German vision market grows 17 per cent in 2017
Te German machine vision industry saw a 17 per cent rise in turnover in 2017, reaching €2.6 billion, according to new figures from VDMA Machine Vision. A large proportion of the
growth came from exports, which rose by 23 per cent; turnover within Germany grew by 8 per cent. China and North America made up 26 per cent of the total turnover in the German machine vision sector. Te growth met the VDMA’s
predictions made in October 2017, when the organisation raised its 2017 forecast from 10 per cent growth to 18 per cent. It also mirrors growth
recorded in North America, which reached $709 million in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 19 per cent year-on- year, according to statistics by the AIA.
VDMA Machine Vision is
predicting the German vision market to reach €2.8 billion in 2018, a 7 per cent increase in turnover. ‘As a driving force for
Industry 4.0, machine vision is now indispensable in modern factories and has long been part of our everyday life,’ said Dr Olaf Munkelt, who is on the board of VDMA Machine Vision. ‘Embedded vision in combination with deep learning is stimulating additional growth,’ he added.
Isorg raises €24m to advance printed image sensors
French company Isorg, which specialises in printed organic photodetectors and large-area image sensors, has raised €24 million in financing. Isorg’s technology is based
on organic-conductor and semiconductor materials combined with large area, high- volume deposition and patterning equipment. It is able to print large-area image sensors on plastic and glass by depositing organic, photosensitive layers on top of a transistor matrix backplane. Its large-area image sensors – 32 x 38cm – can operate in the visible and near infrared. Te pixel pitch is 84µm or 50µm. Te technology primarily
addresses applications in personal electronic devices, such as
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smartphones, wearables, tablets and laptops, biometrics for homeland security, and medical imaging. Te funding will be used to
support the different qualification steps of its production site based in Limoges, France, and continue the development of subsystems ready to be integrated in the various applications. It will support the engineering work to enable large-scale commercialisation. New Science Ventures (NSV),
a US-based investment firm, and Bpifrance, through its fund Large Venture, are leading the round, alongside Financière Fonds Privés and current investors, Sofimac Innovation, CEA Investissement and Dynalim.
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