European machine vision expects slight recovery and growth in 2026
According to the VDMA Machine Vision department, sales are expected to increase by around 3%, following a decline of 2% in 2025.
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Epic CEO Award 2026 for head of light conversion
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (Epic) has honored Martynas Barkauskas with the Epic CEO Award 2026.
EPIC Sustainability Award 2026 for Jenoptik
The organization thus recognizes sustainability as a central component of its corporate strategy.
Digikey expands its product range
387,000 new components were added to the range in the first quarter of 2026.
Sick increases sales in 2025
In the 2025 financial year, the company increased its turnover to 1.85 billion euros, an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous year.
Edge-to-Cloud platform for the industry from Hilscher
The company is cooperating with Schwarz Digits on a European edge-to-cloud platform for industrial applications.
Peak Metrology and Jumavis combine sales expertise
The two companies have agreed an exclusive sales partnership for positioning platforms in 3D measurement technology.
Zwickroell strengthens qualification with new training center in Ulm
The three-storey building with around 2,100 square meters of floor space houses mechanical and electrical training workshops, materials testing training and international training for sales and service.
Mitsubishi Electric appoints Mario Poltronieri as President of the German subsidiary
He succeeds Andreas Wagner, who took over the management of the Italian branch at the same time.
Vision Engineering appoints Harry Curtis as Technical Director
Since April 1, 2026, Curtis has been responsible for the company's global technical strategy while retaining leadership of Vision Technology Partnerships, Vision Optics and Vision TriTeq.
Extech bundles measuring device portfolio on new website
Extech, a brand of Teledyne Flir, has launched an independent website on which the complete range of measuring and test equipment is centrally available.
Industrial AI and defense electronics: ZVEI sees growth opportunities and need for action
According to a ZVEI member survey, almost half of companies use AI applications productively.
BPA-free plain bearing material for food processing machinery
Igus has developed the lubrication-free high-performance plastic Iglidur A351.
Schaeffler strengthens humanoid robotics with Hexagon Robotics and VinDynamics
Schaeffler is expanding its involvement in humanoid robotics with two strategic partnerships.
Sieb & Meyer expands production capacities for control and drive electronics in Lüneburg
The company is responding to the continuing high capacity utilization by expanding its production space in Lüneburg by a total of 1,800 m².
Ethercat passes the 100 million mark
With 105.2 million installed nodes, Ethercat has further expanded its leading role among industrial real-time Ethernet systems.
Sick CEO Mats Gökstorp explains machine vision strategy at EMVA conference
At the EMVA Business Conference 2026 in Stockholm, Mats Gökstorp, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Sick, will present his strategic view of machine vision in the context of modern sensor solutions.
Kinetic installation relies on Rodriguez
Rodriguez supplied 44 customized slewing rings for the kinetic art installation Umbilical by British artist Conrad Shawcross.
Beckhoff reports sales growth
The company closed the 2025 financial year with global sales of EUR 1.24 billion, which corresponds to an increase of 6% compared to 2024.
AMS Technologies acquires Bay Photonics
The company will remain with its team, management and location.
IESSS 2026: only a few places remain available
On April 22 and 23, 2026, experts from industry and research will meet for a two-day, technically focused exchange
Sensirion focuses strategy on smart gas sensing and return on investment
At its Investor Day, the company presented its strategic orientation towards focused growth areas and a clear capital allocation.
Laser 2000 and Büchner Lichtsysteme cooperate
Through this cooperation, Laser 2000 is expanding its portfolio in the areas of machine vision, metrology and smart sensor technologies.
Polytec introduces new CEO
The company has appointed Dr. Alexander Huber as Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 2026.
Baker Hughes sells Waygate Technologies to Hexagon
Hexagon is thus expanding its portfolio to include industrial testing and inspection solutions to complement its existing range of measurement technology and digital industrial applications.
Datacation and VA Imaging enter into partnership
The aim of the cooperation is to provide end-to-end computer vision solutions.
Wiley Tech Talk: Cryogenic 6-axis Hexapods
Learn in this webinar how Cryogenic 6-axis hexapods enable precise positioning in quantum and photonics experiments involving multiple degrees of freedom.
Duwe-3d becomes part of the Innovmetric Group
With the integration, the company is contributing its experience to the development of a European Polyworks organization.
Pleora and Imavix enter into partnership
The two companies aim to provide a fully integrated, standards-compliant GigE Vision 3.0 transmitter-to-receiver pipeline.
ifm reports sales growth for 2025
Despite declining demand in the German mechanical engineering sector, the Asia/Pacific and Americas regions in particular recorded significant growth.
Indus Engineering segment increases incoming orders
In the 2025 financial year, the export-oriented Engineering segment of Indus Holding generated sales of EUR 583 million, slightly below the previous year (EUR 596.7 million).
Agile Robots forms Krause Automation
Agile Robots has taken over the European and North American assets of Thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering and will continue to operate the business under the name Krause Automation.
Fisba strengthens Shanghai site with new management structure
Leo Hong has been General Manager since March 1, 2026, taking over the previous dual leadership. He is supported by Yoyo Xu, who has been promoted to Principal Sales Manager
Octave bundles industrial software
Octave, Hexagon's planned software spin-off, enters the market with a new brand identity
Edge-AI on Ambarella's N1-655: Macnica shows industrial partner solutions
At Embedded World 2026, Macnica presented edge AI solutions based on the Ambarella N1 platform together with its partners ienso and Hellbender.
