Greg Blackman reports from the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference, where a panel of industry experts were gathered to give advice on navigating the acquisition process
Gabriele Jansen, owner and managing director of Vision Ventures, gives her advice on what makes a successful merger and acquisition transaction
Japanese LED lighting manufacturer CCS has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of its French competitor Effilux
Lakesight Technologies has been acquired by the TKH Group, the Netherland’s-based company that owns Allied Vision, NET, and LMI Technologies
Flir Systems has added traffic analysis software to its product portfolio with the acquisition of Acyclica
US firm Imaging Solutions Group has been bought by Jadak, a business unit of Novanta. Through the acquisition, Jadak has added ISG’s smart cameras and imaging systems to its product portfolio
Metrology and photonics company, Jenoptik, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of Otto Vision Technology and Ovitec, both specialising in optical inspection systems
Flir Systems has made a strategic investment in Cvedia, a software company that helps users develop machine learning applications
The transaction sees Basler gain Silicon Software’s image acquisition cards and software technology, including Silicon Software’s Visual Applets FPGA programming environment
An asset management company, The Carlyle Group, has entered into discussions to acquire a majority stake in HGH Infrared Systems
Machine vision technology is improving quality control in automotive manufacturing, writes Andrew Williams
A combination of vision, sensor and deep learning technologies are creating extraordinary developments in retail, writes Matthew Dale
Keely Portway investigates the latest advances in 3D vision equipment, and how they could open up new industrial imaging applications
Greg Blackman speaks to Torsten Wiesinger at Lucid Vision Labs, one of the newest industrial camera manufacturers on the block