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Agriculture, battery production, electric components, food & beverage, semiconductors, machinery and many more.
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Our Customers & Partners
We are proud to support over 4,600 customers across various industries, from agriculture to aerospace. Our global network includes 80+ technology partners and 24 sales partners, representing MVTec in 30 locations worldwide. Together, we drive innovation, solve complex challenges, and optimize processes to enhance quality and performance on a global scale.
REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS
Success Stories Of Our Customers
3D vision enables robots to “see” in the carpentry industry
As in many industrial areas, automation is advancing in furniture production as well. One example of this is MAB Möbel AG from Switzerland: with the support of HOMAG Bohrsysteme GmbH and MVTec Software GmbH, this furniture manufacturer automated the…
HALCON
Machinery
Robotics
3D Vision
OCR
Revolutionizing Cheese Production with AI and Machine Vision
The food industry is experiencing a transformative shift in quality control, due in part to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). When combined with rule-based machine vision, AI is enabling automation of processes that were previously impossible…
HALCON
Food & Beverage
Robotics
Anomaly Detection
Deep Learning
Dynamic OCR inspection with HALCON ensures maximum product quality
In the pharmaceutical industry, strict compliance regulations require medical product packaging to be correctly labeled before delivery. To meet these requirements, the Chinese company Shenzhen Jiangrun Xuneng Technology has developed a powerful mach…
HALCON
Medical Supplies & Pharmaceutical
Bar Code & 2D Code Reading
OCR
AI-powered machine vision automates quality inspection in the pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical company Aspen is improving the quality inspection of filled ampoules with the MVTec HALCON machine vision software and the consulting and technical support services provided by MVTec. With deep learning methods, the company has sig…
HALCON
Medical Supplies & Pharmaceutical
Blob Analysis
Deep Learning
Matching
MVTec HALCON’s deep learning helps Panasonic Energy to propel automotive battery production
Panasonic Energy manufactures automotive batteries, for which demand is increasing worldwide, at multiple sites in Japan and North America. The company recently implemented MVTec HALCON’s deep learning technologies on a large scale at its Kansas plan…
HALCON
Battery Production
Automotive
Deep Learning
Inspection
Advancing machine vision education at Reutlingen University
At Reutlingen University, Professor Arnd Buschhaus has been integrating MVTec HALCON into the teaching curriculum since 2018. HALCON is used extensively in courses related to robotics and machine vision, providing students with practical experience i…
Education, Research & Science
3D Vision
Blob Analysis
Classification
Machine vision optimizes quality inspection in automotive production
Consistently high quality is an absolute must in automotive production. To ensure that welded connections in body shells meet these standards, DGH has developed an application that automatically inspects them and identifies anomalies. The MVTec HALCO…
HALCON
Automotive
Anomaly Detection
Deep Learning
Inspection
Machine Vision automates and optimizes battery inspection
A variety of defects can occur during battery production. Averna has developed a method for the automated inspection of batteries that reliably detects all conceivable defects. Here, the machine vision software MVTec HALCON plays a key role.
HALCON
Battery Production
Blob Analysis
Inspection
Machine Vision automates vaccine production
A global company needed to quickly ramp up vaccine production. Goldfuß engineering GmbH and SIMON IBV GmbH developed a robot-based solution for loading and unloading trolleys with the vaccine vials. The machine vision software HALCON ensures the seam…
HALCON
Robotics
Medical Supplies & Pharmaceutical
3D Vision
Machine vision improves the measuring process of precision and micro components
The precise inspection of very small precision components, for example in watchmaking, is a challenge. Petitpierre, the Swiss specialist for high-precision technology, has developed sophisticated applications with which micromechanical components can…
HALCON
Matching
Measuring
Machine vision accelerates battery production
High speed, precision, and reliability: These are the determining factors for battery production. To meet the rapidly growing demand for batteries, companies are developing increasingly efficient production processes. Laserax has developed a new syst…
HALCON
Battery Production
3D Calibration
Calibration
Matching
Seeing robots process large work area with high precision
The automation specialist AKEOPLUS has developed an innovative robotic cell for the production of satellite panels at the global space manufacturer Thales Alenia Space. The special feature: robots place the components with high absolute accuracy to a…
HALCON
Robotics
3D Vision
Matching
Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
At Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Professor Christian Zirkelbach is teaching robotics and machine vision at Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities. He has integrated advanced machine vision tools int…
HALCON
Robotics
Education, Research & Science
3D Vision
Deep Learning
Empty bottle? Not with Deep OCR
To identify products quickly and reliably, even in difficult circumstances, machine vision has proven its worth. The company Visione Artificiale also relies on machine vision for its system to trace aluminum bottles during production. Within this sys…
HALCON
Food & Beverage
OCR
Machine vision for every taste
The Dutch company PackCheck BV ensures packaging quality in the food industry with a modular solution. Part of the solution is the machine vision software HALCON from MVTec Software GmbH. This enables the company to increase the efficiency of packagi…
HALCON
Food & Beverage
Bar Code & 2D Code Reading
Blob Analysis
Matching
OCR
Perfectly positioned plastic bags – with classic machine vision and deep learning
Consistently automated pick-and-place activities require the reliable gripping of differently shaped and translucent objects. TEKVISA has implemented a sophisticated application that enables reliable gripping even with complex surfaces with the help…
HALCON
Robotics
Deep Learning
Deep learning detects defects in the food industry
Automation specialist INNDEO has developed a sophisticated automation solution for quality control in the packaging industry. Thanks to machine vision and deep learning technologies, high speeds and defect detection rates are no longer a problem.
HALCON
Food & Beverage
Deep Learning
OCR
Beverage industry: HALCON reliably checks bottle cap imprints
Machine vision offers enormous advantages for quality control applications. High accuracy and speed as well as high flexibility and availability are important for practical use. K&S Anlagenbau GmbH has implemented such an application for the beverage…
HALCON
Food & Beverage
Blob Analysis
Calibration
Matching
Robots and machine vision software interact perfectly
The Spanish robotics specialist Tekniker has developed a solution that allows chaotically lying parts to be automatically gripped and placed in an orderly manner. The integrated machine vision software MVTec HALCON uses 3D vision technologies to ensu…
HALCON
Robotics
Automotive
3D Vision
An eye on everything with deep learning
Bosch Car Multimédia in Portugal specializes in the development and manufacture of electronic components for vehicle safety and dynamics, driver assistance, automated driving and car multimedia. The company uses the machine vision software MERLIC fro…
MERLIC
Automotive
Electric Components
Deep Learning
Tire profile determined with Deep Learning
The West Nippon Expressway Engineering Shikoku Company Limited ensures safe road traffic in Japan’s winter: With the machine vision software MVTec HALCON, the company automates the inspection of tires in ongoing traffic. Thanks to deep learning techn…
HALCON
Security & Surveillance
Deep Learning
Inspection
UPC ecoRacing – The award-winning Formula Student team
An award-winning student team of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) designs, builds, and races autonomous electric vehicles. Numerous different fields, like industrial or aerospace engineering, design, or mathematics contribute to reach on…
HALCON
Education, Research & Science
Machine vision automates order picking in intralogistics
The company Cretec Cybernetics implemented a robot-based depalletizing solution in order picking using the MVTec HALCON machine vision software. The application is able to recognize stacked boxes on pallets and depalletize them accordingly.
HALCON
Robotics
Packaging & Logistics
3D Vision
Object Detection
Everything at a glance from the cloud: Smart Factory in the automotive industry
DataVision and MVTec have developed a machine learning platform combining a cloud solution with machine vision to increase efficiency in development and production. The basis of the platform is an application that SICK AG has successfully implemented…
Intelligent Image Recognition for Automotive Logistics
An intelligent, database-based image recognition system supports order picking in automotive logistics. It shows staff the correct component, uses cameras to verify that packaging is ready for shipment, and enables seamless documentation. The solutio…
HALCON
Automotive
Packaging & Logistics
Object Detection
Accurate eyes for the robot – automation in the food industry
Anlagenbau Habeck GmbH & Co. KG has developed a robot-based pick and place machine for the food industry based on machine vision. Thanks to the MERLIC machine vision software from MVTec Software GmbH, the robot reliably picks up unsorted objects of t…
MERLIC
Robotics
Food & Beverage
Classification
Matching
University of Paderborn, Heinz Nixdorf Institute
The Heinz Nixdorf Institute (HNI) joined the MVTec on Campus program in 2022. The University of Paderborn is a renowned research and educational institution specializing in the field of computer science and its applications in the context of digital…
HALCON
Robotics
Education, Research & Science
Machine vision enables automated pick and place solution in the medical field
Irish Manufacturing Research, together with the companies Multipix Imaging Components Ltd and MVTec Software GmbH, has developed a pick and place robot application for the medical field. Using machine vision software, a robot can recognize reliably a…
HALCON
Robotics
Medical Supplies & Pharmaceutical
Matching
Robot Lab – Fondazione Brigatti & Camerani Pintaldi
A unique project empowers the next generation to use the MVTec HALCON library for their very first machine vision applications. Mr. Remo Sala, Assistant Professor at the Politecnico di Milano for the Robot Lab – Fondazione Brigatti & Camerani Pintald…
HALCON
Education, Research & Science
How MERLIC 5 simply optimizes quality control in the food industry
Using MVTec MERLIC 5 with deep learning, an Integration Partner built an automated inspection system for toast packaging. Two cameras detect missing clips or misaligned wrapping, and MERLIC automatically classifies and rejects defective items — reduc…
MERLIC
Food & Beverage
Packaging & Logistics
Classification
Deep Learning
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
In the course "Optotechnology and Image Processing" (OBV) students get to work with MVTec HALCON in numerous lectures and laboratory exercises. In the following interview Mr. Michael Stelzl, lecturer, and Mr. Frank Friehl, laboratory engineer, of Dar…
HALCON
Education, Research & Science
HALCON supporting the cutting of textile materials
T3LAB / VisionLab implemented MVTec HALCON to reduce production rejects and improve quality control in textile manufacturing. The system detects cutting lines in real time, automatically adjusts cut coordinates for production tolerances, and employs…
HALCON
Glass, Metal, Paper, Foil & Printing
Machinery
Matching
Morphology
A fully automated production system for higher throughput and improved quality
MSTVision GmbH developed a fully automated micro-assembly system for HUBER+SUHNER Cube Optics AG handling high-precision glass and metal components. Using MVTec HALCON, parts are identified, positions determined, and features measured with µm precisi…
HALCON
Machinery
Inspection
Measuring
Object Detection
Inspection of drilled holes on furniture parts with the help of HALCON
Teomsi Electric Company developed a machine vision system with Ecolor for inspecting drilled holes on furniture parts using MVTec HALCON. The system detects missing or faulty holes in real time, significantly reduces error rates, and increases custom…
HALCON
Machinery
Inspection
Flexible pick & place application for tool manufacturer Festool
Attentra GmbH, MVTec Certified Integration Partner, implements sophisticated solutions in the fields of machine vision, software development, optical inspection systems and robotics. They develop flexible, intelligent and turnkey complete systems…
HALCON
Electric Components
Machinery
Calibration
Matching
Full quality control with HALCON´s deep learning functions
One of the key challenges in automated battery production is achieving stable welds without damaging the housing. To meet strict automotive quality standards while reducing costs, Manz AG is developing inline inspection systems that enable full proce…
HALCON
Battery Production
Electric Components
Machinery
Anomaly Detection
Deep Learning
Inspection
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Students of the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing can benefit from 20 Years of HALCON experience. Their professor, Prof. Dr. Markus Ulrich, tells us in an interview how he illustrates the subjects taught in his lectures with the MVTec HA…
HALCON
Education, Research & Science
Support of Intelligent Rooms by Image Processing
In recent years, rooms with intelligence are studied. This kind of rooms is becoming important not only for medical or welfare use, but also at offices or ordinary houses. Obviously, the man-machine interface to communicate human intention is a subst…
HALCON
Education, Research & Science
Classification
Filtering
HERON - Middleware for Image Retrieval Using Graphical Features Extracted by HALCON
The interdisciplinary HERON project aims to find images in digital libraries or large archives without detailed domain knowledge. Initially applied to heraldry, the methods can also be used in medical imaging or trademark collections. HERON uses inno…
HALCON
Education, Research & Science
Classification
Filtering
Matching
Image Processing Automates Eyeglass Fitting for Rodenstock
Imagine that you wear varifocal glasses and need new ones. You go to an optometrist and, without time-consuming adaptations, measuring or trying on frame after frame, you look at yourself in a mirror and - voila! - your chosen frame is on your nose.
HALCON
Glass, Metal, Paper, Foil & Printing
Classification
Matching
Measuring
Our Product Portfolio
Comprehensive products for machine vision solutions
The 2D & 3D Machine Vison Toolbox
MVTec HALCON is comprehensive, fast, accurate and robust including the latest deep learning technologies and wide hardware support.
The Easy-To-Use No-Code Software
With MVTec MERLIC users create machine vision applications intuitively and without any programming knowledge.
The Fast Track To Deep Learning
The MVTec Deep Learning Tool offers a fast labeling process, and accurate and robust deep learning applications.
WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES & SUPPORT
Customized Solutions For Your Needs
From free application evaluation to comprehensive support for your machine vision project – we offer a wide range of services. In close collaboration with our global partner network, we also provide extensive training and learning opportunities. Additionally, we offer technical support and license sales both directly through us and via our partners.
TAILORED FOR YOUR NEEDS
Individual Solutions & Technical Support
MVTec provides tailored machine vision services for your project needs. Backed by decades of application experience, our Customer Services team delivers robust, cost-effective solutions based on HALCON and MERLIC. For your current projects, MVTec and our worldwide partner network also provide free technical support.
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Training & Learning
With our training offer, we help you build and expand machine vision expertise.
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Latest news about us and our products
New MVTec Dongle – One Dongle for all Products
Starting April 2026, MVTec Software simplifies license management: a single USB dongle can now be used to license all MVTec products.
Quality Automation joins the MVTec Certified Integration Partner Network
The experienced system integrator based in Stolberg, Germany, develops customized solutions for industrial automation, digitalization, and machine vision, with a special focus on inspection and quality control systems, retrofit projects, and integrat…
Certified Integration Partner
MVTec MERLIC 26.03 is available now
With MERLIC 26.03, developing and operating machine vision applications becomes more consistent and scalable. The release introduces the unified MVTec versioning format (YY.MM) and a simplified, package-based licensing model with flexible add-ons.
EVENTS, TRADE FAIRS & WEBINARS
Meet Us Around The World
April 20 - 24 2026
Germany
AI-based image processing in practice: MVTec at HANNOVER MESSE 2026
Visit MVTec at HANNOVER MESSE 2026 and experience modern machine vision technologies live.
HALCON
MERLIC
Trade Fair
Europe
Visit MVTec at all about automation Heilbronn 2026
MVTec will be exhibiting at all about automation Heilbronn. Visit our booth on May 6–7, 2026 at booth B-240 to explore our latest innovations in industrial machine vision.
China International Battery Fair (CIBF) 2026
Discover your next level of quality assurance in battery production.