In 2017 the German machine vision industry achieved a record turnover of €2.6 billion, an increase of 17% compared with the previous year.

Turnover in the industry has therefore doubled within ten years. This is reported by the VDMA Machine Vision, sector group of the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association. According to VDMA Machine Vision, the reason for the boom is that machine vision technology "made in Germany“ is not only being used to an increasing extent in global automation competition in traditional sectors of industry, but is also conquering entirely new industries. The industry-driven platform expects growth to continue in 2018 with a 7% increase in turnover to €2.8 billion.