Finance

North American sales of machine vision components and systems have reached $709 million in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 19 per cent year-on-year

Flir Systems has incurred a $30 million fine for alleged violations of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation, with $15 million suspended based on verifiable past and future expenditures for remedial compliance measures

Camera manufacturer Basler has reported 2017 sales of €150.2 million, up 54 per cent on 2016 sales

Stemmer Imaging has issued shares priced at €34 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which rose to €36 in the opening morning of trading.

Thermal camera manufacturer Flir Systems recorded $1.8 billion in yearly revenue for 2017, an 8 per cent increase over 2016

Cognex has reported 2017 revenue for the year ending 31 December of $747.95 million, up 44 per cent on revenue for 2016

Stemmer Imaging has acquired Rotterdam-based Data Vision, a business unit of Batenburg Mechatronica, by means of an asset deal effective 31 January 2018

Euresys, a manufacturer of image and video acquisition components, has acquired Sensor to Image

Flir Systems has reported revenue of $464.7 million and net earnings of $63.5 million for the third quarter of 2017, up 15 per cent and eight per cent respectively compared to the same period last year

Large orders in the consumer electronics industry and strong performance in the automotive and logistics sectors have led to machine vision firm Cognex experiencing record results in the third quarter of 2017