Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets intelligent automation software and hardware products for manufacturers in the electronics, semiconductor, appliances, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, food processing and automotive components industries. The company provides a broad, flexible line of software intensive, computer-driven automation products for assembly, material handling and packaging applications. The Company has twice been named one of the ten fastest growing private companies in the U.S. by Inc. magazine, and has been featured in several publications including Fortune, Business Week, Industry Week, Managing Automation, and The New York Times. In 1995, Adept acquired SILMA Incorporated, a leading supplier of industrial simulation software products.