The infrared camera market is predicted to reach $6.8 billion by 2023, according to new research by Global Market Insights

Wilhelm Stemmer has sold 75.04 per cent of shares in Stemmer Imaging to Munich-based AL-KO, a supplier of automotive technology, gardening implements and air conditioning equipment

Alpina Partners, an independent investment firm, has acquired a significant shareholding in Virtalis, a virtual reality (VR) provider that will become part of a larger group of software companies in Alpina’s portfolio

Ken Hanson, a medical imaging research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has received the SPIE Directors’ Award in recognition of his contribution to SPIE medical imaging

The global machine vision market is expected to reach $19.22 billion by 2025, according to market research firm Grand View Research

Machine vision supplier Basler has bought Mycable, a consulting company specialising in embedded computing

A VDMA protocol for machine vision integration has become an official G3 standard after being recommended by the G3 consortium

Automation company Wenglor Sensoric has purchased ShapeDrive, a Munich-based provider of 3D vision measurement technology