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Cognex Appoints Sami Atiya and Chris Donato to Board of Directors
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), ("Cognex"), the global technology leader in industrial machine vision, today announced the appointments of Dr. Sami Atiya and Mr. Chris Donato to Cognex's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective March 2, 2026.
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