Industrial output stays uneven: China prints 6.3% YoY while Europe slips to -1.2%. Manufacturing Sentiments remain expansionary (US 52.3, EU 51.6) but are increasingly flattered by delivery delays and war-linked logistics frictions. Revenue signals confirm a bifurcation: high-growth Asian MV suppliers keep investing, while Western players hover in low single digits. Implication: machine vision demand persists, but projects skew toward fast-payback productivity and resilience.
