North American Machine Vision Market Contracts in First Quarter of 2016
ANN ARBOR, MI — North American sales of machine vision components and systems fell 11 percent year-over-year to $546 million in the first quarter of 2016, according to new statistics issued by AIA, the industry’s trade group.
Total machine vision sales include sales of machine vision components and systems. The machine vision components category decreased seven percent to $79 million in the first quarter of 2016. Individual component categories such as cameras, lighting, optics, and software were down, while sales of imaging boards were flat.