AIA reports growth in North American machine-vision market

-- Test & Measurement World, 6/23/2011 7:00:00 AM

Machine-vision sales grew 34% in North America during the first quarter of 2011, the fifth straight quarter of double-digit growth, according to the quarterly machine-vision sales-tracking report of the Automated Imaging Association (AIA). The AIA report recorded robust sales across almost all major machine-vision supplier markets, including cameras, lighting, optics, software, application-specific machine-vision systems, and smart cameras.

The new report also found a continuation of widespread optimism in the industry. Approximately one-half of all companies submitting data for the report expect sales to improve over first-quarter levels during the next six months. Of the remaining companies, most anticipate sales comparable to first-quarter results. Only 8% of the companies expect sales to decrease.

AIA's quarterly machine-vision sales-tracking report is available free of charge to all AIA members participating in AIA's sales data program. In addition to its sales-tracking report, AIA prepares market opportunity studies, which it makes available to all AIA members free of charge.

Automated Imaging Association, www.machinevisiononline.org.