‘ WHAT DO THE BOSSES
THINK? ’ With the end of the decade in sight, and Vision 2018 just around the corner, editor Neil Martin thought it a good time to ask a select number of industry bosses some key questions about the sector in general
This is not so much about product, but about machine vision industry itself.
• has the investment community supported the industry?
We chose seven questions which allowed for a look back, as well as a good look forward.
• name one thing you might have hoped for in the industry that has yet to happen?
The questions were as follows:
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if you could wish for one major development for the sector as we enter the last year of the decade, what would it be?
• what will have been the single most important milestone over the last decade? • has the industry received the recognition it deserves from the wider business community, governments etc?
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• how do you feel about the future (for example, does the prospect of a slowing global economy worry you, or are you more concerned that technology can keep pace with growing demand)?
I didn’t ask a direct question about the current trade wars which are being waged around the globe, given that we are a bi-monthly magazine, and that everything might be wrapped up either way, good, or bad, depending on your stance - by the time we publish. But, the fact that the US, China, and indeed Europe, is in the midst of very serious trade negotiations, is obviously the very big elephant in the room for many companies. We shall have to wait and see how that pans out.
• where did you hope your company will be, at the end of the next decade (2029)?
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