Siemens is to sell to Microscan the machine vision business concerning general-purpose and Nerlite lighting products; the sale takes effect on 19 September 2008. This sale includes the Simatic HawkEye 1600 intelligent cameras (smart cameras), the UID products, the Simatic Visionscape vision systems (including I-PAK), and the Nerlite lighting components. These products will remain available from Microscan after the sale.