”In the EMVA Board I would like to focus on topics which are related to industrial applications and their resulting demands for future machine vision systems. With this focus I want to motivate more system integrators to be part of our community. I also will try to link discussions from end users into our community. Beside this it is important for me to align activities of the different associations on an European Level.”
Short CV
Dr. Kai-Udo Modrich is the Chief Executive Officer of NEWSTON Automated Solutions GmbH. The company is a solution provider for inline measuring technology, robot vision, and vision-based quality inspection systems in the automotive and manufacturing industries.
Kai-Udo Modrich was born on November 9, 1969, in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. In 2002, he received his PhD from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the same university. From 1997 to 2007, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Fraunhofer IPA) in various positions, eventually becoming Head of the Information Processing Department. From 2008 to 2025, he worked at Carl Zeiss AG. Initially, he led the Product Management and Application Department within the ZEISS Industrial Metrology (IMT) Business Group. From 2009 to 2013, he headed the Software Development. Concurrent with his role as Senior Director for Software Development, he served as Managing Director at the Carl Zeiss Innovation Center in Dresden and Managing Director at Holometric Technologies GmbH in Essingen. From 2013 to 2025, he was the Managing Director of Carl Zeiss Automated Inspection GmbH in Neuenstein, Germany. From 2016, he simultaneously led the Field of Business Car Body Solutions. From 2021 to 2025, he headed the Field of Business Inline Inspection & Metrology within Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions. Since March 2025, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of NEWSTON Automated Solutions GmbH in Neuenstein, Germany.
Kai-Udo Modrich has served on various voluntary committees in the field of machine vision and metrology, including those for the Vision Show at Messe Stuttgart, the AMA scientific committee, and others. From 2002 to 2013, he chaired the VDI/VDE GMA 3.33 committee for x-ray based computed tomography for metrology applications. Since 2008, he has served on the industrial advisory board of the Fraunhofer Alliance Vision. He is a member of the board of trustees at Fraunhofer IPA and a member of VDMA Robotics & Automation.
Kai-Udo was elected to the EMVA Board of Directors by the General Assembly in Athens, Greece, in 2015. In 2024, he was re-elected to the EMVA Board and assumed the role of Vice President.
