International inVISION Newsletter (english) 40 2019

Viisights Announces $10m Funding Viisights, a developer of behavioural understanding systems for real-time video intelligence, announced a $10m Series-A fundraising round. The compoany will use the proceeds from the fundraising to expand its sales organization, continue to enhance its current products, and develop new solutions. Its flagship product,...

Hexagon acquires Volume Graphics Hexagon AB announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Volume Graphics, a market leader in the industrial computed tomography (CT) software industry. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, Volume Graphics employs around 160 people worldwide. Subsidiaries in Japan, Singapore, China and the USA,...

Visio Nerf Opens US Office On October 1, Visio Nerf opened a new US office in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The company's main objective is to grow its business and provide local support to its US customers.

MV 2019 With Minus 7% Turnover According to VDMA, the German robotics and automation industry expects sales to fall by 5% to ?14.3b in 2019 (picture). For Machine Vision, a 7% decline in industry sales is expected. Integrated Assembly Solutions anticipates a decline of 5%. Robotics is currently expecting a minus of 3%. For 2020, VDMA Robotics + Automation...

Distribution Agreement Trioptics and InterOptics Trioptics and InterOptics announce the exclusive Distributor Agreement for Trioptics GmbH and its subsidiaries to market, sell, distribute and support InterOptics OptoFlat interferometer product line in selected international marketplaces. InterOptics will continue to market, sell, distribute and support its...

Cooperation Perceptron and Coherix Perceptron announced a new commercial partnership with Coherix for Bead Inspection. Coherix' Predator3D laser-based solution is installed directly on adhesive dispensing nozzles to provide real-time 3D inspection, visualization, and process control for the adhesive and sealant dispensing process, while ensuring the right...

VDMA Quick Guide 'Machine Learning' The VDMA Machine Learning Expert Group of the Software and Digitalisation Association has published a Quick Guide on the topic. The guideline is aimed primarily at the management of machine construction companies who deal with the topic of machine learning in their company or would like to deal with it in the future. The...

Fanuc Expands Service Network Fanuc continues to expand its sales and service network in Europe. This summer, the Japanese company opened two company buildings in the Rhône-Alpes region in France and near Milan in Italy. New branches are also under construction in Malmö in Sweden and Moscow in Russia. Numerous other locations are on the verge of expansion,...

Cooperation Denso Wave and RFKeeper Denso Wave and RFKeeper, an Israel-based manufacturer of RFID software, have teamed up to expand their retail solutions with RFID technology. RFKeeper has developed an IoT solution that allows users to control goods in real time by connecting stores and online shops. By collaborating, Denso Wave aims to improve business...

2020 UKIVA MV Conference Announced The 2020 UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will take place on May 14 in Milton Keynes, UK. With year on year growth since its inception in 2017, the event is rapidly becoming a fixture in the industry's calendar. While the event will follow a similar format to previous years, with a comprehensive program of...

Cretec new distributor for ARS ARS announces Cretec as its new distributor. In the future, Cretec will distribute the automation solutions of the Italian supplier, such as the flexible feeder Flexibowl, on the German market.

GOM Metal Forming Forum 2020 GOM will host the 'Wissensforum Metallumformung 2020' on February 11th in Braunschweig and on February 27th in Leipheim. The event aims to bring together specialists from the metalworking industry and experts in optical metrology in a free one-day event. Registration behind the link.