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Global Manufacturing: U.S. points up, Germany at a 34-month high

The market environment for machine vision has slightly brightened in June 2025 as the US showed strong recovery driven by new orders and domestic demand. The Eurozone continued to contract. China returned to growth and South Korea faced subdued conditions.

Mark Williamson joins Vision Markets consulting team

British machine vision experts brings in long track record in sales and business development in the machine vision industry.

Global Manufacturing: Do the Clouds start to be Lifting?

The gap between manufacturing sectors in the EU, North America, and Asia widens. While some regions show renewed optimism, others face deeper contraction. This divergence underscores the need for Machine Vision suppliers to refine their regional strategies.

Global Manufacturing Enters 2025 with Some Optimism

The disparity among the manufacturing sectors of the EU, North America, and Asia increases. Sentiments show more optimism (or less pessimism) for some - others are dragged to detrimental levels. This urges Machine Vision suppliers to set a clear regional focus in their business strategy.

Global Manufacturing Industry: 2024 Ends as Mixed Bag

The disparity among the manufacturing sectors of the EU, North America, and Asia increases. Sentiments show more optimism (or less pessimism) for some - others are dragged to detrimental levels. This urges Machine Vision suppliers to set a clear regional focus in their business strategy.

Automation Industry Defies Manufacturing Recession

The automation industry shows resilience amid manufacturing recessions, with Korea recovering sentiment and EU lagging, while moderate growth is forecasted for 2025-26.

Machine Vision Industry Update: Q3 Results and 2024 Growth Outlook

The machine vision industry shows uneven 2024 recovery, with solution providers leading and stronger growth forecasted for 2025-26.

Global Manufacturing Industry: Disparity on the Rise

The disparity among the manufacturing sectors of the EU, North America, and Asia increases. Sentiments show more optimism (or less pessimism) for some - others are dragged to detrimental levels. This urges Machine Vision suppliers to set a clear regional focus in their business strategy.

Manufacturing: EU recession takes a break, China behind target

The sentiment of the EU's manufacturers remains strongly negative - with one big exception: Spain! Retrospectively, EU's recession in the manufacturing sector took a break in Aug. 2024. China's growth drops behind its 5% growth target and mood in the US and Mexico is still negative.

Top Machine Vision Players Project Business Acceleration in H2-2024

Despite a sharp slow-down in Q1 and Q2 2024, most stock listed machine vision players are still majorly positive about the second half of the year.

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