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
On Semiconductor has acquired SensL Technologies, a producer of silicon photomultipliers, single photon avalanche diodes, and lidar sensing products
Stemmer Imaging has acquired Rotterdam-based Data Vision, a business unit of Batenburg Mechatronica, by means of an asset deal effective 31 January 2018
Rockwell Automation has acquired 3D time-of-flight company Odos Imaging
Pierre Cambou, imaging activity leader at Yole Développement, analyses the merger and acquisition landscape for machine vision
Matrix Vision has become part of the Balluff Group, a sensor and automation specialist with headquarters in Neuhausen, Germany
Spectris has sold its code reading business Microscan Systems to Omron for a total cash consideration of $157 million
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
Automation company Wenglor Sensoric has purchased ShapeDrive, a Munich-based provider of 3D vision measurement technology
Dr Reinhard Heister at VDMA Robotics and Automation on the plans for the new OPC Vision standard
Greg Blackman reports on the latest lens technology presented during Vision Stuttgart, including optics designed to withstand shock
Matthew Dale discovers embedded processing and new CMOS technology are bringing advances to medical and life science imaging
Warehouses are becoming highly automated facilities that rely to a large extent on vision, as Andrew Williams discovers
Greg Blackman on how advances in lighting, optics, and sensor technology are turning hyperspectral imaging into an industrial inspection tool
