The industrial camera manufacturer IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH was able to close 2023 successfully and far exceeded industry expectations. As planned, the southern German company achieved growth of 15 percent compared to the previous year.
IDS attributes the positive figures to the development of new products, future-oriented cooperations, and good delivery performance thanks to an easing of supply chains.
At the same time, the high stock of components means that all products can be delivered within two weeks.
By contrast, the VDMA reports a nominal decline in sales of 11 percent for German manufacturers of machine vision components in the first three quarters of 2023, with a sharp drop in incoming orders.
The Obersulm-based company performs well in a sector comparison. Sales in the DACH region in particular have developed at an above-average rate. IDS sees even greater potential in the US and Asian markets following the turbulence caused by the chip crisis.
The aim here is to generate further market share in 2024. The development and introduction of new products should make a decisive contribution to this.
Thus, the Ensenso C was already placed in the fast-growing 3D segment last year. More cameras are to follow. Numerous model enhancements are also planned for the uEye+ 2D camera families, e.g. through the integration of new sensors.
“This gives our customers even more choice – from the entry-level range right up to the 10GigE camera series. At the same time, we will continuously improve our IDS peak SDK. To this end, there will be several free software updates throughout 2024,” explains IDS Managing Partner Jan Hartmann.
The IDS NXT platform in the AI segment is also to be extended with the introduction of new models. At the same time, there are plans to expand the capabilities of the IDS NXT Malibu – the first industrial camera with result overlay in the video live stream. The latter is made possible by the integration of an Ambarella SoC (System-on-Chip).
This and the sales partnership with the Fraunhofer spin-off DENKweit GmbH about their AI-based image analysis are accelerating the development of future technologies.
Since the beginning of the year, the company has also been a member of the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), an innovation-promoting ecosystem that is being created in nearby Heilbronn, Germany.
