Frankfurt – According to the results of the recent VDMA Machine Vision Market Survey the industry turnover of the machine vision sector in Germany in 2012 almost reached its previous peak value of 2011. It went down from 1.51 to 1.49 billion euro – a one percent drop. Whereas the domestic market contracted by six percent and supplies to European countries shrank by 12%, exports in total continued to grow. Business with Asia grew by 13% in 2012 year-on-year and for the first time exceeded the export volume to the European countries.
Deliveries to America increased by 12%. The total export ratio of the German machine vision industry increased to 55% in 2011 growth was 52%.