Located on the Space Coast in Melbourne, Florida, which is the birthplace of space exploration and a hub for the military industry as well as STEM education, Contec Americas( Contec) is a strategic partner for customers. Providing complete lifecycle solutions, its work extends from custom design through product support across various sectors, including industrial automation, IoT, AI edge computing, medical and life sciences, robotics, security, energy, and aerospace. Primarily, Contec manufactures industrial and embedded computers, single-board computers, data acquisition systems, industrial servers, and display solutions. Alex Blochtein, Chief Executive Officer, shares more about the company’ s areas of expertise and core products.“ Contec is part of the Daifuku Group, the largest material handling company in the world, and originally served as its electronic arm, supporting the group’ s material handling and warehouse automation operations. Founded 50 years ago in Osaka, Japan, we have become a pioneer in industrial computing. Since then, we have evolved into a global operation that serves over 60 countries with hubs across the world. Today, we provide critical data acquisition solutions and components for the electronics industry and OEMs. With 30 percent of our workforce dedicated to research and development, significantly above the industry, we have continuously innovated throughout the last five decades, adapting from factory automation to the latest advancements in AI and edge computing. In essence, we are pioneers of the technologies that are transforming the world,” he begins.