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Longtime Cognex CEO retires, president takes over

Natick machine vision firm Cognex has named a new CEO and president, following the retirement of the $915-million public company’s longtime leader, Robert Willett.

TJX executive tops list of highest-paid Central Mass. CEOs for third consecutive year

Ernie Herrman, president and CEO of The TJX Cos. in Framingham, was the highest-paid CEO among Central Massachusetts public companies for fiscal 2023.

Cognex hires executive from North Andover sustainability firm to be next CFO

Cognex, a global machine vision manufacturer, has named Dennis Fehr as the new CFO and senior vice president of finance for the publicly traded company in Natick, effective Friday.

🔒Steady, but too SLOW: Less than 16% of top executives and zero CEOs at major Central Mass. publicly traded companies are women

The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.
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Cognex adds Italian manufacturing executive to board, as two other members retire

Machine vision manufacturer Cognex Corp. in Natick has appointed Angelos Papadimitriou to its board of directors as two board members plan to retire on May 3. 

Following Insulet resignation, no Central Mass. public companies are led by a female CEO

When Shacey Petrovic stepped down as CEO of Acton medical-device company Insulet in May for personal reasons, she left Central Massachusetts without a single public company headquartered here, traded on NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange, with a woman as CEO.

Cognex says momentum is slowing in Q1 results

After its busiest year ever, Natick-based manufacturer Cognex Corp. said its momentum might be starting to slow down.

Natick manufacturer surpasses $1B in annual revenue for 1st time

In 2021, Cognex Corp, a Natick machine vision systems and barcode reader manufacturer, earned $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time in the company’s history.
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Natick manufacturer sets new record for quarterly profits

Cognex, the Natick machine vision systems and bar code reader manufacturer, has reported record first quarter results, including a 241% increase compared to the previous year’s first quarter.

Founder and chairman of Cognex to step down

Natick machine vision systems and bar code reader manufacturer Cognex Corp. has announced that the company’s founder, Robert Shillman, will resign from the company’s board of directors and as an executive officer of Cognex. 
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