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Videology bought by InTest for £12m
29 October 2021
The acquisition strengthens InTest’s portfolio for the life science and industrial markets
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US integrator, Integro, bought by Kaman Distribution Group
14 October 2021
Kaman distributes more than six million items. The company has 220 locations across the US and Puerto Rico, with approximately 2,000 employees
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Wenglor acquires TPL Vision for lighting tech
27 September 2021
TPL Vision will be integrated into the Wenglor group as a division, but will continue to exist as an independent business unit
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Excelitas buys PCO to gain scientific camera tech
30 June 2021
Michael Ersoni, Excelitas executive vice president, said the acquisition will enable Excelitas to provide 'deeper end-to-end customer solutions across the life science and industrial markets'
Adaptive Vision bought as Zebra enters vision market
19 May 2021
Zebra also announced a new portfolio of industrial scanners and smart cameras for track and trace and quality inspection
Device-ALab bought by Photonis group
22 March 2021
Device-ALab, a company specialising in infrared camera cores, has joined the Photonis group. The transaction allows Device-ALab to benefit from the strategic, commercial and operational support of the Photonis group
Active Silicon bought for £6.3m by electronics firm Solid State
1 March 2021
Through the acquisition Solid State will further its operations in machine vision, while Active Silicon will have resources to develop its embedded computing and AI capabilities
LMI buys FringeAI to add AI inspection to 3D portfolio
29 January 2021
FringeAI will form a new AI solutions group within LMI. It offers an AI/IIoT solution package that includes deep learning, edge devices and cloud services
Z-Laser bought by Boston-based private equity firm
27 January 2021
Z-Laser will serve as the core and initial asset in Union Park Capital’s newly created holding company, Exaktera
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Will Teledyne-Flir deal trigger more acquisitions?
22 January 2021
Dimitrios Damianos and Eric Mounier at Yole Développement examine the market landscape after the $8bn purchase
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Could computer vision be the key to fully autonomous warehouses? Benjamin Skuse investigates
Vision Components’ Power SoM is an FPGA-based hardware accelerator. Credit: Vision components
Tim Reynolds asks what developers must consider when building an embedded vision system
Pharmaceutical packaging lines require a very thorough traceability solution. Credit: Cognex
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
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A look at colour imaging and some of the products available
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Scorpion Vision's Paul Wilson spoke at the UKIVA conference in April about how Raspberry Pi cameras are now more than just a device for hobbyists. Greg Blackman reports
Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah working with a cobot on the task of unbolting a lithium-ion battery. Credit: Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries
