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Atlas Copco acquires Perceptron

30.09.2020 - Atlas Copco and Perceptron have entered into an agreement for Atlas Copco to acquire Perceptron, a leading supplier of automated metrology solutions, for USD 7.00 per share. The...

Automatica 2020 is canceled

29.09.2020 - The trade fair automatica planned for 8 to 11 December 2020 will not take place due to the current tightening of travel restrictions in connection with the Corona pandemic, Messe...

IFR: Record 2.7 Million Robots Work in Factories Around the Globe

24.09.2020 - The new World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots report shows a record of 2.7 million industrial robots operating in factories around the world – an increase of 12%. Sales of new...

Microsoft and Sick cooperate on smart 3D cameras

23.09.2020 - Sick and Microsoft want to jointly develop 3DToF technologies for industrial 3D cameras in the context of Industry 4.0 and apply them to Sick's 3D Time of Flight (3DToF) Visionary...

AMA survey: sales declining, order situation continues to deteriorate

18.09.2020 - The AMA Association for Sensor and Measurement Technology (AMA) asked its 450 members about the economic development in the second quarter. According to its own information, the...

Allied Vision appoints Carl Lewis as Sales Director for North and South America

18.09.2020 - Allied Vision has won Carl Lewis as the new Director Sales Americas. From the US sales office in Exton, PA, he will manage and support direct sales activities in this region as...

Creaform appoints new sales manager

18.09.2020 - Creaform has appointed Marc-Antoine Schneider as sales manager. Based in Grenoble, France, Schneider will lead Creaform's global strategies and tactics for sales and business...

W3+ Fair Rheintal cancelled at short notice

17.09.2020 - The machine vision and photonics trade fair W3+ Fair Rheintal in Dornbirn, Austria, was prohibited by the Vorarlberg provincial government shortly before its start. The reason is...

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