Ausgabe zur CONTROL 2017

Ausg.Nr._07/2017

Business & Showtime

easuring technology,

materials

testing,

analysis equipment,

optoelectronics, image process-

ing and vision systems, hard-

ware and software for quality

assurance – the Control inter-

national trade fair for quality

assurance is coming on strong

once again in 2017 with a com-

prehensive portfolio of compo-

nents, modules, stand-alone

solutions and complete systems!

And that’s not all – entirely new

demands for suppliers all over

the world are resulting from ever

stricter requirements on the part

of manufacturing companies

with regard to the integration

of Industry 4.0 structures and

more in-depth use of, for exam-

ple, 3D measuring technology

and industrial image process-

ing. In keeping with tradition,

convincing answers will first be

presented to the expert visitors

by the manufacturers at the 31st

Control, which will once again be

held at the Stuttgart Exhibition

Centre from the 9th through the

12th of May, 2017.

Not only have the developers

and manufacturers of the corre-

sponding hardware and software

made a significant contribution

to the current state-of-the-art

of industrial quality assurance,

but rather above all the research

institutes, university laborato-

ries, institutions, associations

and scientific organisations as

well. They often initiate new ap-

proaches, generate ideas for

innovative developments and

stimulate the expansion of exist-

ing markets and the penetration

of new ones. As a logical conse-

quence, the Control international

trade fair for quality assurance

will mobilise everybody who’s

anybody in the industry sector

once again in 2017 – on the one

hand with more than 900 ex-

hibitors (Control 2016 had 914

exhibitors from 31 countries)

who will showcase worldwide

offerings for QA hardware and

software and, on the other hand,

by means of collaboration with

leading institutions and opinion

makers from all areas of indus-

trial quality assurance.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Pro-

duction Technology and Automa-

tion (IPA) and the Fraunhofer Vi-

sion Alliance can be mentioned

here as longstanding collabora-

tion partners. The IPA will hold its

Event Forum for the 10th time (!)

already at Control 2017, which is

currently dealing with issues in-

volving “Quality Over the Course

of Time – a Look at the Last Dec-

ade and the Future of Quality

Control”. The Fraunhofer Vision

Alliance has been on-board even

longer and will promote the spe-

cial show for “Contactless Meas-

uring Technology” for the 13th

time (!) at Control 2017. The sec-

ond Fraunhofer Vision Alliance

booth will focus on “Monitoring

Throughout the Product Lifecy-

cle with Image Processing” this

year. The unstoppable advance of

image processing and vision sys-

tems in all areas of quality assur-

ance is one of the reasons that the

European Machine Vision Associ-

ation (EMVA) has also been a col-

laboration partner since Control

2016, and has gotten off to a very

successful start with the “Control

Vision Talks”.

This success has prompted the

EMVA to organise the “Control Vi-

sion Talks” once again on the oc-

casion of Control 2017, which will

address technology issues includ-

ing “The World of 3D: From 6-DoF

to Point Cloud”, “Optical Metrol-

ogy: Offline – At Line – Inline”,

“Metrology Throughout the Whole

Spectrum: From Infrared to Hyper-

spectral” at this year’s event and

will thus surely be of great inter-

est to the expert visitors. Amongst

others,

further

collaboration

partners include xpertgate who

has taken on the responsibility of

researching and preparing Con-

trol’s special trade fair guide for

“Image Processing” already for

the fourth time, and not least of all

the TQU GROUP with whom trade

fair promoters P. E. Schall GmbH

& Co. KG have organised the pres-

entation of the Baden-Württem-

berg Competence Award since

2008 under the patronage of the

Steinbeis Foundation in Stuttgart.

With a mix of worldwide offerings

for QA hardware and software, the

analysis and discussion of current

problems with experienced sup-

pliers and open communication

with insiders from the industry

sector, expert visitors from near

and far will be able to gain more

than just an overall picture, thus

providing them with adequate

decision-making security for their

routine daily work.

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