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Natick machine-vision company Cognex agreed to purchase Japan-based Moritex Corp., a global manufacturer of optical components.

Retail real estate giant Kimco Realty Corp. of Jericho, New York, which owns Waverly Plaza in Framingham and Mill Street Plaza in Worcester, plans to acquire Northborough Crossing owner RPT Realty of New York City.

Natick machine-vision firm Cognex partnered up with OSARO, a California robotics company specializing in AI-driven fulfillment robots, to improve the robots’ efficiency in reading barcodes.

Natick-based Allurion Technologies will add a generative AI technology to its clinical offerings in the form of an artificial intelligence-powered health coach.

Farmington Manor Apartments in Marlborough was sold to a limited liability corporation registered to Bechara Fren.

Web Industries, a Marlborough-based manufacturer serving a variety of industries including medical, aerospace, and personal & home care, will lay off 68 people at its Holliston facility, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act report submitted to the state.

Acton medical device firm Insulet Corp. has launched its flagship product, the Omnipod tubeless insulin device, in Germany a year after it received Food and Drug Administration approval for the device in the U.S. 

An affiliate of Natick developer Franchi Management Co. of Natick sold two industrial properties in Franklin to global investment firm Investcorp for $37.5 million.

Vincent Strully Jr., founder of The New England Center for Children and CEO of the autism education organization for 48 years, has retired from the position and will step into an advisor role.

Music education franchise School of Rock aims to open a new location at shopping center Northborough Crossing in late 2023 or early 2024.