Japanese companies exhibited through the Japan Pavilion at VISION, a machine vision and image-processing exhibition held in Stuttgart, Germany, and received support for business meetings.
VISION, a biennial machine vision and image-processing exhibition, was held from 6 to 8 October in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany. The 32nd edition attracted a record 494 exhibitors and more than 9,000 visitors from 59 countries. Japanese companies participated as 24 direct exhibitors, demonstrating the presence of Japanese companies together with their European subsidiaries.
Exhibits ranged from system components such as lenses and sensors for optical and image-processing technologies, to position-detection and quality-inspection equipment, as well as related services including prototype production and consulting. International organizations, including the Japan Industrial Imaging Association, set up joint booths and presented initiatives to develop international standards for machine vision.
JETRO exhibited in the Japan Pavilion together with the Photon Valley Center, an organization supporting Hamamatsu's optical industry, and provided business-matching support for 3 optical companies from Hamamatsu. Exhibitors said that, despite participating for the first time, they had been able to promote their products to a broad range of visitors, while others said they hoped to use the diversity of visitors in Europe to help develop new customers.