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Not only for medical purposes: Computer tomography improves industrial production

Hanover (ots)

Hanover Fair Hall 17, Stand B76 3D inspection of
electronic components - more safety, lower recall rate, less reject
due to defects - Viscom anticipates a market potential worth
millions.
Established already in medicine, the computer tomography (CT)
swiftly conquers the realm of industrial production. Some of the
benefits for manufacturers and end-users: products like vehicles,
aircrafts and computers become ever more safe, which decreases costly
recalls and defective production rates. This technology, still in its
development stage, is being intesively researched and tested. "In
only a few years, computer tomography will become a core part of the
industrial production. A market worth millions is about to be born",
said Volker Pape, Executive Board Sales, shortly before Hanover Fair
2006.
Whether it be inspecting the brain or the spinal disk of a
patient, or some industrial product such as the sensor of an airbag -
the basic principle is the same: any object can be imaged from
various directions by means of X-ray radiation. Subsequently, a
high-performance computer calculates a 3D image based on the
radiogram. Thus, the represented object can be observed layer by
layer, providing valuable information for researchers, technicians
and testers.
A practical example: tire pressure sensors cast in synthetics are
inspected by means of CT random inspection for torn wires or other
damage within the molten synthetic material. The spatial coordinates
of these defects are identified in the same way as a medical CT
system locates a gallstone, for example. Based on the 3D images, an
operator can decide whether a sensor is defective or not.
Regarding the industrial application of CT, Viscom anticipates a
promising future market - especially as far as the further
development of automated computer tomography (ACT) is concerned. The
aim is to develop a computer system which automatically evaluates the
3D images instead of manual evaluation by a human. "In a few years,
it will be a common practice for the manufacturers to integrate ACT
systems into their production lines in order to sort defective goods
out of the production process", explained Martin Heuser, Executive
Board Technology. Viscom is a worldwide leader in developing ACT
systems and will be one of the first suppliers offering a market
solution. "ACT has the potential to be a prime example of German
engineering arts leading to worldwide success. Such innovative
technology preserves Germany's competitiveness on an international
level, and only such high-tech products will be worth producing in
Germany in the long term."
Initial Entry Planned for May
The Viscom AG plans its entry into the stock market for May.
Listing in the Prime Standard, the market segment with the highest
publicity and transparency regulations, shall follow. The planned
issuing volume amounts to from 40 to 60 million euros, of which 20
percent derive from previous holdings; the remainder will flow back
into the company as a capital increase and will chiefly be invested
in innovative and profitable developments such as ACT. As Lead
Manager and Sole Book Runner for the IPO, the Frankfurt Investment
Bank equinet Securities AG has been commissioned. This consortium is
additionally associated as Co-Lead Manager of NORD/LB North German
State Bank and as Selling Agent of the comdirect Bank AG.
Over Viscom:
Viscom is a globally leading supplier of automatic inspection
systems for the electronics industry, which can look back on more
than twenty years of successful company development characterized by
steady growth. Production is exclusively at the Hanover headquarters.
Sales and service support points are currently located in North
America and Asia. The company is the European market leader for
automatic inspection systems for electronic production. Worldwide,
Viscom is in the group of leading suppliers of inspection systems.
Viscom produces automatic optical and X-ray inspection systems, both
in serial production and as special models for individual customers.
Media Contact:
   equinet Communications AG
   Volker Siegert/Dr. Nicolette Strauss
   Tel.: +49 69 58997-305 oder -307
   Email:  volker.siegert@equinet-ag.de,  susanne.strauss@equinet-ag.de
This announcement presents neither an offer to sell nor an
invitation to release an offer to purchase or an underwriting of
securities. A public offering of securities of the Viscom AG outside
of Germany has not occurred and is not foreseen. A possible offering
in Germany would occur exclusively on the basis of a securities
prospectus, not yet publicized and deposited to the Federal Financial
Supervisory Authority. Such a securities prospectus would be held
ready for gratis issue until an as yet undetermined time by the
Viscom AG, the Admissions Office of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and
the Bank Consortium.
This publication and the information contained herein are not
intended for direct or indirect release in, for example, the United
States of America, Canada, Australia, or Japan. This publication
presents no offer to the sale of securities in the USA. Securites,
including shares in the Viscom AG, are permitted to be sold or
offered for purchase in the USA or on account for the benefit of
American persons (as defined in the current of Regulation S of the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)), only after
previous registration according to the regulations of the Securities
Act or on the basis of an exception to the registration obligation.
Neither the Viscom AG nor possible divesting shareholders intend to
carry out a registration of a possible offering or partial offering
of securities or a public offering of securities in the USA.
You may find Viscom at the Hanover Messe 2006 in Hall 17, at Stand
   B76.

Contact:

Martina Engelhardt
Leiterin Marketing/Marketing Manager
______________________________________________
Viscom AG - Carl-Buderus-Str. 9-15 - D-30455 Hannover
Phone: +49/511/94996-531 - Fax: +49/511/94996-900
email: me@viscom.de - <http://www.viscom.de/>

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