Vision Components Celebrates 30 Years of Machine Vision with an Anniversary Event at Vision 2026
Vision Components is celebrating 30 years in business. At Vision 2026, the manufacturer invites you to an anniversary celebration featuring an exhibition, live music, and new products.
Three decades after introducing one of the first smart cameras suitable for industrial use, Vision Components is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Ettlingen-based company is using the Vision 2026 trade show in Stuttgart as an opportunity to look back on the development of industrial image processing together with customers, partners, and trade show visitors.
The highlight will be an anniversary event on October 7 in the Food Court of Hall 8. There, visitors can expect an interactive exhibition tracing key milestones in the company’s history. The display will feature historic products as well as the latest developments in the field of embedded vision. Live music and a buffet will round out the program.
The history of Vision Components dates back to 1996. At that time, company founder Michael Engel introduced the VC 11, a smart camera that—for the first time—combined image capture and image processing in a compact, production-ready camera system. To this day, this concept is regarded as a major milestone in the development of intelligent camera solutions for industrial applications.
Since then, the company has continuously expanded its portfolio. Among its developments are board-level cameras, 3D light-section sensors with integrated data processing, and the VC-MIPI camera modules introduced in 2018, which have significantly simplified embedded vision applications.
At Vision 2026, Vision Components will also showcase its latest product innovations. These include the VC Evocam edge AI camera and the new VC MIPI Blueline camera module series. The latter supports Mainline Linux and is designed to accelerate the integration of image processing systems while reducing development effort and costs. In celebration of its anniversary, the company is thus bridging the gap between the early days of the smart camera and the next generation of embedded and AI-based vision systems.
