ISRA VISION AG is a manufacturer of solutions in the machine vision and industrial image processing sector. The company's products are used for quality and surface inspection as well as robot vision in the automated production. They are applied in various commercial sectors, including the automotive, glass, paper, printing, metal, plastics, solar, packaging, food and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, the company employs about 600 people in more than 25 locations worldwide. ISRA VISION AG is listed and traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the Prime Standard segment.
Operations
ISRA is divided into two divisions. The Surface Vision division develops and markets solutions for the inspection of various surfaces. This includes web products such as glass, foil, film, nonwovens, paper, printing, metals as well as products for the solar industry. The Industrial Automation division focuses on 3D machine vision applications for production automation which cover tasks such as robot guidance, automated assembly, surface measurement, shape recognition and quality control, particularly in the automotive industry. An example is the final control of complex surfaces like painted car bodies. The systems and products are complemented by a software architecture for yield management. A typical machine vision system consists of lighting units, sensors, hardware, software and mechanical components. In addition to the overall system, ISRA also develops the sensors, lighting modules and the software itself. Therefore, the company applies its knowledge of optics, lighting and measurement technology, physics and information technology, as well as image processing and classification algorithms.
Success
For its innovations ISRA has been presented with multiple awards. The company was rewarded with the Hessischer Innovationspreis three times. ISRA was also honoured at the Deloitte Technology Fast 50Award ceremony and has been voted one of the Top 100 most innovative German SMEs. In 2012, ISRA received the Intersolar Award for the development of an innovative solar cell inspection system. For the first time ever, ISRA VISION AG received the first prize in the category for "medium-sized companies" for the German Industry's Innovation Award. The award, under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, was presented to ISRA for its innovative "Plug & Automate" 3D family of sensor products, which are utilized in three-dimensional robot automation applications.
History
ISRA VISION AG was founded in 1997 by Enis Ersü, a scientist in the field of robotics and sensor technology at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. It was originally established as a spin-off of a predecessor company, which had existed since 1985. In 2000, the company went public. Today ISRA has subsidiaries and production facilities in Germany, the USA, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and further European countries.
