Vision for Startups

How are the preparations for Vision 2024 currently going?

Florian Niethammer: Preparations for the upcoming Vision show are in full swing and we are very far along in the planning process already. I’m happy to announce that we have surpassed the number of exhibitors of 2022 and can count more than 400 exhibiting companies today. We are on a pleasing development path with Vision despite the challenging conditions that many markets are facing at the moment. And the nice thing is that we are receiving more enquiries and expressions of interest still. We expect a total growth in exhibitors of at least 10% until October compared to the last edition. This definitely reflects the positive expectations and development opportunities in the industry. We see that despite consolidation and M&A activities in the market, the imaging and machine Vision market is still a very attractive field for many new companies to enter. Thus, we count a share of 25% of new companies that exhibit at Vision for the very first time. Also we have already been able to increase the amount of occupied space by more than 1,000 net m². This means that we are talking about an increase of 12% in rented space at present which we are still able to accommodate in both Halls 8 and 10 with an optimized hall planning. You can really see the Vision’s international relevance in the following numbers: The exhibiting companies travel to Stuttgart from 37 countries and even more impressive: more than two thirds of all exhibitors come from abroad (67%).

What opportunities are there for startups to show themselves?

Again, we will offer our Vision Start-Up World which will successfully take place for the third time with 20 young companies from all over the world. Here we will give an overview of the most innovative startups from the area of image processing and computer vision who present the latest in camera technologies, AI and deep learning software or exciting machine vision systems. Besides, there will be again the funded BMWK (The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action) joint stand for German startup companies in special. This program offers ten young innovators from the field of vision technologies the opportunity to join the world’s leading trade show for this topic and to internationalize their businesses and networks.

Will there also be startup lectures at the two lecture forums in Stuttgart?

Yes of course: The startups have the chance to apply for our daily pitches on the main stage of our Industrial Vision Days forum. Every day, five startups will have the chance to present their innovations to the audience on the show floor.

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