MONTREAL, April 18, 2024 — Averna, a test & quality solutions provider, has acquired ELCOM, a.s., a test & measurement and industrial automation company, along with its subsidiaries RH-Tech s.r.o. and ELTIA s.r.o. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

MUNICH, April 17, 2024 — ?Machine vision software developer MVTec has established a subsidiary in Hsinchu, Taiwan. MVTec Taiwan Co., Ltd., will primarily focus on the semiconductor industry, the parent company said, and it will house MVTec's previously established sales...

MT. LAUREL, N.J., April 9, 2024 — inTEST Corporation, a supplier of test and process technology solutions for the semiconductor industry among others, has acquired Alfamation S.p.A., a provider of test and measurement solutions for the automotive, life sciences, and specialty...

LONDON, March 28, 2024 — London-based machine vision startup Cambrian Robotics has raised $3.5 million to develop its AI platform. The company's AI-based vision technology for collaborative and industrial robot arms targets tasks in advanced manufacturing and quality...

BERLIN, March 21, 2024 — INDUS Holding AG has acquired robotics technology company Gestalt Robotics. The company joins INDUS’ engineering segment. Gestalt Robotics is a developer of automation technologies for industrial, laboratory, and mobility applications. Its...

Mar 20, 2024 — E-commerce has had a profound effect on everyday life, making it possible for goods to be bought and delivered across the world. This infinitely large marketplace is available from smartphones everywhere, and fulfilling purchasing desires has become...

Mar 15, 2024 — The Association for Advancing Automation’s (A3’s) Automate trade show is starting off its new annual status at McCormick Place in Chicago, returning to the city after several years in Detroit. Taking place from May 6 to 9, Automate, the largest...

GRUGLIASCO, Italy, March 13, 2024 — Automation technology company Comau is working with aerospace company Leonardo to develop and test a self-adaptive robotic solution for the autonomous inspection of helicopter blades measuring up to seven meters. Using a combination of cognitive...

MUNICH, Germany, March 7, 2024 — Industrial imaging company FRAMOS has established a strategic partnership with RidgeRun, a developer of embedded software for systems on chips. FRAMOS expects the collaboration to boost integration efficiency between hardware and software...

STUTTGART, Germany, March 7, 2024 — Software provider Vector Informatik has acquired a majority stake in AI and camera sensor specialist EYYES GmbH. The acquired company will continue its business activities independently, the companies said. EYYES has developed technologies for...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 6, 2024 — Intel has launched Altera, a standalone field programmable gate array company. Sandra Rivera, Intel’s executive vice president and CEO of its Programmable Solutions Group, serves as Altera’s CEO. Intel unveiled the company during a...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Feb. 23, 2024 — Omron Automation will relocate its facility in Renton, Wash., outside Seattle, to Greer, S.C. The relocation is underway and expected to be complete by May. In addition, Omron is partnering with readySC, a division of the South Carolina Technical...

MUNICH, Feb. 22, 2024 — Siemens AG, a developer of automation technology, has acquired visual inspection startup Inspekto GmbH. Inspekto enables manufacturers, of any scale and profile, to stay competitive by automating visual inspection without vision experts and...

HAAKSBERGEN, Netherlands, Jan. 29, 2024 — TKH Group has acquired Canadian visual guidance solutions provider JCAI Inc. (JCAII). The company provides guidance software and equipment for airport management applications, such as conditions-monitoring, visual guidance, and safety. Following the...

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 26, 2024 — Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and HACARUS Corporation will expand their existing collaboration in the development of AI-based visual-inspection applications for manufacturing. Accoding to a joint announcement, the collaborators will further...

BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 17, 2024 — Allient Inc., a designer and manufacturer of motion, controls, and power products, has acquired SNC Manufacturing Co., Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrical transformers. SNC will become a technology unit of Allient within the Allied Power...

NATICK, Mass., Jan. 5, 2023 — Cognex CFO Paul Todgham has resigned from his position as senior vice president of finance and CFO, effective March 15. Todgham, who joiuned the company in 2020, will continue to serve in the role of CFO until the effective date and remain available...

ESPOO, Finland, Dec. 22, 2023 — 3D manufacturing technology company Visual Components has established a joint venture with longtime collaborator Mitsubishi Electric to further develop digital manufacturing technologies. The venture, called ME Industrial Simulation Software, seeks...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 20, 2023 — The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) released the results of its Fall 2023 PlugFest, designed to validate the interoperability of products against the requirements of standards including Camera Link HS (CLHS), GigE Vision, and USB3 Vision...

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20, 2023 — Digital reality solutions company Hexagon has entered into an agreement to sell its Tesa PMI (Precision Measurement Instruments) business to Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Company Ltd. The divestment is in line with Hexagon’s strategy to focus...

BERLIN, Dec.16, 2023 — Micropsi Industries, a developer of robotics software, named Gary Jackson CEO. Jackson takes over from company founder Ronnie Vuine, who will focus on product development. Gary Jackson, CEO of Micropsi Industries. Courtesy of Micropsi Industries....

SURREY, England, Dec. 5, 2023 — The Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) Group of Associations is re-branding and changing its name to Automate UK. The association said it made the change in a bid to better represent the needs of its membership and its end-user...

MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2023 — SiLC Technologies Inc. has secured $25 million in funding to expand production to support designs for its Eyeonic vision solutions. The additional funding also supports continued product development, to enable the company to pursue further...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2, 2023 — Stereolabs, a provider of 3D depth and motion sensing solutions, has integrated its ZED SDK and ZED X stereo cameras with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and added support for NVIDIA Isaac ROS. The move, the camera maker said, aims to accelerate development of...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 19, 2023 — UnitX has been awarded a $5 million investment from SE Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture fund backed by global energy and automation company Schneider Electric. UnitX, through its software-defined vision system (OptiX) and its edge AI compute...