Atlas Copco Acquires Automotive Integrated Quality Solutions Supplier Metrology and Quality News [Video]

VisionTools Bildanalyse Systeme GmbH (VisionTools), a German company that develops and sells integrated solutions for quality control in assembly lines, has become part of Atlas Copco Group. VisionTools, headquartered in Waghäusel, develops and sells smart, integrated quality control solutions primarily aimed at the automotive industry. VisionTools installs and adapts systems for different customer needs. The company has 80 employees.

“With this acquisition we further create value for our customers by enhancing our smart integrated assembly offering to the automotive industry”, said Henrik Elmin, Business Area President for Industrial Technique.

Founded in 1986 by Dr. Hermann Tropf following 12 years as a scientific employee at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Vision Tool’s V60 powerful image analysis software package combined with industrial computer, cameras, and lighting creates a complete image processing solution with process control and communication to higher-level systems. The V60 image analysis software can handle simple tasks just as easily as complex …