Thomas - Your EMVA Update Arrived

A year ago at this point the international start of vaccination against the Corona virus promissed the end of pandemica to be quite near. Seems we all are still learning.

Nevertheless there have been a lot of very attractive activities throughout the year 2021, many of them performed in a virtual format like EMVA's Spotlight Series, but also first opportunities for in-person events were offered.
For our industry of course the Vision show was the annual highlight. With Stuttgart as location and taking place in early October the show exactly hit the right place and time.
Even under the given restrictions in regards to socialising and evening events it was so exciting to get together again - from exhibitor's as well as from visitor's perspective.

As EMVA we could manage to continue on our growth of membership, driving forward the work on global machine vision standards and providing interesting vision tech content e.g. at our online EMVA Business Conference Special Edition 2021.
For the first time ever a new EMVA Board of Directors got elected in a virtual General Assembly.

EMVA's quarterly survey on machine vision sales in and to Europe after three quarters clearly points towards a two-digit growth compared to 2020. The supplier expectations for the next six month still suffer strong volatility, also pushed by the difficult supply chain situation.

Despite of the still challenging situation we are looking forward to the events in 2022 beneficial for our vision community as well as for the users of our technology:

EMVA Business Conference in Brussels, Belgium (May)
Vision show in Stuttgart, Germany (October), including EMVA's International Vision Night and the special booth on machine vision satandards
European Machine Vision Forum in Cork, Ireland (November)

We would be excited to meet you and your colleagues at our highlights throughout the year.

The EMVA Board of Directors and the whole EMVA team wishes you and your family peaceful holidays and a prosperous New Year.

Take care and stay well!

'We are very happy and look forward to our stay at Steigenberger Wiltcher's from 12-14 May as the hotel offers great conference facilities and perfect conditions to organise our well-known networking sessions - all this also with view to the safety topic in the pandemic', commented Thomas Lübkemeier, EMVA General Manager, the news.
Registered conference attendees are invited to benefit from special EMVA rates for their accomodation booking.

Meet CEOs, managing directors, corporate strategists, marketing directors, technical managers and other executives of our business to exchange market intelligence and news of innovative technologies.

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