During the GenICam Standard Working Group meeting on April 15-16, the chairs of the GenICam Working Group have been re-elected. 35 experts from more than 20 companies representing all major camera, frame grabber and software companies attended the meeting which took place in Seoul/South Korea. Fritz Dierks was re-elected as Chaiman; he is supported by three Vice-Chairmen, namely Christoph Zierl, Rupert Stelz, and Stephane Maurice.
In the photo you see from left to right: Christoph Zierl (MVTec Software GmbH), Vice-Chair; Fritz Dierks (Basler AG), Chair; Rupert Stelz (STEMMER IMAGING GmbH), Vice-Chair; Stephane Maurice (Matrox Imaging), Vice-Chair.

MVTec welcomes Optimum from Germany as a new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo you see (from left to right): Markus Nübling (CTO Optimum), Timo Betz (IDS) and Wolfgang Mahanty (CEO Optimum).

MVTec welcomes Adimec as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. Adimec is a company in Netherlands, which designs, manufactures and markets high performance industrial cameras for equipment manufacturers in machine vision & medical imaging & outdoor imaging.

MVTec welcomes ShapeDrive as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. ShapeDrive is a supplier of high performance 3D machine vision full field range scanners for reverse engineering, automation & process control in many industrial sectors. ShapeDrive focuses on high speed, high accuracy systems, and small footprints. You can access ShapeDrive scanners via HALCON's interface for ShapeDrive 3D sensors.

MVTec welcomes Irmato Industrial Solutions B.V. from the Netherlands as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes Cosine BV and CroesConnectivity from the Netherlands as new members of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photos you see (from left to right): Maximilien Collon (Cosine BV), Harm Hanekamp (Data Vision, a division of HPR Techniek), and Michel Croes (CroesConnectivity)

MVTec welcomes FWD Mechatronical Solutions B.V. from the Netherlands as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo you see (from left to right): Raymond Wentink (FWD Mechatronical Solutions) and Harm Hanekamp (Data Vision, a division of HPR Techniek).

MVTec welcomes Active Silicon as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. Active Silicon specializes in the design, manufacture and supply of specialist digital imaging products and technologies, in particular of frame grabber boards for both analogue and digital (CoaXPress, HD-SDI, SDI, Camera Link & LVDS) video acquisition. Active Silicon is one of the driving forces of the CoaXPress standard. You can access CoaXPress compliant cameras via the FireBird CoaXPress board and HALCON's interface for GenICam GenTL compliant cameras.

MVTec welcomes odos imaging as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. odos imaging is a technology focused company specializing in the development and manufacture of sensor and camera systems for the capture of high-resolution, time-of-flight, 3D video streams. The real.iZ 3D cameras support the GigE Vision standard and thus can be easily accessed via HALCON's interface for GigE Vision compliant cameras.

MVTec welcomes Pliant B.V. from the Netherlands as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo you see (from left to right): Walter Kleijweg (Pliant B.V.) and Harm Hanekamp (Data Vision, a division of HPR Techniek).

MVTec welcomes Fazio Saverio from Italy as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

Have a look at the brandnew MVTec YouTube channel. MVTec will regularly post videos of vision applications, software features for powerful vision solutions, and news regarding HALCON and ActivVisionTools. For example, see how HALCON's powerful 3D vision is used for 3D surface comparison. Or see how HALCON's surfaced-based 3D matching eases "pick and place " tasks in robot vision. Check out regularly the MVTec YouTube channel.

MVTec welcomes AceLabs from Italy as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo you see (from left to right): Massimiliano Rato (Image S), Michele Bucceri (AceLabs), Pierdomenico Chiesa (Image S), Daniele De Bellis (AceLabs), Amanuele Sironi (AceLabs), Gerhard Wagner (MVTec).

MVTec welcomes XT-VISION from France as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo you see (from left to right): David Lacroix (ingénieur commercial Elvitec), Julien Dujin (CEO XT-VISION), and and Miriam Mangrion (XT-Vision).

MVTec welcomes Xenics as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. The high-tech company Xenics serves new fields of infrared products and applications. A strong technology background enables Xenics to do custom designed chips and add functionality as requested, such as specific read-out capability. Xenics offers products covering the most active IR wavelength areas from 1 up to 14 micrometer. They come as line-scan as well as two-dimensional devices. Xenics also delivers custom detectors, infrared cameras or electro-optic instrumentation solutions according to customers' agreed specifications and project setups. Acquisition hardware of Xenics can be directly used in HALCON via HALCON's interface for GigE Vision compliant cameras.

MVTec welcomes Imaging Solutions Group as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. The Imaging Solutions Group is a camera/imaging engineering services firm that specializes in OEM product design and delivery. Custom camera and imaging designs can be designed quickly based upon their own image pipeline design. Image algorithm development expertise and DSP programming, ASIC/FPGA design services ensure highly optimized solutions for customer applications. Acquisition hardware of the Imaging Solutions Group can be directly used in HALCON via HALCON's interface for IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cameras.

MVTec welcomes Omni Machine Vision from the United Kingdom as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes Omnicom Engineering from the United Kingdom as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes Kaluti System from France as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo you see (from left to right): Gerhard Wagner (european sales manager MVTec), Hervé Lohou (directeur des operations Kaluti), David Lacroix (ingénieur commercial Elvitec), Antoine Patri (chef de projet vision industrielle Kaluti), and Julien Decloux (directeur des études Kaluti).

MVTec welcomes Captic from France as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo, David Lacroix, ingénieur commercial at Elvitec (left), welcomes Alain Ropin, CEO of Captic (right).

MVTec welcomes LMI Technologies as a new member of the MVTec Image Acquisition Partner Program. LMI Technologies Inc., part of the Vision Group of AUGUSTA Technologie AG, is a global research, development, and manufacturing organization specializing in 3D measurement sensors. LMI's product portfolio includes the Gocator series of flexible 3D sensors that provide a variety of metrology and error proofing solutions for factory automation. LMI's 3D sensors can be directly used in HALCON via HALCON's GenICamTL Interface.

MVTec welcomes Oy Delta-Enterprise Ltd from Finland as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes New Vision Solutions from Spain as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes weitblick systems from Austria as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes Braendler Engineering from Australia as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program.

MVTec welcomes Bulckaert Machine Vision from Belgium as new member of its Certified Integration Partner Program. In the photo, Koenraad Van de Veere (right, director of Phaer) welcomes Thomas Bulckaert (owner of Bulckaert Machine Vision).