Spectral imaging firm Specim acquired by Konica Minolta
30 November 2020
With the acquisition, Konica Minolta adds Specim’s technology and customer base to its sensing business, based in The Netherlands
Specim Spectral Imaging
Classification of nuts as good or bad using Specim’s FX17 camera
Super spectral in sight
10 November 2020
Optical design is crucial in enabling wider adoption of hyperspectral imaging, finds Andy Extance
SpecimOne spectral imaging platform
30 October 2020
Specim Spectral Imaging has released the SpecimOne spectral imaging platform for the industrial sorting market
Specim celebrates 25th anniversary
6 March 2020
25 years ago, on 23 February 1995, Esko Herrala, Jukka Okkonen, and Timo Hyvärinen held a meeting that would mark the birth of a new company: Specim
The fight for engineers
28 October 2019
Greg Blackman asks machine vision firms what strategies they employ when hiring staff
Spectral inspection
3 January 2019
Greg Blackman on how advances in lighting, optics, and sensor technology are turning hyperspectral imaging into an industrial inspection tool
Tapio Kallonen appointed CEO of Specim
16 April 2018
Specim has announced that Tapio Kallonen has been appointed chief executive officer
Hyperspectral imaging creates new machine vision markets
7 March 2018
Hyperspectral Imaging represents a significant growth segment for machine vision. The potential of this relatively young discipline is estimated to be massive for the future
IQ mobile hyperspectral camera
6 December 2017
Specim has released its IQ mobile hyperspectral camera designed for industries ranging from food and health to forensic investigation, recycling, art, and agriculture
Specim's hyperspectral growth boosted by €3.5m investment
29 August 2017
Hyperspectral imaging firm Specim has received €3.5 million of investment from Bocap SME Achievers Fund II Ky
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A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
Tim Hayes provides a window into how to find defects in glass
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
Credit: Intel
Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
