Vision Stuttgart 2020


Keeping pace with progress


A year before the Vision 2020 trade fair, Florian Niethammer, at Messe Stuttgart, assesses the changes taking place in the machine vision market


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achine vision is conquering an increasing number of application areas, in and outside the factory.


According to the latest figures from the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), the machine vision industry in Germany and Europe has been posting turnover and growth records for years. Turnover increased by an average of 13 per cent per annum between 2013 and 2017; and between 2008 to 2017, machine vision turnover doubled. In 2017 the German machine vision industry alone achieved record turnover of €2.6bn, an increase of 18 per cent. Te industry grew further in 2018 by 4 per cent. Machine vision is becoming a key


technology of the future. Not only is it being


Companies are combining synergies and are merging in order to react to new market participants


used to a greater extent in automation, it is also conquering new industries outside the factory. Improved quality, higher reliability, increased safety and cost-efficiency are all properties that are required, both in non-industrial applications and in the smart factory of the future. Te global machine vision market is


characterised by dynamism; merger and acquisition activities have been forecast for the industry for years and these have now started to become reality. Image sensor manufacturers,


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in particular, were initially affected, but this now also applies to camera manufacturers. Te industry is changing and companies are being confronted by a changing competitive environment. A large number of companies are combining synergies and are merging in order to react to new market participants, or jointly offer new system solutions over and beyond individual components. Investor groups have also recognised the


strategic importance of the industry, and are investing more in machine vision firms. Te new players include, for example, camera suppliers from Asia, but also automation firms not originally from the machine vision sector. Tese companies have recognised the attractiveness and key role of machine


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vision, for example as a source of data in the context of Industry 4.0, and have the necessary company size or R&D resources. Small and medium-sized machine vision firms are faced with challenges here, which are being intensified by the imminent generation change in many companies, because of the lack of management successors. Tere are also new technology trends


promoting machine vision and with which entirely new players are entering the machine vision market. Tese developments will be reflected at


the forthcoming Vision trade fair, which will be held in Stuttgart from 10 to 12 November 2020. Messe Stuttgart believes the show will experience additional growth in terms of the number of exhibitors and visitors. New strategic company alliances will be


presented in Stuttgart, along with first-time exhibitors from the smart factory sector, which integrate vision with machine control systems. New exhibitors involved in embedded


systems will be showing their portfolio and know-how at Vision 2020. Te trade fair will also focus on non-visible vision: short wave infrared, hyperspectral imaging, polarisation cameras and thermography. Artificial intelligence and deep learning


from startups and new companies will be on display, while data security will be another exciting topic area. Vision 2020 will feature all the key players


that provide machine vision components, together with a large number of system integrators and solution providers. O


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