Novanta Inc. (NOVT)

Precision photonics, motion and surgical components. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 23, 2026. Ranked 184 of the 238 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states approximately 3,000 employees at December 31, 2025, 36% in the United States, with four segments and no count by segment, so the motion control and medical components are read at instruments, the surgical devices at medical equipment and the lasers at electronic components by description.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 33% now, 44% at the end of 2027, 48% at the end of 2028, 49% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 49% desk work, 16% people work and 35% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 50% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 44% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

3,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 36% of employees in the United States, 55% in Europe and 9% in Asia (stated).

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 3,000 people, of which approximately 36% were in the United States, 55% in Europe, and 9% in Asia.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 3,000 employees at December 31, 2025, 36% in the United States, 55% in Europe and 9% in Asia; engineering teams of approximately 600 employees (a skill count, not a pattern); employee satisfaction at 97% of the survey benchmark in February 2025; seven all-employee surveys since 2018.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)33% now, 46% by 2028
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR, 71,000 employees)36% now, 51% by 2028
• Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)34% now, 48% by 2028
• GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)37% now, 53% by 2028
• L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX, 45,000 employees)35% now, 51% by 2028
• Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK, 26,000 employees)42% now, 61% by 2028
• Garmin Ltd. (GRMN, 23,000 employees)36% now, 53% by 2028
• AMETEK, Inc. (AME, 22,500 employees)32% now, 45% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: the rapid advancement of AI and machine learning may accelerate innovation in its industry and require heavier investment in AI-enabled capabilities, attackers use AI to automate attacks, and it may need capital for AI systems and other digital platforms.

• “Additionally, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies may accelerate the pace of innovation in our industry, potentially shortening product lifecycles, enabling competitors to achieve faster time-to-market, and requiring us to invest more heavily in AI-enabled capabilities to remain competitive.”
• “We expect the frequency and magnitude of cyberattacks to continue to accelerate as attackers are becoming increasingly more sophisticated, for example, by using artificial intelligence to automate and enhance attacks, and by using techniques designed to circumvent controls, avoid detection, and obfuscate forensic evidence, such that we may be unable to timely or effectively detect, identify, in...”
• “We may require additional capital to adequately respond to future business challenges or opportunities, including, but not limited to, the need to develop new products or enhance our existing products, the need to invest in cloud-based ERP systems, artificial intelligence systems, and other digital technology platforms to help accelerate the growth of our businesses, the need to build inventory...”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 20253median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The filing counts nothing by segment, so the split among instruments, surgical devices and laser components is by description from the segment descriptions and revenue (c).
• The approximately 600 engineering employees are a skill count recorded in the notes, not a pattern.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-064230, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.