Teledyne buys Princeton, Photometrics and Lumenera
3 January 2019
Teledyne Technologies has acquired the scientific imaging businesses of Roper Technologies, including Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera, for $225 million
Acquisition
Ambienta buys Image S to repeat Lakesight project
11 December 2018
The private equity fund Ambienta, which recently sold Lakesight Technologies, has bought Image S, an Italian distributor of machine vision products
Best practice for buyouts
31 October 2018
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
Recipe for M&A success
26 October 2018
Gabriele Jansen, owner and managing director of Vision Ventures, gives her advice on what makes a successful merger and acquisition transaction
CCS lighting firm buys competitor Effilux
23 October 2018
Japanese LED lighting manufacturer CCS has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of its French competitor Effilux
Lakesight bought by TKH to create vision super entity
16 October 2018
Lakesight Technologies has been acquired by the TKH Group, the Netherland’s-based company that owns Allied Vision, NET, and LMI Technologies
Flir boosts ITS offerings with Acyclica purchase
26 September 2018
Flir Systems has added traffic analysis software to its product portfolio with the acquisition of Acyclica
Jadak buys Imaging Solutions Group to bolster machine vision portfolio
26 September 2018
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
Jenoptik buys vision firms to strengthen industrial inspection offerings
3 September 2018
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 invests in Cvedia to add AI to its thermal sensors
28 August 2018
Flir Systems has made a strategic investment in Cvedia, a software company that helps users develop machine learning applications
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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
