New CEO at Schneider Optics Inc. Effective December 16, 2019, Stuart Singer started as Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Optics Inc., the US subsidiary of Schneider-Kreuznach. Singer is responsible for the sustainable growth of Schneider Optics by reinforcing business and partnerships with current customers, developing new business and new opportunities...
New Product Manager at Isra Vision As of January 2020, Dana Diezemann is the new strategic senior product manager at Isra Vision. With her many years of experience in the camera sector, she will be responsible for expanding the product portfolio of the recently acquired Photonfocus AG and Isra Sensor Systeme. The goal is to expand Isra Vision's sensor...
Sick Opens Production Site in China Sick is expanding its local production capacities in China. In the future, the German sensor manufacturer will also produce in Changzhou in eastern China, where it will focus on localized product manufacturing and customized system construction. The location was inaugurated on December 12 in the presence of 80 guests....
Change in EMVA Presidency The EMVA announced that Dr. Chris Yates (l.) will adopt the role of President of the EMVA effective from the 1st January 2020. Chris will succeed Jochem Herrmann (r.), the current President of the EMVA, who has held the role since 2015 and now decided to step down to be able to spend more time with his family. According to the...
Fujifilm to Acquire Hitachi's Diagnostic Imaging Business Fujifilm announced that it has entered into an agreement with Hitachi to acquire Hitachi's Diagnostic Imaging-related Business to further expand its Healthcare business. Prior to the acquisition, Hitachi will establish a company and implement an absorption-type company split whereby the new company...
SWIR Vision Systems raises USD1.01m High definition camera manufacturer SWIR Vision Systems has raised USD1,01m in debt. Founded in 2018, SWIR Vision Systems is a spin out venture company for RTI International, and specializes in commercial applications of infrared camera technology for the industrial machine vision, security systems, agricultural,...
Dissolution Schwab Inspection The developer of control systems for Blu-Ray production, Dr. Schwab Inspection from Aichach, has been dissolved. Owner Grenzebach takes over part of the workforce. The reason given is the sharp decline in the core business of inspection systems.
New Management at Fraunhofer IPA The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation was given a new managing director in January 2020. After Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl had managed the third-largest Fraunhofer Institute on his own for years, he was most recently supported by Prof. Fritz Klocke from Aachen. On January 1, 2020, the IPA...
IniVation wins CES 2020 Award IniVation has won the 'Best of Innovation' Award from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in the category Embedded Vision. The company won the award for the DVXplorer. Using an all-new custom-designed sensor from Samsung, the product is the world's first neuromorphic camera employing technologies suitable for...
Embedded Vision Arena at the Embedded World The 'Embedded Vision Arena' with ten exhibitors (including Allied Vision, Basler, Framos, NET, The Imaging Source) will be held for the first time at Embedded World (25 to 27 February 2020, Nürnberg). In addition, there will be two Embedded Vision Sessions, each with five lectures (including Allied Vision, Intel,...
Vision 2020: Machine Vision is Changing From 10th to 12th November 2020 Vision will take place in Stuttgart for the 29th time. The world's leading trade fair for machine vision will then be characterised more than ever by the dynamic changes in the industry. For example, the TKH Group will present the combined potential of its brands Allied Vision,...
Hella and Oculii Start Radar Partnership Hella and Oculii, developers in the field of advanced software solutions for radar technology, have entered into a strategic partnership. The partnership will provide radar sensing and perception solutions for level 2/3 ADAS and automated driving (AD) based on Oculii's Virtual Aperture Imaging software technology.
Isra Vision grows by 1% Isra Vision AG has published its audited but not yet certified figures for the 2018/2019 fiscal year. Revenues for the past fiscal year grew in the low single-digit range (+1%) and amounted to ?153.9m (FY 17/18: ?152.5m). EBITDA increased by 6% to ?52.0m (FY 17/18: ?49.0m), with the EBITDA margin growing to 34% of revenues and 30%...
Mobile CT Company plans Nasdaq IPO Israeli imaging company Nanox, which has developed a mobile CT device that is substantially smaller and cheaper than the existing devices, is supposedly planning on holding its IPO on Nasdaq in the first quarter of 2020. It is believed that the company intends to hold its offering at a company valuation of more than $500...
$20 Million for 3D Semantic Camera Outsight, the French startup that develops 3D monitoring systems and sensors, has raised $20 million of seed funding. With a team based in Paris, Helsinki, and San Francisco, the company has developed the first 3D Semantic Camera, a device that can both perceive and understand the environment, even identifying the...
New Managing Director at Lakesight Chromasens has appointed Oliver Dittmar as Managing Director of Operations. He joined Lakesight in Business Development in April 2019. In his new role he will sustainably grow the Chromasens business in the division Operations and strengthen the industrial processes at at the company.
Lambert Instruments camera-based system Lifa vTau is designed to transform Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM), particularly for live cell applications.
Vision Research has introduced a high-speed camera capable of capturing images in the extended light spectrum of UV, visible and Near-IR wavelengths.
With Ensenso C, IDS is introducing a stereo vision camera that not only generates 3D point clouds, but also delivers 2D color images thanks to an additional image sensor.
Wenglor offers the MLSL1xxS50 laser triangulation sensor for high precision in inline measurement of the bending angle.
LMI Technologies has redesigned the Gocator 2600 series of intelligent 3D laser line profile sensors and now released it with 4K+ resolution.
The JC5MC-WP series lenses from Kowa are optimized for 5MP cameras with a chip size of 2/3″ and a pixel size of 3.45?m.
Deltas´ DMV-T time of flight (ToF) smart camera offer 60fps, large scanning distance up to 6m and is the first software-defined 3D ToF camera in the market.
Using profile analysis, the smart 2D profile sensors of the OX-series from Baumer can carry out a variety of demanding positioning and inspection tasks.
Robovis introduces the 5th generation of its 3D machine vision solution RoboPicker.
Cognex’s In-Sight Snapp vision sensor is suitable for a range of common quality control challenges and is trained using just a few examples, meaning it does not require any programming or image processing knowledge on the part of the user.
Light Balancing Filters from Midwest Optical correct artificial lighting so colors appear more natural.
Chromasens has introduced a new mechanical adapter that allows precise, fast alignment of Chromasens AllPixa line scan cameras using the company’s GenICam Control Tool 2.4 (GCT) software.
