BILLERICA, MA (April 28, 2004) – ipd (www.goipd.com), the intelligent products division of Coreco Imaging, Inc., has named Barr-Thorp Electric Company, Inc. (www.barr-thorp.com), as the Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska distributor of its complete line of easy-to-use machine vision solutions for manufacturing end users and system integrators.

"Barr-Thorp Electric has an outstanding reputation for backing their products,
services, and application support with a high level of technical expertise,"
said Steve Geraghty, Director of ipd. "The company’s extensive knowledge and experience designing and maintaining automation systems in many industries will help ensure the successful implementation of ipd’s machine vision solutions."

"We are pleased to represent ipd because their vision products can solve
multiple applications from one hardware platform and are very easy to
configure," said Bruce Droge, Senior Vice-President of Barr-Thorp. "ipd’s Vision Appliances are prepackaged solutions that offer straightforward setup and training for most applications, while the Sherlock software allows us to address even the most difficult applications for our customers."

Barr-Thorp Electric’s primary markets include industrial facilities, original
equipment manufacturers and system integrators.

ipd’s product line features:
• Vision Appliances™ - user-friendly solutions designed for specific
tasks—such as gauging, detecting labels, or product assembly and
verification—that end users can install and run within minutes;
• NetSight II™- a pre-integrated vision system that incorporate ipd’s
Sherlock software and all of the necessary hardware for industrial quality
assurance and inspection applications, saving end users time and money;
• Sherlock™ - a Windows® -based, "point-and-click" software environment
that simplifies the development and deployment of machine vision solutions.
Sherlock is offered in two versions to meet each users’ application needs and
price points: Sherlock Essential, an entry-level, low-cost package that includes the most commonly used machine vision features, and Sherlock Professional, the industry-proven, fully-featured version of the software.

About ipd
ipd’s mission is simple: to provide robust, intelligent and easy-to-use machine
vision solutions to improve quality throughout the manufacturing process.
Headquartered in Billerica, MA, ipd manufactures pre-packaged solutions that
combine proven technologies with practical interfaces for end users and systems integrators worldwide. ipd offers three product lines that simplify machine vision tasks: application-specific vision appliances, the proven Sherlock software environment and the NetSight II pre-integrated machine vision system. ipd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coreco Imaging (St. Laurent, Canada), a leader in the design and development of hardware and software for high-performance computer vision applications.

About Barr-Thorp Electric Company, Inc.
Barr-Thorp Electric Company, Inc., is a third generation, family-owned business established in 1923 as a motor sales and repair facility. Since its founding, the company has grown to become a premier, full-service electrical wholesale distributor with locations in Merriam, Kansas; Springfield, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska; and Wichita, Kansas.

ipd Media Contacts:

Christina Lewis Gagliano
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Email: christinagagliano@comcast.net

Maureen Clancy
Tel: (978) 670-2035
Email: mclancy@goipd.com