International inVISION Newsletter (english) 34 2019

New Sales Manager at Wenzel Christian Fuchs (l.) and David Taylor took over the responsibility for the sales activities at Wenzel as of October 1, 2019. Fuchs is the new Sales Director of the Wenzel Group and is responsible for all sales activities worldwide. Taylor as European Sales Director is responsible for the activities of subsidiaries in Europe.

AI Startup Umbo Raises $8m Umbo Computer Vision, an artificial intelligence company that specializes in autonomous video security, announced today that it's raised an $8m post-A round, bringing funding to a total of $17.6 million to date. Umbo will use the investment to help accelerate its global sales expansion and improve its portfolio of AI-powered...

Formfactor acquires FRT Formfactor announces the acquisition of FRT, based in Germany. The acquisition strengthens Formfactor's leadership in test and measurement by expanding its addressable market into 3D surface metrology. Formfactor paid ?19.7m in cash for the acquisition. Up to ?10.3m of additional cash consideration may be payable subject to the...

Thermography User Conference On October 9, interested parties and thermographers from science, industry and safety authorities took the opportunity to learn more about the possibilities of thermography in its demanding field of activity in concentrated form during the User Conference Research & Development. Further information behind the link.

Partnership Zeiss and Senorics Zeiss' investment in Senorics marks the start of a technology collaboration with the sensorics startup based in Dresden, Germany. The partnership aims to further the joint development of small and cost-effective sensors for industrial use in quality assurance and in process monitoring, e.g. on production lines for foodstuffs,...

Distribution agreement Rutronik and Laser Components Agreement Rutronik and Laser Components have entered into a global distribution agreement that encompasses all of the manufacturers products. The distribution agreement is supposed to offer joint growth potential for both companies.

Dr. Katrin Kobe elected to Spectaris Executive Board The new election of the board of the Photonics Association took place during the Spectaris Industry Day. A total of ten board members were standing for election and all ten were elected unanimously, inclusding the managing director of Laser 2000 GmbH, Dr. Katrin Kobe (2nd from left).

ISW in-house exhibition 2019 The ISW GmbH in-house exhibition will take place on November 13 in Kölln-Reisiek near Hamburg. The agenda of the event has now been set. As the number of participants is limited, please register in writing and make a binding reservation.

Hyperspectral Imaging conference Chii 2020 The international branch meeting in Hyperspectral Imaging returns May 27 and 28 to Graz, Austria. As in previous years, this cross-sectoral conference will bring together the various stakeholder groups of hyperspectral imaging. The programme will feature a dynamic mix of pitches, workshops and networking along...

3D Manufacturing Techday Faro is hosting the 3D Manufactoring Techday on October 23 in Harsewinkel, Germany, offering insights into 3D laser scanning practices and trends in manufacturing technology. The presentations on the workflow in 3D metrology will be accompanied by a product demonstration.

Successful IVSM in Italy Almost 100 participants attended the International Vision Standard Meeting (IVSM) in Stresa (Italy), this time hosted by Lakesight Technologies and EMVA. The future standards of the vision industry were discussed in various working groups on site.

Over 500 visitors at Stemmer Technology Forum Stemmer Imaging was able to welcome almost 500 visitors to this year's Technology Forum Image Processing in Munich. On the two days numerous lectures were held in six parallel sessions and 40 exhibitors presented their products. With well over 500 registrations already received for the upcoming forums in the...

Performance Overview of Listed Vision Companies The enterprise value of Nanometrics surged 25% on the annual report showing that 2018 revenues of $325m were up 25% over 2017. This and other stock exchange data from October 7 are now available under the link.

Gefasoft opens new Company Headquarters On September 20, the new Gefasoft company headquarters at the TechCampus in Regensburg was officially inaugurated. The new building offers a total usable area of 5600m², which consists of an office wing on six levels and a directly adjoining workshop. The ergonomically designed offices for administration, sales and...

inVISION TV: Vision Systems In the latest episode of inVISION TV, we present three interesting image processing systems that can be used for various applications (GMP, tire inspection, inner tube diameter) in this three-minute video.