Sustainable partnership with AL-KO AG secures STEMMER IMAGING’s future.
The Munich-based AL-KO AG, parent company of the internationally active AL-KO KOBER SE, has as of June 30, 2017, acquired 75.04% of the shares in STEMMER IMAGING GmbH from the company’s founder Wilhelm Stemmer. The successful management team acquired a share of 24.96% in the company as part of the transaction.
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DIMI) of the University of Brescia includes more than 70 professors and researchers, divided into 14 research groups. Chemistry for Technologies, Design and Methods for Industrial Engineering, Basic and Applied Nuclear Physics, Industrial and Environmental Technical Physics, Industrial and Mechanical Plants, Economic and Managerial Engineering, Fluid Machines and Systems for Converting Energy, Applied Machine Mechanics, Metallurgy, Mechanical and Thermal Measures, Mechanic Design and Machine Construction, Science and Technology of Materials, Sociology of Economic and Work Processes, Technologies and Work Systems.
Located in Shanghai, China, xVision provides automation solutions for manufacturers, focusing on 3C (Computer, Communication, Consumer Electronics) customers. They have a powerful team that includes Structure Design, Robotic Application and Machine Vision Application. xVision provides a one of a kind 3D sensor that outputs Depth image, RGB images and Point Cloud data and wants to be one of the leading Machine Vision companies in China.
The company group’s aim is to build up a world-leading provider of industrial image processing solutions. The Constance based company remains an independent GmbH with the two managing directors Martin Hund and Markus Schnitzlein, who are both also represented in the Board of Directors of Lakesight. The integration was made possible by Ambienta, the largest European private equity fund specialising in environmental investments.
Members benefit from extensive synergy effects such as a broader product portfolio, expanded sales, and more resources for the development of innovative products
Mauro Roversi, Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Ambienta, commented: “Having Chromasens as a new member of Lakesight is a further step towards the creation of a global leading platform in the machine vision sector.” Giancarlo Beraudo, Principal at Ambienta, added: “Chromasens fits perfectly with Lakesight as it is complementary on all levels, from the product portfolio to the sales channels and the R&D capabilities.”
Chromasens provides Lakesight with a complementary portfolio of line-scan machine vision cameras and access to 3D and hyperspectral technologies. Chromasens has c. 60 employees, the majority of which are in R&D, and sales of c. €10 million.
Markus Schnitzlein, Managing Director of Chromasens, said: “We are pleased to join Lakesight which we see as a strong partner that can sustain Chromasens in our next phase of development.” Martin Hund, Managing Director of Chromasens, added: “As part of Lakesight we will continue our growth path through investment in new technologies, developing projects with blue-chip customers and expanding our international sales leveraging Lakesight’s resources and sales network.”
Chromasens is the third company of the Lakesight group, as it joins Tattile and Mikrotron. Tattile, based in Mairano (Italy), develops, produces and sells machine vision systems for industrial and mobility applications and has become a worldwide leader in cameras for intelligent traffic systems. Mikrotron, based in Unterschleißheim (Germany), is a manufacturer of vision solutions with a leadership position in high-speed cameras.
HIPPEROS S.A. is a leading provider of High Performance Embedded software solutions and in particular the developer of real-time & embedded High Performance Computing software designed to improve performance, reliability, efficiency and security for smart embedded systems. HIPPEROS was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. The company is a spin-off of the Parallel Architectures for Real-Time Systems (PARTS) Research Center at the prestigious university Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). As an European software house, its technology is 100% independent and ITAR-free.
Being the Executive Director of Thought Leadership for London Business School Executive Education Adam is sought for his expertise on the future of business. He leverages his research on the work and leadership paradigms of Generation Y, a demographic that will compose half of the global workforce by 2020, to shine a light on the fundamental paradigm shifts that we will face in terms of what’s important to the world of business and how it will be led.
Related to the future of business, companies are concerned about how they can innovate in order to be prepared for the seismic shifts they will face. Through this lens, Adam has a practical perspective on how to improve strategic or business model innovation, management innovation and to emphasise organisational and personal purpose in work-life.
In his keynote Adam will share his expertise and long year experience on the question how to attract, retain and manage generation Y.
Is there a need to completely change our management styles?
And how will leadership look like when generation Y professionals get into leading positions?
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Professionals from Europe and abroad are looking forward to the 2017 edition of the EMVA conference in Prague.
Taking place 22 – 24 June 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic, the EMVA conference again will be one of the top highlights for our industry in 2017.
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In his current role as Managing Director of the international think tank Re-Define Sony advises key policymakers in the EU and in emerging economies. He also runs Court Jesters, a boutique consultancy that specialises in tackling groupthink in corporate boards and investment committees.
In addition, he is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Asset Management and Insurance. Part of his current work focuses on the future of technology and its interplay with productivity and future of labour.
In his keynote Sony takes the challenge to look at Europe’s economical development under the actually volatile conditions. The UK declares Brexit giving example for other regions and states within Europe strengthening separation trends. And across the Atlantic the Trump administration introduces a new style of leading the United States.
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Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced yesterday that it has acquired ViDi Systems SA, a maker of deep learning software for industrial machine vision. The acquisition was completed on April 4.
ViDi’s deep learning software uses artificial intelligence techniques to improve image analysis in applications where it is difficult to predict the full range of image variations that might be encountered. Using feedback, ViDi’s software trains the system to distinguish between acceptable variations and defects.
“The ViDi team is at the forefront of applying deep learning techniques to the real-world challenges of industrial machine vision,” said Robert J. Willett, President and CEO of Cognex. “We are excited to bring this expertise to Cognex to broaden the scope of applications that can be addressed at a world-class level with Cognex vision.”
Upon closing, ViDi Systems became part of Cognex’s Vision Products business unit, where their deep learning software will continue to be developed and integrated into the Cognex product portfolio. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Cognex’s financial results in 2017 or 2018.
ViDi Systems, based in Villaz-St.-Pierre Switzerland, was founded in 2012 by Dr. Reto Wyss, a computational neuroscience Ph.D., and the CPA Group, a Swiss industrial holding company and business incubator. Dr. Wyss and ViDi’s team of engineers joined Cognex at the time of the closing on April 4, and Cognex will maintain operations at the company’s current site in Switzerland.
The second article of EMVA’s white paper series ‘Machine Vision Fundamentals’ titled The Background is available for Download now.
Registration of 1st edition of this brandnew conference taking place 12 – 13 October 2017 in the International Congress Center of Stuttgart (trade show) has opened today.
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