Electronics and e-commerce help Cognex grow 12% in 2020
Cognex's revenue was $811m for the year, a 12 per cent year-on-year increase thanks to higher revenue from consumer electronics and e-commerce
Cognex's revenue was $811m for the year, a 12 per cent year-on-year increase thanks to higher revenue from consumer electronics and e-commerce
Cognex posted revenue of $251m in Q3 thanks to large customer deployments in the consumer electronics sector, along with a strong performance in logistics
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Cognex expects the decline in revenue to continue into the first quarter of 2020, because of weakness in automotive and the estimated impact of the coronavirus outbreak
The result reflects lower sales to customers in consumer electronics, particularly smartphone manufacturing. Revenue from automotive and other industrial markets also continued to weaken
Cognex expects its revenue to continue to decline in the third quarter 2019, because of lower revenue predicted from consumer electronics and weakness in Europe and Asia
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