North American machine vision sales rise 3% in second quarter, says AIA
Ann Arbor, MI--Total machine vision sales in North America rose 3% compared to the second quarter of 2011, according to new statistics published by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA).
Total machine vision sales include sales of machine vision systems and components. Sales of machine vision systems, the largest category, rose 2% year-over-year while sales of machine vision components saw an increase of 10%.
The increase in sales of machine vision components resulted primarily from sales of cameras, the largest machine vision components market in North America, which rose by 13% compared to second quarter 2011. Sales of other machine vision components also rose on a year-over-year basis: software (24%), imaging boards (10%), optics (2%), and lighting (1%).
"While second quarter results are up from the first quarter of this year, industry experts do not expect an ongoing improvement," says Paul Kellett, AIA’s director of market analysis. "Fifty-three percent of the experts surveyed expect flat sales, while 37% believe sales will decrease in the next two quarters. Only 10% expect an overall improvement in machine vision sales," he continues.
AIA’s Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report is available free of charge to all AIA members participating in AIA’s sales data program. For more information, please visit http://www.visiononline.org/index.cfm.
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