SEITA, the French state tobacco monopoly, is about to install a computer-based vision system developed by Cap Sesa SA’s subsidiary ITMI, – Cap Sesa is itself a subsidiary of Cap Gemini Sogeti SA – to inspect for impurities in tobacco leaves at its site in Havre, France: Detect cost some $200,000 to develop, a Cap Sesa spokeswoman said; the system is said to inspect about four tons of tobacco leaves per hour with a linear camera; SEITA has also asked Cap Sesa to work with it on developing a standard version of Detect and to market it jointly to other industries.
