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Toni Ventura-Traveset new EMVA President
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Toni Ventura-Traveset of DATAPIXEL, Spain, was elected the new EMVA President by the EMVA Executive Committee on 4 May 2012. Mr. Ventura-Traveset, who has been a member of the Executive Committee of the EMVA since its foundation in 2003, follows Mats Gökstorp of SICK AG whose term of office had recently ended at the EMVA Conference 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal.
“We have set the course for growth. Machine Vision is a key and very successful industry for Europe. The European Machine Vision Association aims to provide excellent support to our members, by providing more visibility to their products, facilitating cooperation with other industries, representing our business community in front of the European bodies, intensifying collaboration with the national associations, and expanding the standardization activities to foster future growth of our markets”, Mr. Ventura-Traveset said after his election.
On the same occasion, the EMVA Executive Committee elected Dirk Käseberg of Mettler-Toledo Garvens (Germany) EMVA Vice President. Pierre-Alain Champert of Coherent Europe, France, was elected EMVA Treasurer. |
General assembly prepares EMVA for future growth
Lisbon meeting sets the course for independent legal entity
The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) has set the course for future growth of the organization with the goal to strengthen the current association activities and to build up additional support for all EMVA members. At the general assembly, which took place on April 19 prior to the 10th EMVA Business Conference 2012 in Lisbon/Portugal, the Executive Committee was mandated to transform the EMVA in an independent legal entity as a non-for-profit association. This will improve the visibility of the EMVA as a true European association. Read our press release.
EMVA launches Young Professional Award
Lisbon, Portugal, 21 April 2012. - On the occasion of the 10th EMVA Business Conference 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal, the EMVA Young Professional Award was presented for the first time. This annual award honours the outstanding innovative work of a student or a young professional in the field of machine vision or imaging, giving the winner the chance to present the innovation at the EMVA Conference.
The first winner of the EMVA Young Professional Award is Florian Oefelein. He received this award for his master thesis on the topic "Depth-resolved defect inspection of glass products". Read our press release.
Products
Vitronic develops scanner that generates a precise 3D image in 12 seconds
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Machine-vision company Vitronic Dr.-Ing. Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH of Wiesbaden, Germany, has developed a scanner that is capable of generating an accurate three-dimensional (3D) image of a person, or an object, in 12 seconds. Read on... |
ChipControl software checks coplanarity of connecting pins on electronic components
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EVT Eye Vision Technology GmbH of Karlsruhe, Germany, is offering the electronics industry a software package that it has specifically developed to measure coplanarity of pins and ball grid arrays (BGAs) on components. Read on... |
Stemmer Imaging adds five industrial vision image-capture cards to its product range
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In the UK, Stemmer Imaging Ltd has expanded its range of industrial vision image-capture cards with the addition of five new models from Datapath Ltd. All of these new frame-grabbers are four-lane PCI-X capture cards with a video bandwidth of 650 MB/s. Read on... |
Compact GigE camera now offers enhanced noise performance and higher bit depth
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Canadian developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras and custom imaging systems Lumenera Corp has introduced a newly engineered, small form-factor 11-megapixel Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) digital camera for industrial and scientific imaging applications. Read on... |
Dalsa's Boa smart cameras and Geva multi-camera vision appliance go on display at ATX East
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Teledyne Dalsa, a Canadian company that specialises in high-performance digital imaging systems, semiconductors and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMs), will exhibit at Automation Technology Expo (ATX) East its latest technology for automating vision-based inspection procedures. Read on... |
Industry News
VDMA presents "The future begins today"
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Machine vision will play a crucial role in tackling the challenges of the future, among them solutions for large-scale production of lightweight composites and batteries, service robotics and new approaches to human-machine-interaction. VDMA Machine Vision and VDMA Robotics + Automation have jointly created the film "The future begins today" highlighting important growth areas of the future. These topics will also be addressed at the AUTOMATICA - International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics in Munich, Germany, from May 22 - 25, 2012). We look forward to meeting you at our booth A1/138! View film |
Customer service executive strengthens AVT's team in Asia.
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Allied Vision Technologies GmbH (AVT) has strengthened its team in Asia with the appointment of a customer service executive. Read on... |
Vision Research appoints Mikroton as its distribution partner for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
US-based Vision Research Inc has appointed Mikrotron GmbH, which develops, produces and markets digital high-speed cameras, image-processing components and high-speed recording systems for industry, and research and development worldwide, as its new distribution partner for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Read on...
Microscan wins three industry awards in China
Microscan Systems Inc reports that it has received three 'China Automatic Identification Industry' awards for 2011. Read on...
Jai acquires TVI Vision
Jai A/S has acquired Finnish machine-vision company TVI Vision Oy. Read on...
Events
AUTOMATICA 2012
5th International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics
May 22 - 25, 2012
Munich, Germany
www.automatica-munich.com
Objective Characterization of Digital Cameras According to EMVA 1288, Release 3.1
12 July, 2012
Hanau, Germany
The aim of this training course it to explain the theoretical foundations of EMVA 1288, to demonstrate its benefits and to gain first hands-on experience in applying it. The course will be given by the Chairman of the EMVA 1288 Working Group, Professor Bernd Jähne, HCI, University of Heidelberg.
Find out more: www.schulung.aeon.de/emva.html
VISION 2012
25th International Trade Fair for Machine Vision
November 6 - 8, 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
www.vision-fair.de
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