Strategic partnership leverages Keysight’s PathWave Analytics and Cogiscan Technology to streamline data collection and acquisition

BROMONT, CANADA, January 25, 2019 — Cogiscan Inc., the leading Track, Trace and Control (TTC) solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing industry, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, that leverages Keysight’s PathWave Analytics and Cogiscan technology to address gaps and challenges seen in data collection and acquisition throughout the entire electronics PCBA manufacturing process.

According to McKinsey & Company, Industry 4.0 is the next phase in the digitization of manufacturing driven by the rise in data volumes, computational power, and connectivity. Under the partnership, Keysight will integrate Cogiscan connectivity technology as part of the Keysight PathWave Analytics platform, a central element of the company’s Industry 4.0 strategy. First, on the data acquisition side, Keysight will leverage Cogiscan Co-NECT machine interfaces to collect data from various brands and models of surface mount technology (SMT) equipment. In addition, Cogiscan Track Trace and Control solutions will integrate seamlessly with PathWave Analytics for complete factory automation.

“Electronics manufacturers are struggling to deal with high volumes of data brought by Industry 4.0,” said Daniel Mak, Keysight Manufacturing Technology Senior R&D Director. “Keysight’s PathWave provides manufacturing teams with actionable advanced analytics combined with Cogiscan’s Track, Trace and Control solutions enables data collection and acquisition throughout the entire electronics PCBA manufacturing line, from assembly, automated inspection, in-circuit test to final test. By streamlining data collection and acquisition and gathering actionable information, electronics manufacturers will be able to accelerate time-to-market and cut down on waste.”

“Cogiscan is very excited about this new partnership,” said Mitch DeCaire, Global Director, Equipment Partnerships at Cogiscan. “Keysight is a highly respected technology leader and we are proud to become their strategic partner for their Industry 4.0 technology roadmap.”

About Cogiscan Inc.
Cogiscan is the leading track, trace and control (TTC) solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing industry.   The scalable Cogiscan platform perfectly integrates with all major equipment types, and is highly configurable to enable a personalized solution to each customer’s specific production needs.  Since 1999 Cogiscan has attained several international patents for TTC hardware and software, and has won multiple awards throughout the years. For more information, visit www.cogiscan.com.