VISION 2018 Looking firmly ahead MVPro Magazine editor Neil Martin takes in the latest machine vision fest in southern Germany and likes what he sees.
The VISION show, the machine vision industry’s bash which takes place every two years near the charming City of Stuttgart, rarely disappoints and this year’s event was a cracker.
STATS AND BACKGROUND The traditional first day press conference saw an upbeat statement from the organisers Messe Stuttgart, declaring that VISION 2018 is “...bigger, more international, more dynamic...” and is “... the leading world trade fair for machine vision.” As predicted, the event broke a number of records with some 11,106 professionals visiting the event in Stuttgart, an increase of 14% compared to the previous event. This is a new visitor record and the proportion of visitors who came to VISION Stuttgart from abroad rose to a record 47%
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Dr Klaus-Henning Noffz (above), CEO of Silicon Software and President of the VDMA Machine Vision sector group, said: “VISION is the world’s leading trade fair in the sector and was the pulse for machine vision for three days. In particular, the quality of the discussions and the great visitor interest in concrete solutions are impressive. “Machine vision technology has long since established itself as the ‘eye’ and data supplier for Industry 4.0 and countless non-industrial application areas. The innovative strength and dynamism of the industry are promising, so we are already excited to see what VISION 2020 has in store from 10 to 12 November.”
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