Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out
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Basler sales up 5% for first 9 months of year
10 November 2020
Orders taken by the company have weakened over the second and third quarter of 2020, but the expectation is an improvement in Q4
MVTec Software to exhibit at Vision China Shanghai
5 June 2020
MVTec Software will present its current release Halcon 20.05 at Vision China Shanghai from 3 to 5 July
Laser World of Photonics China to go ahead in July
26 May 2020
Organisers of Laser World of Photonics China have confirmed the show will take place from 3 to 5 July in Shanghai. It will be the first physical event in the machine vision calendar held during the coronavirus pandemic
MVTec opens Shanghai branch
27 April 2020
A ceremonial opening of the branch is scheduled for 3 July at the MVTec booth during Vision China Shanghai 2020
Vision China postponed due to coronavirus
18 February 2020
Vision China and Laser World of Photonics China have been postponed in accordance with guidelines from the health authorities of the Shanghai city government
Chinese vision market strong despite slow electronics sector
19 December 2019
Jin Pan, chairman of the China Machine Vision Union, updates on the machine vision market in China
Chinese vision market ¥8.39bn in 2018, up 21%
8 March 2019
Sales in the Chinese machine vision market reached ¥8.39 billion (€1.11 billion) in 2018, growing 21.6 per cent compared to 2017, according to figures from the China Machine Vision Union
Matrox Imaging appoints representatives in China and American Midwest
24 January 2019
Matrox Imaging is pleased to kick off 2019 with the addition of new representatives to its global network. Machine Vision Store will be the official representative for the US Midwest, while Beijing Microview Science and Technology is a new distributor in the mainland China region
Business development in China
15 November 2018
Dr Shaoxian Zhang, founder of V&A Photonics, discusses the challenges associated with entering the Chinese market
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