It was the best Vision of all times: 323 exhibitors and more than 6,700 visitors from approximately 60 countries came to Stuttgart in 2010. This upward trend is also set to continue for Vision 2011, which is taking place once again in Stuttgart from 8 - 10 November.

"The current registration figures are promising and suggest that the recovery in the economy and the machine vision industry will also have an impact on Vision", states Florian Niethammer, Project Manager for VISION, with confidence. "I expect this year we will once again surpass the excellent result of Vision 2010, both in exhibitor and visitor figures."

Search for Turn-Key-Systems

The interest in complete solutions has risen significantly. Almost every fourth visitor was on the search for turnkey machine vision systems, according to the visitor survey results of the last Vision. Approximately 25 percent of visitors also classified themselves as end users. In order to cope with this demand, Vision 2011 will set up three areas for this customer base: the integration area as a platform for system integrators and solution providers; the application park which presents practical handling, automation, packaging and labelling applications, as well as the user seminars for the practical communication of machine vision know-how.

Vision has already been receiving wide support from the international associations European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), Automated Imaging Association (AIA) and the Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA), who together with Messe Stuttgart, are promoting the international character of the leading global trade fair.