Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) and GTS Pte., Ltd.,
announced today the release of the company’s 3D Vision-Assisted
Smart Flexible Cementing Solution, a leading industrial automation
production using 3D sensing technology. The 3D Vision-Assisted
Smart Flexible Cementing Solution is also the first automation
production line to be utilized in the shoe industry. The solution
is designed to help shoe manufacturers reduce costs through
improved production efficiency while at the same time increasing
the quality of the glue and reducing waste. Himax’s proprietary
algorithms can quickly generate the cementing trajectories for
various shoe types and the solution is being evaluated by an
international footwear manufacturer. We look forward to working
with more shoe manufacturers in the future using our latest
technology. The 3D Vision-Assisted Smart Flexible Cementing
Solution will be showcased at the 2019 International Industrial
Automation Exhibition, August 21 - 24 in Taipei.
Himax Technologies, Inc. is a leading supplier and
fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor
products, and GTS is an innovative R&D company focusing on
materials development, product design, process development, smart
devices, manufacturing and business models developing. GTS is
dedicated and committed to the green, environmentally-friendly and
sustainable concept of the shoe industry supply chain. Evervan
Group, the parent company of GTS, produces NIKE sports shoes,
ADIDAS and upper, sole and materials of shoes. GTS develops the
latest shoe-making technology and cooperates with international
brands, such as VF Group, Puma, Miix Footwear and REZA. It also
works with a wide range of partners in the mainland, such as
Toread, Aokang, Xiaomi Youpin (Boutique shopping platform) and
well-known automation equipment factory, Atom Lab and research
institute, Hoc Lab in Europe.
"The partnership with a leading shoe maker allows
us extend the structural light 3D sensing solution from facial
recognition to factory automation, opening up new growth
opportunities for Industry 4.0, creating a win-win situation for
factory, foundry and traditional footwear manufacturers," said
Jordan Wu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Himax
Technologies. The solution is built on multi-view 3D reconstruction
algorithm running on an end device developed by Himax that can
cater on the customized intelligent flexible cementing system.
Himax looks forward to working with more globally renowned shoe
factories in the future.
" It is a great honor to collaborate with Himax and
to see the most advanced 3D vision technology solve the technical
difficulties of the technically irregular production of the
footwear. The solution helps to not only reduce excessive amount of
glue, but also optimize the time required in the oven, providing
the best solution for environmental and sustainability trends in
the coming years," said by Yih-Ping Luh, Chief Executive Officer of
GTS.
In the process of shoemaking, the complete fit of
shoe sole is of importance. At present, shoe factories usually use
manual gluing and the fitting processes where the glue is often
over-applied, causing the waste of materials, especially for
advanced adhesive gluing which is costly. The need to find ways to
accurately glue shoes has become an important issue for shoe
manufacturers. Our 3D Vision-Assisted Smart Flexible Cementing
Solution is the best solution to the long-term adhesive problem for
international shoe factories.
The key features of 3D Vision-Assisted Smart
Flexible Cementing Solution include:
- Visual Geometry Interpretation: With Himax’s device and 3D
structured light technology, the infrared beam is used to emit the
laser for object recognition, which can automatically generate the
3D geometry of the sole and quickly interpret the image.
- Smart trajectory generation and path planning for robot arm:
Himax’s exclusive algorithm can automatically generates the optimal
cementing trajectories without manual operation and can conform to
different shoe types in the shoe industry.
- Reducing carbon emissions but with precise cementing: Can
accurately calculate the thickness and the amount of glue needed,
reducing the waste and inconsistency of manual glue. The uniformly
thickness also help maintain consistent product quality when
processing oven setting after cementing.
- Flexible manufacturing: As the current trend of the shoe
industry is small but diverse, with 3D vision-assisted smart
flexible cementing solution, it identifies each shoe type
individually, forming a customized flow of production.
- Can process simplify but speed up calibration procedure.
About Himax Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a
fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display
imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader
in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops,
monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation,
virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics
devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for
touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration
(TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs,
scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video
processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for
augmented reality (AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for
automotive. The Company also offers digital camera solutions,
including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics for AR devices,
3D sensing and machine vision, which are used in a wide variety of
applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera,
automobile, security, medical devices, home appliance and Internet
of Things. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan,
Himax currently employs around 2,100 people from three Taiwan-based
offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China,
Korea, Japan, Israel, and the US. Himax has 2,931 patents granted
and 561 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30th, 2019.
Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging
processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics
brands worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
About GTS Pte., Ltd.
GTS Pte., Ltd. provides services for the innovation
and R&D for GTS Group and international shoe brands, mainly in
the material research and development, product design, process
development, intelligent equipment, manufacturing and business
models. At present, the company is committed to the green,
environmentally-friendly and sustainable concept of the shoe
industry supply chain. Evervan Group, the parent company of GTS,
produces NIKE sports shoes, ADIDAS and upper, sole and materials of
shoes. GTS develops the latest shoe-making technology and
cooperates with international brands, such as VF Group, Puma, Miix
Footwear and REZA. It also works with a wide range of partners in
the mainland, such as Toread, Aokang, Xiaomi Youpin (Boutique
shopping platform) and well-known automation equipment factory,
Atom Lab and research institute, Hoc Lab in Europe.
http://www.gts-plus.com
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or results
to differ materially include, but not limited to, general business
and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor
industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and
non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use
applications products; reliance on a small group of principal
customers; the uncertainty of continued success in technological
innovations; our ability to develop and protect our intellectual
property; pricing pressures including declines in average selling
prices; changes in customer order patterns; changes in estimated
full-year effective tax rate; shortages in supply of key
components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; exchange
rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in
our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and
manage inventory and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company Contacts:
Jackie Chang, CFOHimax
Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300 OrUS Tel:
+1-949-585-9838 Ext.252Fax: +886-2-2314-0877Email:
jackie_chang@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Sky Wang, Investor RelationsHimax
Technologies, Inc.US Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.223Fax:
+1-312-445-3643Email:
sky_wang@himax.com.tw www.himax.com.tw
Investor Relations - US
RepresentativeMaili Bergman, Managing
DirectorMZ North AmericaTel: 949-298-4320Email:
HIMX@mzgroup.uswww.mzgroup.us
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