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MEDAR, INC. COMPLETES SALE OF WELDING DIVISION

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Farmington Hills, MI (July 1, 1999) - Medar, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS-MDXR) announced today that as of June 30, 1999 it has completed the sale of its Welding Division to Weltronic/Technitron, Inc. ("WTC") of Carol Stream, IL. WTC intends to continue to operate the Division at its present location in Farmington Hills, MI.

With the closing of the transaction, the Machine Vision Division of Medar, Inc., will continue business under the name of Integral Vision, Inc. The Company expects its ticker symbol to change from "MDXR" to "INVI" on July 2, 1999.

Integral Vision, Inc., will initially have 70 employees in the United States, 20 in England and 2 in Japan. The Company's products are marketed by a combination of employees and representatives in North America, Europe and Asia. Principal products include VisionBlox software for machine vision using PC's, applications of machine vision products using VisionBlox as a base, and inspection products for the CD/CD-R/DVD industry.

Medar, Inc., an ISO 9001 registered firm, offers two unique areas of expertise to the industrial manufacturer: Machine vision-based inspection systems and resistance welding controls. Integral Vision, a Medar division, is a leading supplier of machine vision systems used to monitor or control the manufacturing process. Vision systems are used to supplement human inspection or provide quality assurance when production rates exceed human capability. Medar's resistance welding controls assure weld quality and provide information concerning the welding process.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such factors and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the impact of the level of the Company's indebtedness; restrictive covenants contained in the Company's various debt agreements; general economic conditions and conditions in the specific industries in which the company has significant customers; price fluctuations in the materials purchased by the Company for assembly into final products; competitive conditions in the Company's markets and the effect of competitive products and pricing; and technological development by the Company, its customers and its competition. As a result, the Company's results may fluctuate. Additional information concerning risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent the Company's best estimates as of the date of this press release. The Company assumes no obligation to update such estimates except as required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Integral Vision Inc.
38700 Grand River Avenue
Farmington Hills, MI 48335 USA
+1 248.471.2660
+1 248.615.2971 fax

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