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Moritex Corporation

Japanese optical components and machine vision solutions provider founded in 1973, now part of Cognex.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

MORITEX Corporation is a Japanese company that produces and sells optical components and related products, positioning itself as a leading optical components and solutions provider in the machine vision industry. Founded in 1973, it serves applications across industries such as semiconductor, mini/Micro LED, Li-battery, FPD and LiDAR. Its product lines include telecentric lenses, bi-telecentric lenses and illumination, macro/CCTV lenses, line scan/large format lenses, light sources and light guides, LED illumination, and cosmetic instruments such as skin scopes. The company joined CITIC in 2015 and joined Cognex in 2023, the year of its 50th anniversary.

History

MORITEX was founded in 1973. In 2015 the company joined CITIC and set up an office in Europe. In 2023, the 50th anniversary of MORITEX Corporation, the company joined Cognex. Over its history the company launched numerous optical products, including the MSS mobile skin scope (2013), the Illumination CompaVis series and Anti-vibration Macro lens ML-MCHR series (2014), Bi-telecentric lens and illumination series (2015), Large format telecentric lens MML-SR series and 3D projector (2016), CCTV lens SR, UR, HR & T series (2018), Amplified line scan lens ML-FF series (2019), and a high magnification 5X telecentric lens and low distortion anti-vibration Macro lens BR-G series (2022).

Products and positioning

Leading optical components and solutions provider in the machine vision industry.

  • Microscopic Telecentric Lens

  • Bi-telecentric Lens/Illumination

  • Macro/CCTV lens

  • Line Scan/Large Format Lens

  • Light Sources & Light Guides

  • LED Illumination

  • Cosmetic Instruments (Skin Scopes)

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