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ADVANCED MACHINE VISION CORPORATION
Ticker Symbol: AMVC (NASDAQ)
Address: 2067 Commerce Drive
Medford, OR 97504
Telephone: (541) 776-7700
Chairman, President & CEO William J. Young
Chief Financial Officer: Alan R. Steel
Public Relations: Silverman Heller Associates
Telephone: (310) 208-2550
Advanced Machine Vision Corporation is a worldwide leader in the design,
manufacture and sale of vision systems used to control manufacturing
processes through high-speed product inspection, and to identify and
remove
defects, resulting in production and quality yield rates superior to
other
process and control methods.
EXECUTIVE BRIEF
* DEBT REDUCTION - IMPROVED BALANCE SHEET
During the first nine months of 1997, the Company has purchased, retired
or
eliminated a total of 653,000 shares, $9.2 million of debt and 5 million
additional potentially issuable shares. During the same period, cash on
hand has increased by $3.6 million.
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* EARNINGS
Record nine month results. Earnings reflect a gain on the sale of
Pulsarr. Growing profit margins in excess of 50% are most noteworthy.
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Record second quarter results.
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Record first quarter results.
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* INSTITUTIONAL ATTENTION
The Company was one of twenty featured at the November 20th Red Chip
Review
Investor Conference
on November 20, 1997. The Red Chip Review provides analysis of publicly
traded small capitalization companies. Current readership, including
institutional audiences, is more than 5000.
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To read the Red Chip Review Profile on AMVC:
redchip.com
* INSIDER OWNERSHIP
William J. Young 1,566,300 (2) (4) (5)
11.2%
Allen & Company Incorporated 731,587 (3)
6.4%
Dr. James Ewan 872,000 (2) (5)
6.4%
Alan R. Steel 726,000 (2) (5)
5.3%
Rodger A. Van Voorhis 608,333 (6)
4.4%
Nagaraj P. Murthy, DDS 400,727 (5)
3.0%
Asif S. Ahmad 367,394 (5)
2.7%
Jack Nelson, Esq. 75,000 (5)
*
Vikram Dutt 25,000 (5)
*
Robert M. Loeffler 25,000 (5)
*
Haig S. Bagerdjian 25,000 (5)
*
All executive officers and directors 4,690,754
30.4%
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* SECTOR HEAT
The market for machine-vision inspection systems is growing rapidly,
fueled
by advances in computer and optical technologies that make automated,
optical inspection a much more feasible technology. According to
Automated
Imaging Association of Ann Arbor, Mich., the worldwide machine-vision
market will exceed $2.8 billion by the year 2000.
automated-imaging.org
Oct. 7, 1997 Hewlett Pakard entered the machine-vision market by buying
Vital Technology.
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OTHER INFORMATION
* SHORT POSITION:
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* Yahoo Message Board (takeover rumors):
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* LINKS
SRC Vision, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of AMVC
packaging-technology.com
SRC's new ACS 2000 Advanced Concept sorting capabilities
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Ventek - Vision Technology for the lumber industry. A subsidiary of AMVC
ventek-inc.com
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* AMVC'S CUSTOMERS
Major customers include Georgia-Pacific, International Paper, Columbia
Forest Products, J.R. Simplot, Del Monte Foods, PepsiCo, Inc.
(Frito-Lay,
Inc.), and Hershey Chocolate USA.
* SI THREAD
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* AMVC WARRANTS
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