
Smart Vision Lights CEO Dave Spaulding to retire
The President and CEO of Smart Vision Lights, Dave Spaulding, will retire at the end of 2024. Steve VanderZwaag, currently Vice President of Engineering, will replace him.

The President and CEO of Smart Vision Lights, Dave Spaulding, will retire at the end of 2024. Steve VanderZwaag, currently Vice President of Engineering, will replace him.

The “Technology Hub”, which PI opened in Karlsruhe in mid-July, is intended to link the company more closely with science. This is why it is located near the KIT in Karlsruhe, among others.

Interview with Jeff Bier, Founder and CEO of Edge AI and Vision Alliance

Interview with Product Manager Magalie Haida from Automation Technology

SoC for End-to-End Acceleration for AI-Driven Embedded Systems

The jury of the inspect award 2024 has nominated ten products in each of the categories “Vision” and “Automation + Control”. Online voting is now open.

Edmund Optics' first Innovation Summit in Europe will take place on June 13 in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, on the topic of "Optical solutions for precision manufacturing".

Avnet Embedded has become a “Platinum Partner” of NXP Semiconductors, which the chip manufacturer awards as part of its “Global Partner Program”.

Vitronic opens a subsidiary in Mexico to better exploit market potential in the automotive, logistics and traffic monitoring sectors.

Viscom parted ways with its Swiss distribution partner Hilpert electronics and is now selling its inspection systems there independently again.

In 2023, turnover in the German and European machine vision industry fell by 7 percent, reports the VDMA. The association is forecasting a decline of 3 percent for 2024.

The 16th Optatec international trade fair for optical technologies, components and systems will bring together manufacturers and users of optotechnology, precision optics, photonics, image processing, new technologies, manufacturing processes and machines at a world-class industry event from the 14th through the 16th of May, 2024.

Edmund Optics' production facility in Shenzen, China, has received ISO 14064-1 certification. This forms the basis for monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gases with the aim of reducing them.

With the complete takeover of the distributor Phase 1, Stemmer Imaging will have its own location in the USA for the first time. Further steps are to follow.

Jumavis, which took over the machine vision division of Polytec two years ago, is presenting its portfolio at Control for the first time this year. This includes a camera microscope and a 3D camera.

Vision Markets founds a subsidiary, Vision Markets Marketing Consulting GmbH, to expand its marketing activities. Jean-Philippe Roman takes over the management.

In the 2023 financial year, TKH increased its turnover by 3.2 percent to 1.85 billion euros. Despite challenges, the company is optimistic about 2024 and is forecasting growth in all divisions.

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According to a study by market research company Interact Analysis, the market for industrial machine vision will grow again in 2024.

Cognex announced that Paul Todgham will step down from his position as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

According to the latest report of the Machine Vision components market, the food industry surpassed the revenue mark of 1 billion USD in 2022 for the first time.

Interview with Dr. Ulrich Kienitz, Managing Director of Optris

Lowering CPU Usage in High-Bandwidth Ethernet Camera Applications

High-Speed GigE Vision Machine Vision Camera Ecosystem

Running AI models on FPGAs with Risc-V

Optical CMM Scanner Used by Racing Team

Industrial cameras with integrated cooling channel

Tamron introduces three new models in the MA23F machine vision lens series

Tamron announces the introduction of the new SMA11F, the first SWIR (Short Wavelength Infrared) lens series

Tamrons MA111F-VIR Machine-Vision-Objektivserie ab sofort verfügbar

From a total of 20 nominations with just as many exciting innovations, the jury of the inspect award 2023, together with the readers of inspect, selected three winners in each category.

The latest release of Evident’s PRECiV software is packed with powerful features that streamline metal inspection, product evaluation, and more.

Proper lighting is crucial for cameras to accurately inspect object features. Learn how different lighting techniques, like coaxial and dark field, impact image quality and inspection success.

Maxxvision becomes distributor for Z3 Technology's interface boards for zoom cameras in the DACH region.

Computed tomography and deep learning in electromobility