Company moves into SCHOTT North America – Lighting & Imaging’s facility as cooperation strengthens

July 1, 2009 (San Jose, CA / Southbridge, MA) – Today MORITEX Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) subsidiary MORITEX USA, Inc. (San Jose, CA) officially moved the location of their east coast office from Natick, MA to the SCHOTT Southbridge, MA facility that is home to SCHOTT North America – Lighting & Imaging. Since SCHOTT (Mainz, Germany) acquired a majority interest in MORITEX Corporation in the fall of 2008, the two leading optics companies have worked together closely to achieve their goals through cooperative strategies. Having already demonstrated successful cooperation in the areas of sales, purchasing and research and development, this move is another manifestation of cooperation that allows for the integration of people & ideas strengthening their ability for joint growth & synergy.

“MORITEX USA is excited about the office integration and the implications of such joint activities between MORITEX & SCHOTT”, said MORITEX USA President Tomohiro Mizuno. Together, MORITEX and SCHOTT can now more effectively address the needs of customers in their target markets.

New Contact Information
MORITEX USA, INC. (East)
c/o SCHOTT North America, Inc. - Lighting & Imaging
122 Charlton Street
Southbridge, MA 0155
Toll Free: (800-928-5834)
Office: (508) 315-3340
Fax: (508) 315-3392

About MORITEX and SCHOTT
Founded in 1973, MORITEX develops, manufactures and distributes optics, lighting and imaging solutions serving machine vision, digital imaging, and optical components & systems. As an established leader in machine vision systems with an impeccable track record of innovation, MORITEX is the only provider that can service all different levels from system design to integrated system solutions. MORITEX has production sites in Japan, Singapore and China with a distribution and sales network across Asia, Europe and the North America.

MORITEX USA, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MORITEX headquartered in San Jose, CA and has been present in the North American market since 1987.

The international technology group SCHOTT, based in Mainz, Germany, acquired a majority interest of 70.8% in MORITEX Corporation, Tokyo, in November, 2008 as a result of the tender offer bid that was submitted for MORITEX Corporation on September 25, 2008. SCHOTT is the largest international manufacturer of fiber optic light and image guides. SCHOTT has Lighting & Imaging manufacturing in Massachusetts with a regional corporate headquarters in New York.