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
The German engineering association, VDMA, has raised its 2017 forecast from 10 to 18 per cent growth in machine vision turnover in Germany, corresponding to €2.6 billion
The North American machine vision market has shown record performance in the first half of 2017, demonstrating sales totalling $1.241 billion, an increase of 11 per cent
Hyperspectral imaging firm Specim has received €3.5 million of investment from Bocap SME Achievers Fund II Ky
Basler has seen a 62 per cent increase in sales and a 100 per cent increase in incoming orders for the first half of 2017. Sales amounted to €78.5 million, while the group's incoming orders were €100.4 million
Cognex continues its growth trajectory with a 17 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year for the second quarter of 2017
Flir Systems has posted revenue of $434.1 million for the second quarter of 2017, up 8 per cent over the second quarter of 2016
The infrared camera market is predicted to reach $6.8 billion by 2023, according to new research by Global Market Insights
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
Alpina Partners, an independent investment firm, has acquired a significant shareholding in Virtalis, a virtual reality (VR) provider that will become part of a larger group of software companies in Alpina’s portfolio
Limited data is a common problem when training CNNs in industrial imaging applications. Petra Thanner and Daniel Soukup, from the Austrian Institute of Technology, discuss ways of working with CNNs when data is scarce
Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays
As car makers install production lines for electric vehicles, Greg Blackman looks at how vision is currently used in their factories
Keely Portway investigates how vision technology is being used in the dental sector, from initial diagnosis, to quality control of prostheses
The UK is up to 20 per cent less productive than its major competitor countries because it is not investing in automation, Mike Wilson at the British Automation and Robot Association said at UKIVA's machine vision conference in Milton Keynes. Greg Blackman reports
