What is MERLIC?

With Deep OCR Alignment and other improvements, Deep Learning Tool 26.03 enhances speed and efficiency for OCR applications. New models, optimized training, and CUDA 12.8 support bring higher performance with lower memory usage.

This basic training introduces you to the mosaicking technologies in HALCON. The course shows you how to combine several images into one large mosaic image. Thus, this technology enables you to create a large image of an object or scene that would ot…

This advanced training introduces you to the concept of parallel programming with HALCON. The application of parallel programming allows you to optimize the performance of your HALCON program and take full advantage of multicore or multiprocessor ha…

The company based in Vojnik, Slovenia, specializes in industrial printing, machine vision, weighing, labeling, and traceability, serving primarily the pharmaceutical industry.

The automated optical inspection (AOI) specialist VST Taiwan has joined the MVTec Certified Integration Partner Program and offers services in optical system design, mechanical structure planning, and key vision components.

The latest version of the MVTec Software Manager is now available and brings several enhancements to improve usability and performance.

This advanced training introduces you to the development of custom tools for MERLIC to extend the existing MERLIC tool library.

With MVTec License Server Cloud-Ready 25.12, HALCON licenses can be borrowed, enabling operation during network failures and offline.

On December 4, 2025, we released the new version 25.12 of the MVTec Deep Learning Tool and thus consistently further developed our portfolio for AI-based machine vision.

We are pleased to welcome Micro-Epsilon, a globally operating specialist in high-precision sensor and measurement technology, to our Technology Partner Program.

This training course will introduce you to the new image acquisition operators. Through practical exercises, you will learn the necessary technical terms and concepts, and deepen your knowledge.

The new version of MVTec HALCON is now available for download. This version again brings some improvements as well as new features, such as Continual Learning – Classification, a new technology that makes training and maintaining classification model…

The company from Schio, Italy, develops fully customized AI-powered solutions for diverse industries, from manufacturing to pharma, automotive, packaging, and food & beverage.

This advanced training course covers the integration and use of the HALCON library in software projects written in C, C++, C#, Visual Basic .NET, and Python.

This advanced course provides in-depth information on using GigE Vision cameras with HALCON.

The company from Aspe (Alicante, Spain) applies robotics and machine vision in tire production, focusing on final inspection and quality assurance.

The German company specializes in customized automation solutions for demanding applications in food, medical technology, packaging, and plastics industries.

The division Halley Machine Vision specializes in 3D vision and robot guidance solutions for industrial automation and quality control.

The company from Slovakia provides advanced machine vision solutions for quality control and inspection across automotive, rubber, engineering, and wood industries.

MVTec MERLIC 5.8 makes developing and operating vision applications easier than ever, with improved error handling, centralized recipe management, and faster, more flexible deployment.

With expertise in machine vision, optical and electrical measurement, and automation, GosTech Kft. delivers high-value solutions across multiple industries.

The Swiss company supports machine builders with industrial software development and customized machine vision solutions based on HALCON.

In this advanced course, you will learn how to perform hand-eye calibration using HALCON.

Backed by the Mpac group, SIGA Vision delivers seamless vision systems and turnkey solutions for food and beverage, consumer goods, and healthcare industries.

Founded in 2007, VISOR develops customized AOI and automation solutions and is today a leading provider of industrial vision systems in Southeastern Europe.

Smart Services has joined the MVTec Certified Integration Partner Program, offering machine vision solutions for identification, measurement, object and position detection, and quality inspection.

The Herzog VSA specialises in challenging machine vision projects, with a strong focus on 3D data processing, line scan camera applications, and hybrid 2D/3D systems.

Computer vision specialist Agmanic Vision has joined the MVTec Certified Integration Partner Program and delivers AI-driven solutions for quality control, robotics, and embedded applications.

The update makes it easier to run the License Server as a Windows system service and provides improved access to documentation.

MVTec is pleased to welcome Optotune Switzerland AG as the latest company to join its Technology Partner Program. Through this collaboration, MVTec’s powerful machine vision software is complemented by Optotune’s cutting-edge focus-tunable lenses and…

Autolab GmbH is the latest addition to MVTec's Certified Integration Partner Program, delivering advanced solutions for visual quality inspection and inline measurement using deep learning and classical machine vision.

In this advanced training course, you will learn how to perform print quality inspection for bar and data codes using HALCON and MERLIC.

Faster, more intuitive, and interactive programming: All HALCON users can now download the new IDE preview version.

This basic training introduces you to defect detection with MVTec HALCON. In this training, you learn different approaches and what to consider when developing a defect detection application. Then, you solve some challenging applications with differe…

Visione Artificiale srl has joined the MVTec Certified Integration Partner Program, offering turnkey vision solutions for quality control, defect detection, robot guidance, and process optimization.

Automation specialist Bertram Elektrotechnik adds its expertise in robotics, test engineering, and image processing to the MVTec Certified Integration Partner Program.

This basic training introduces you to the concept of regions in HALCON. You learn how to create regions manually as well as by different segmentation approaches, process regions, and access different features of regions.

his advanced training shows you how to optimize your deep learning applications in terms of inference runtime and memory requirements using MVTec’s AI Accelerator Interface (AI²).

The new version of MVTec HALCON is now available for download. With this release, MVTec focuses on improving HALCON’s ease-of-use and rule-based machine vision.

We’re thrilled to announce the Visual Anomaly and Novelty Detection (VAND) 2025 challenge, a premier event at CVPR 2025. Sponsored by Voxel51, Intel, and MVTec, this challenge aims to push the boundaries of anomaly detection in industrial application…

On April 30, 2025, we released the new version 25.04 of the MVTec Deep Learning Tool and thus consistently further developed our portfolio for AI-based machine vision.

MVTec Software GmbH is proud to announce the 5-year anniversary of its successful educational initiative MVTec on Campus. To mark this special milestone, MVTec is launching a unique and engaging campaign: Vision Heroes – Saving Yogurt Village.

With the new version MERLIC 5.7, MVTec continues their established path with MERLIC – easy process integration combined with powerful machine vision methods. The new version improves the usability of MERLIC Runtime Environment (RTE) and optimizes the…

This basic training teaches you how to read bar codes with HALCON and MERLIC.

As we wrap up our Christmas quiz, we’re excited to share the fantastic results.