Recently the current board members invited Michel Ollivier as the seventh member of the EMVA Board of Directors. Ollivier is member of the Executive Board at TIAMA Group and he signs responsible for Tiama's R&D activities. The French TIAMA Group incorporates MSC & SGCC, specialized in hollow glass inspection, and LUCEO, developing vision solutions for the food market.

Michel Ollivier is joining the EMVA Board with a clear focus on EMVA's future activities such as regional groups & country chapters and the relation management between integrators and component suppliers. Says Ollivier: "For me, the main objective of EMVA is to increase the competitiveness of its members. My personal objective will be to motivate more vision integrators to become members of the EMVA."