(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America rose substantially during the third quarter of 2010. Overall, year-over-year growth hit 68 percent, up from the second quarter of 2010 at 60 percent and the first quarter of 2010 at 34 percent, according to a new sales-tracking report of the Automated Imaging Association (AIA).

The new report, “Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking,”shows that sales were robust in all major machine-vision supplier markets, including cameras, lighting, optics, imaging boards, software, application-specific machine vision systems, and smart cameras.

The report also disclosed that 68 percent of companies submitting data for the report expect sales to improve during the next six reported months; that is, the fourth quarter of 2010 through the first quarter of 2011. Of the remaining companies, 28 percent anticipate sales at or near the level reached during 2010’s third quarter. Just 4 percent believe that sales will decrease.

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