INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY

Company History

Falcon Instruments S.r.l. was funded in 1995, after a management buyout operation of the Industrial Automation Division, conducted at the Officine Galileo of Firenze. Therefore, the Company know-how was rooted in Galileo where the founder and some engineers had built up a valuable experience in artificial vision, having installed more than 50 artificial vision systems in industrial companies. Falcon Instruments is today a company exclusively specialized in artificial vision applied to quality control. The wide experience built over the years, together with very high technical skill, allow the company to propose both perfectly industrialized systems for well known industrial applications and sytems tailored on customer specific requirements
The Company Today
The company shows today a great competitiveness due to its specific knowledge in the following fields:
- developments of software package exclusively based on proprietary algorithms;
- designing and manufacturing of dedicated lighting systems;
- designing and manufacturing of mechanical devices possibly required by customer to complete the artificial vision system (like devices to orient pieces on the processing line and to automatically manage rejects).
The FALCON philosophy is based on the following issues:
- to be consultant before than suppliers
- to prepare Feasibility Reports
- to arrange and lead tests on field
- to be a turn-key-projects supplier, if any
- to assure a long-term and reliable after sales service
- to be flexible and always kept up with changes in technology.

Markets
Artificial Vision Systems can be today widely applicable.
The historical manufacturing areas where FALCON INSTRUMENTS has been present for 10 years are:
- Production of electric cables
- Production of packaging materials
- Bottling
- Moulding of plastic materials
- Digital print
- Pharmaceutical production
- High precision mechanical production

FALCON INSTRUMENTS which is the ideal company to study quality control problems usually encountered in moderrn industrial processes, has an organization capable to issue Feasibility Reports, to arrange Tests at its Laboratories or at Customers Facilities, to prepare in short time complete Technical and Commercial Proposal.
In about 10 years of activity, FALCON INSTRUMENTS has installed 400 complete systems, strenghtening its presence in many industrial sectors.
Recently, the Company has been officially recognized by AMCOR, the US world leading manufacturer of PET preforms, for quality control operated by its system "preformer".