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Wenglor acquires TPL Vision for lighting tech
Te automation specialist, Wenglor, has strengthened its position as a full service provider through the purchase of TPL Vision. TPL, which manufactures LED
illumination for industrial image processing, will be integrated into the Wenglor group as a division, but will continue to exist as an independent business unit. Te acquisition is Wenglor’s fourth in
almost 10 years. In 2012/2013, it bought AFM Sensorik and MEL Mikroelektronik in the fields of flow sensor technology and 2D/3D sensors, adding ShapeDrive, a specialist in 3D sensors, in 2017. TPL Vision was founded in 2005. It
has locations in Perth, Scotland and La Chevrolière, France, where the company moved into a new production facility this year. Both sites will remain in operation and all employees will remain part of the independent Wenglor business unit. Wenglor managing director Rafael Baur, commented: ‘Te additional know-how and
From left: Rafael Baur; TPL Vision’s Daniel Huber; and Christian Vollrath
almost 16 years of experience of TPL in the field of industrial illumination technologies are a real advantage. Wenglor and TPL will achieve great things together!’ TPL Vision offers a comprehensive
product range of different illumination technologies, including backlights, spot, ring, bar and dome lighting. It also has expertise in special illumination systems for the food industry and UV light. ‘Te wide variety of different
illuminations solutions enables us to offer our customers the right combination of
Shows fuel desire to implement vision By Neil Sandhu, UKIVA chairman
The return of live exhibitions should produce a further boost for the vision industry, based on feedback received from UKIVA members involved in the recent PPMA show in the UK and Vision in Stuttgart. A key factor that stood out was visitors to the PPMA show were arriving with a genuine desire to implement vision projects. Comments included: ‘Everyone who came on to our stand had a real purpose with very specific needs’; ‘There was clearly a pent-up demand to move vision projects forward’; and ‘There were far fewer general interest enquiries and many
more detailed requirements’. One UKIVA member offered the opinion that working from home during lockdown had allowed process engineers to step back from on-site fire fighting activities, giving them the chance to spend more time on the strategic planning of new projects that would take their businesses forward. It was a similar story at the Vision Show in Stuttgart. UKIVA members were again impressed by the number of discussions that took place about concrete projects. At both events there was a high level of interest in 3D applications, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging solutions, and the development of AI image processing capabilities. The impressive range of new
products on display at these shows clearly illustrated the vision industry has continued
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to work tirelessly through the period of the pandemic to bring new capabilities to market. These new innovations further increase the ability of vision to address real-world problems, which are being further fuelled by a combination of labour and skill shortages across a diverse number of industries. While the current shortfall in some component availability may extend project implementation times, this shouldn’t detract from the overall objectives of using vision systems to provide permanent manufacturing and processing solutions. It goes without saying that
manufacturers and suppliers within the vision industry are delighted to be able to re- engage on a large scale with potential customers through the medium of exhibitions, but the evidence from the PPMA and Vision shows indicates an
equally strong appetite for engagement from those who need the technology. This lends even greater importance to UKIVA’s next Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition (
www.machinevisionconference.
co.uk), which will take place on 28 April 2022 at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, UK. This will be the first major live machine vision event to take place in the UK since the start of the pandemic. In addition to the opportunity for visitors to see the widest range of vision products under one roof, the comprehensive educational conference programme will once again offer valuable insights into the latest vision trends and technologies and their uses in real-life applications. Following an absence of two years, UKIVA is aiming to make this its most informative event to date.
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camera system, lighting, analysis module and software as a complete package for all types of applications,’ said Christian Vollrath, head of the computer vision business unit at Wenglor. Te number of employees within the
Wenglor group has grown to almost 1,000 now. To meet this growth, new development and production centres with a total floor space of 12,000m² will be built, both at the company headquarters in Tettnang and in Unterschleißheim, Bavaria. Tese will be completed over the next year.
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