Matrox Imaging celebrates 30 years of innovation

July 11, 2006, Montreal, Canada - Matrox founders and their employees recently marked the 30th anniversary of the company with a festive celebration in Dorval, Quebec, the company's world headquarters. In 1976 co-founders Branko Matic and Lorne Trottier combined their names to create a global brand name with a reputation for creating reliable and cost-effective solutions for imaging, graphics and video applications.

"Today's high-technology sector is extremely competitive, and we have seen new firms enter the marketplace only to disappear," says François Bertrand, VP of Sales and Marketing. "Matrox has thrived in healthy economic times and survived recessions because of our long-term customer relationships and the dedication of employees; their forward-thinking approach looks beyond the trends to design innovative products that surpass the competition in quality, performance and value."

Matrox Imaging has steadily evolved into an over $70 million USD division of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. "It is fitting to make this announcement at Semicon West, " notes Bertrand, "because much of our success is tied to the semiconductor manufacturing industry." The company will continue to provide machine vision, image analysis, medical imaging, and security customers with revolutionary hardware and software products that enable them to develop low-cost imaging applications." Indeed, in the 2005/2006 fiscal year, Matrox Imaging shipped some 60 000 hardware units.

Matrox Imaging has continued to keep on top of market trends, providing such innovative products as the Iris P700 Wafer Reader as well as frame grabbers and software products for digital interface standards like Camera Link™, PCI Express®, and now GigE Vision™.

About Matrox Imaging

Established in 1976, Matrox Imaging is a leading designer of PC-based hardware and software for machine vision, image analysis, medical imaging, and video surveillance. Products include frame grabbers, vision processors, imaging platforms, smart cameras, and development software. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Matrox is a privately held company with offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Hong Kong. For more company information, visit: www.matrox.com/imaging/en/about/.

For more information, please contact:

Sarah Sookman
Media Relations Specialist
Matrox Imaging
1055 St. Regis Blvd.
Dorval, Quebec, H9P 2T4
Canada
Telephone: (514) 685-2630 ext. 2753
Fax: (514) 822-6273
imagingmr@matrox.com