The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) is pleased to announce that Dr.-Ing. Dirk Berndt in his role as member of the EMVA Board of Directors has been elected in the Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders (BoS). The Board of Stakeholders is the main decision-making body of the European Technology Platform (ETP) Photonics21. With currently more than 2.500 members Photonics21 unites the majority of the leading photonics industries and relevant R&D stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe.

Dr. Dirk Berndt works as Business Unit Manager Measurement and Testing Technology at Fraunhofer IFF - Institute for Factory Operation and Automation in Magdeburg. In his role as EMVA representative in the new elected Board of Stakeholders of Photonics21 he will from now on speak on behalf of the interest of the European Machine Vision Industry.