AVT, the manufacturer of digital cameras for industrial imaging is turning 20. On March 6, 1989, the company was founded as Manfred Sticksel CCD Kameratechnik in Alzenau, Germany. Founder Sticksel established himself within the German market as an importer and distributor of analog cameras and components for industrial imaging. Renamed Allied Vision Technologies in 2001, the company no longer has much in common with the firm of that time: it has evolved from being a distributor into a camera developer and manufacturer that has made a name for itself in digital technology. Headquartered in Stadtroda in the German Federal State of Thuringia, AVT today is one of the leading manufacturers worldwide of cameras for industrial imaging, now employing over 130 people at four locations in Germany, the US and Canada.