(Automated Imaging Association: Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- A new machine vision market study reports that machine vision and automated imaging continues to be a growth industry in North America.
The study found that the North American economy has indeed had an effect on U.S. and Canadian manufacturing sectors, with most economists predicting a continued slowdown in the economy for the United States throughout 2008, which could result in a decrease in purchases of machine-vision products.
Overall, sales results were mixed for 2007; while smart cameras and ASMV system sales were up over 2006, total component sales were down from the previous year. Smart cameras experienced sales of $116.6 million.
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