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Basler recorded sales of €88.9m for the first half of 2020, but has seen a decline in order intake at the end of the second quarter. Meanwhile, Flir's Q2 2020 results show a demand for thermal cameras for fever screening

Growth in logistics partially offset the weak automotive market year-on-year, and more than offset it on a sequential basis

Isra Vision's revenue fell nine per cent to €64.6m over the first half of its financial year, with impacts from Covid-19 in Asia from January, and in America and Europe towards the end of the second quarter

The job cuts are part of steps Cognex is taking to lower expenses because of deteriorating market conditions. The firm's CEO and chairman will waive their salaries, and the company’s board of directors have waived their cash fees for the remainder of the year

Cognex's revenue declined 4 per cent in Q1-20, but said the Covid-19 outbreak had only a modest adverse impact on business in the quarter. It expects further decline in Q2-20

Basler has recorded growth in its 2019 group sales, amounting to €162m compared to €150m in 2018

Cognex expects the decline in revenue to continue into the first quarter of 2020, because of weakness in automotive and the estimated impact of the coronavirus outbreak

The result reflects lower sales to customers in consumer electronics, particularly smartphone manufacturing. Revenue from automotive and other industrial markets also continued to weaken