Germany's industrial association, VDMA, is forecasting an 8% increase ins sales of machine vision systems to €2.2 billion for 2016, that's on top of a 9% rise seen in 2015.
Smart technologies are revolutionizing automation, enabling machines to 'see' in 3-D and interact with the entire manufacturing process rather than just the end process of quality control. Non-industrial applications such as transport, logistics, traffic control, and medical technologies are growing at the rate of 15% and are expected to contribute significantly to grow in intelligent vision system sales.
From Henry Tipping in Stuttgart With the German machine vision industry having achieved record sales of €2 billion in 2015 – a rise of 9 percent compared to the previous year – the VDMA, Germany’s industrial association, has forecast a further rise of 8 percent to €2.2 billion in [...]
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The United States and China are important export markets for Germany, making up as much as 20% of export sales for machine vision systems in 2016.
The Vision 2016 Expo is anticipated to be a record breaking event, with over 400 exhibitors.
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