Detectors & Imaging

VISION show becomes biennial event

Feb. 11, 2013

Stuttgart, Germany--The VISION show, previously held every autumn at Messe Stuttgart, will now take place in alternate years. Rather than 2013, the next VISION tradeshow will now take place November 4-6, 2014.

Conard Holton

Stuttgart, Germany--VISION, previously held every autumn at Messe Stuttgart, will now take place in alternate years. Rather than 2013, the next VISION tradeshow will now take place November 4-6, 2014. The organizers say that this decision has been taken in line with international market developments, according to a vote by exhibitors, and for the benefit of visitors.

The change was announced after extensive analyses by Messe Stuttgart in conjunction with the VDMA Machine Vision Association and key players in the machine vision industry. "The new biennial cycle will extend the leading position of VISION still further and consolidate its importance as a global innovation platform," stated Ulrich Kromer, Managing Director of Messe Stuttgart.

"The biennial cycle will provide visitors with considerable value-added," according to Olaf Munkelt, Managing Director of MVTec (Munich, Germany). "Exhibitors and attendees will see more world premieres of new products at every event and we can now prepare for VISION in an even more focused manner."

With the change to a biennial cycle, VISION can also be permanently staged in Hall 1, the L-Bank Forum. This would not have been possible with an annual date. "It will certainly lead to increased efficiency for both exhibitors and visitors," says Florin Niethammer, VISION Project Manager. "In our capacity as a trade fair company, we will actively accompany the machine vision industry during this systematic development step."

About the Author

Conard Holton | Editor at Large

Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.