout SMT and other assembly processes. Cogiscan provides cost-effective and scalable solutions

that ensure the right material is at the right place at the right time.

Contacts

Microscan

Corporate Headquarters, U.S.

Laura Hoffman, Director of Marketing

425-203-4971; lhoffman@microscan.com

Cogiscan Inc.

François Monette

fmonette@cogiscan.com

Tel: +1 450-534-2644

Fax: +1 450-534-0092

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