Cognex Corporation is the world leading provider of vision systems, vision software, vision sensors and surface inspection systems used in manufacturing automation. Cognex is also a leader in industrial ID readers.Cognex vision helps companies improve product quality, eliminate production errors, lower manufacturing costs, and exceed consumer expectations for high quality products at an affordable price.

Couchbase delivers the world’s highest performing NoSQL distributed database platform. Developers around the world use the Couchbase platform to build enterprise web, mobile, and IoT applications that support massive data volumes in real time. The Couchbase platform includes Couchbase, Couchbase Lite - the first mobile NoSQL database, and Couchbase Sync Gateway. Couchbase is designed for global deployments, with configurable cross data center replication to increase data locality and availability. All Couchbase products are Open Source projects.Couchbase customers include industry leaders like AOL, AT&T, Bally’s, BSkyB, Cisco, Comcast, Concur, Disney, eBay, KDDI, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Orbitz, PayPal, Ryanair, Rakuten / Viber, Tencent, Verizon, Wells Fargo, Willis Group, as well as hundreds of other household names.Couchbase investors include Accel Partners, Adams Street Partners, Ignition Partners, Mayfield Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners, and West Summit.

Litum delivers Real-Time Location Tracking Systems (RTLS) optimized for challenging industrial and healthcare environments. Litum designs and manufactures its entire solution portfolio, including sensors and hardware, Firmware and software. Litum IoT solutions are used by Fortune 500 companies around the world, including FCA, Schneider Electric, Whirlpool, BOSCH.

Alleantia supports machinery manufacturers and large enterprises with the most demanding needs using Internet of Things (IoT) turnkey solutions encompassing device integration to enterprise applications, remote surveillance and control, machines data analytics. Year founded: 2011 Revenue: $1 - 10 million (2014 est.)

Baidu is a Chinese website and search engine that enables individuals to obtain information and find what they need and is one of the largest Internet companies in the world.Baidu offers 57 kinds of functional search and community services including Baidu Baike (an online, collaboratively built encyclopedia) and a searchable, keyword-based discussion forum.Its products include Baidu Webpage, Baidu Video, Baidu Map, hao123.com, BaiduPedia, Baidu Input, Baidu Toolbar, TTPlayer, Iqiyi, and Sky Software.

EON Reality is a multinational Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality software developer headquartered in Irvine, California. The company was founded by Dan Lejerskar, Mikael Jacobsson and Mats W. Johansson in 1999.The company's Suzuki Sales P.R.O. was named "Most Innovative Product" by the Kiosk Awards in 2004. Orange County Innovation recognized EON Reality at its Innovator's Showcase and Celebration in October 2006.The company develops Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality products aimed to improve knowledge transfer. EON Reality sells its software to corporations, universities, governments and the entertainment industry. The company has Interactive Digital Centers in Manchester, Laval, Moscow, Jeddah, Doha, and Muscat.

Inspekto is a German industrial company with Israeli DNA, introducing the new Autonomous Machine Vision Category.

Matics develops software for factories to digitize the production process. Their software combines pervasive technology and manufacturing know-how to monitor and capture the complete digital production journey for full auditability, repeatability and knowledge capture. Designed for SMEs, their secured cloud-based RTOI solution enables fast, non-disruptive, modular and scalable deployment.

With nearly 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellitecommunications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment.Embracing the spirit of its corporate statement, Changes for the Better, and its environmental statement, Eco Changes, Mitsubishi Electric endeavors to be a global, leading green company, enriching society with technology. The company recorded consolidated group sales of 4,444.4 billion yen (in accordance with IFRS;US$ 41.9 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. For more information visit: www.MitsubishiElectric.com*At an exchange rate of 106 yen to the US dollar, the rate given by the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2018

ProGlove develops smart gloves that enable manufacturing and logistics staff to work faster, safer and easier. Process steps can be documented hands free whilst instant feedback to its user is received. Therefore, ergonomics, efficiency and quality is improved.ProGlove is a Munich-based company founded in December 2014 by former BMW and IDEO employees. After becoming third in the Intel “Make It Wearable” Challenge, the smart glove has already been recognized by BMW, Festo, Siemens, and other Board Executives. The startup has successfully closed its first funding round of $2.2 million in late May, led by Intel Capital, GETTYLAB and Bayern Kapital.

ruhlamat is a German company with almost 30 years of experience in special machine construction. It has branches in China, India and Malaysia. The company employs around 1,200 people worldwide.ruhlamat Automation Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ruhlamat Asia) was founded in 1996 as the Asian headquarters. With approx. 700 employees (including more than 200 engineers) and 7 of its own branches, the company produces around 120 (semi-)automatic systems per year. ruhlamat Asia supplies its products and services to around 20 countries and regions and achieves an annual turnover of over CNY 600 million.ruhlamat Asia has four brands that offer different solutions for customer-specific products: ruhlamat, Vario, ShopWorx and EaglAI. From high-tech mechanical engineering via standard products such as Servo Press, Vario Profiles and Conveyors thorough to digital solutions for a Smart Factory and AI Machine Vision, ruhlamat is your solution provider.

Scope AR provides advanced Augmented Reality Training Solutions. They use the latest in augmented glasses and software to provide an incredible real-time 3D overlay training solution.Scope is working with some of the world’s leading multi-national companies and government agencies to provide custom state-of-the art training systems, while continuing to innovate and create novel Augmented Reality Training Solutions.

SIGFOX is the provider of dedicated cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things and Machine-to-Machine communications. The company’s network complements existing high-bandwidth systems by providing economical, energy-efficient two-way transmission of small quantities of data, thus lowering barriers to wide implementation of IoT and M2M solutions, and greatly extending the battery and service life of connected devices. SIGFOX‘s global network is deployed through the SIGFOX Network Operator? partnership program, with more than four hundred thousand square miles already covered. The company is headquartered in Labège, France, and has offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Madrid, Spain.

SYSPRO is a leading, global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provider specializing in key manufacturing and distribution industries. For over 40 years, SYSPRO’s team of specialists have continued to address unique industry needs and enable customers to easily adapt and grow. The solution is scalable and can be deployed in the cloud, On-Premise, or both, and accessed via the web on any device to provide customers with choice and flexibility.SYSPRO remains focused on the success of partners and customers. Our evolving solutions are aligned with industry trends to leverage emerging technology that will enable partners and customers in securing a digital future.With more than 15,000 licensed companies in over 60 countries across six continents, SYSPRO offers guidance and support every step of the way as a trusted advisor.

Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) helps businesses of all sizes across Europe meet today’s materials handling challenges with a full range of Toyota counterbalanced forklift trucks, BT warehouse equipment, and services and added value solutions, including service contracts, short term rental, used forklift trucks and the Toyota I_Site information service. Active in more than 30 countries across Europe and with headquarters in Sweden, TMHE has a European Office in Brussels and production centres in Ancenis (France), Bologna (Italy) and Mjölby (Sweden). With about 4,900 service engineers, and around 10,300 employees in total, along with a network of independent distributors and dealers, TMHE is the European regional organisation of Toyota Material Handling Group (TMHG), which is part of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) – the global leader in materials handling equipment.

Upskill provides wearable technology to connect hands-on workers from the factory to the warehouse to the jobsite. Its robust platform, Skylight, connects the industrial workforce with the people, processes, information, and equipment they need to do their jobs with greater efficiency and fewer errors, leaving them hands free to focus on their tasks at hand, and their tools. For organizations in the competitive global market looking to increase productivity, improve quality, reduce costs, train new workers, retain tribal knowledge, and provide a strong foundation for further investments, the future starts with Upskill.

Vegam is an ‘Industry 4.0’ enabler, offering platforms and solutions to transform manufacturing plants into smart-connected factories. Man, Machine and transactions are all connected working in a harmony. Real time transactions brings in transparency and helps decision makers view complex data in simple visuals with actionable recommendations. Vegam 4iTM forms the central piece of Vegam Industry 4.0 solutions, offering modules & plugins to transform all aspects of manufacturing plant. Vegam ZingTM enables advanced visualization, KPI’s and 3D Real time overlay of information onto Factory Visuals. Vegam LabelTM offers complete labeling needs of the manufacturing plant, helping support compliance needs.

Vertex is a low-code 3D digital twin visualization platform that makes it easy to build and deploy purpose-built applications so your business can move faster. Vertex customers easily connect and consume mission-critical product data across teams and systems, including PLM, ERP, CRM, MES, and IoT platforms. Customers use the Vertex platform across the extended enterprise from executive design reviews, field service training, sales configuration reviews with customers, and factory assembly and defect reporting. Unlike other solutions, Vertex’s patented platform renders 100% of the 3D data in the cloud, securely delivering fully interactive digital twin experiences. Vertex fits seamlessly into your existing architecture without deployment time and costs. Vertex is the only company that offers 3D visualization at a massive scale with complex 3D model rendering on any device. We are unmatched in our ability to scale a concurrent number of users, with the model fidelity to support rich analysis.

Vuzix is a leading supplier of video and cloud connected video eyewear products in the consumer, industrial, media and entertainment markets. The company’s personal display products offer users a portable high quality viewing experience for industrial wearable displays, consumer digital content viewing as well as 3D, virtual and Augmented Reality experiences.Vuzix also provides developer software and support to enable the growth and development of AR applications for its mobile devices. With its origins in defense research and development for next generation display solutions, Vuzix holds over 44 patents and patents pending in the video eyewear field. The company has won 14 Consumer Electronic Show Innovations Awards, the RetailVision Best New Product and several wireless technology innovation awards, among others.

ARAYA is an AI services provider that utilizes Machine Learning algorithms including deep learning to meet the diverse needs of customers. By building deep learning algorithms, ARAYA helps recognize and identify humans, objects, and states from images and sensors. Its unique deep learning compression technology enables smaller, faster and morepower-efficient deep learning algorithms without compromising accuracy. By developing autonomous AI that can potentially bridge to artificial consciousness, ARAYA is aiming to make Artificial Intelligence in the next generation.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems is an automation technology to scale advanced factory automation solutions.ATS uses its extensive knowledge base and global capabilities in custom automation, repeat automation, automation products, and value-added services, including pre-automation and after-sales services, to address the sophisticated manufacturingautomation systems and service needs of multinational customers in markets such as life sciences, food & beverage, transportation, consumer products, and energy.

Avalue Technology (TAIEX: 3479-TW) is a professional Industrial Computer manufacturing company, who is dedicated to developing the x86 and RISC architecture products, including Embedded Computers, Single Board Computers (Full Size SBC), Systems-on-Modules/ ETX (SoM/ ETX), Industrial Motherboards, all-purpose Panel PCs, Barebone products, Mobile Solutions, Industry 4.0 solutions, Retail Solution and various IOT ready application etc. Having expanded, Avalue offers its expertise on PCB/ Assembly/ BIOS version control and after-sales all type of services. An ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485:2003, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified company; Avalue offers Assurance to customers in every aspect of its business. With headquarter located in Taiwan, Avalue has global subsidiaries, including offices in Shanghai, New Jersey, California, Tokyo, and Denmark. In addition, Avalue Technology operates an extensive distribution network to accommodate and serve customers all around the world.

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence helps nations, governments and businesses around the world defend themselves against cyber crime, reduce their risk in the connected world, comply with regulation, and transform their operations.

DataRobot offers a Machine Learning platform for data scientists of all skill levels to build and deploy accurate predictive models in a fraction of the time it used to take. The technology addresses the critical shortage of data scientists by changing the speed and economics of predictive analytics.The DataRobot platform uses massively parallel processing to train and evaluate 1000's of models in R, Python, Spark MLlib, H2O and other open-source libraries. It searches through millions of possible combinations of algorithms, pre-processing steps, features, transformations, and tuning parameters to deliver the best models for your dataset and prediction target. The DataRobot platform evaluates hundreds of cutting-edge Machine Learning algorithms to discover, deploy, and customize the best Machine Learning models for every situation. It also delivers the most accurate insights at scale, providing the fastest path to Data Science success for organizations of all sizes. DataRobot was founded in June 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Durr is a mechanical and plant engineering firm for automobile manufacturing. It also assembles, distributes, designs, and manufactures automotive painting, washing, and cleaning machinery and equipment. They enable highly efficient manufacturing processes in different industries.Durr also offers high-performance systems for air pollution control and painting technology. The company also supplies sectors like the automotive industry, mechanical engineering, chemical, pharmaceutical, and woodworking industries.

Business management and e-commerce software publisher, supporting the entrepreneurial spirit and profitable growth of small and medium sized enterprises.

Fauya Intelligent Equipment (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is based on intelligent manufacturing,mainly engaged in machine Vision Robot-based industrial intelligent detection and intelligent assembly line.

Festo Didactic is the world-leading provider of equipment and solutions for technical education. The product and service portfolio offers customers holistic education solutions for all areas of technology in factory and process automation, such as pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical engineering, production technology, mechanical engineering, Mechatronics, CNC, HVAC and telecommunications. Festo Didactic products combine theoretical knowledge with practical experience in automation and technology. Intuitive and fast learning is achieved through practical learning systems and learning factories, which make the technologies and processes used in industrial production immediately tangible and illustrate them in an understandable way. People learning are able to use these systems to gather the real, practical experience that they need to work independently in industry and quickly contribute to a company’s productivity.

Established on January 1, 2010, the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB grew to become Europe´s largest research institute in the field of image acquisition, processing and analysis.IOSB´s other areas of acitvity are control and automation technology, and information and knowledge management. IOSB has four locations in Germany: Karlsruhe, Ettlingen, Ilmenau and Lemgo as well as a representative office in Beijing.The three core competencies of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation give the institute its distinctive profile.

Glassbeam is the Machine Data company. Bringing structure and meaning to data from any connected device, Glassbeam provides actionable intelligence to the Internet of Things. Glassbeam’s next generation cloud-based analytics platform is designed to organize and analyze multi-structured data, delivering powerful product and customer intelligence across the entire enterprise. Glassbeam’s platform and cloud applications are adding value to some of the biggest Fortune 500 companies across verticals such as storage, wireless, networking and medical devices. IBM, Hitachi, EMC, Aruba Networks, Meru networks, Polycom and Fusion IO use Glassbeam for analyzing machine log data. Glassbeam enables business users at these companies derive immense ROI by reducing support costs, increasing sales & service revenues, and getting critical product intelligence to build better products for the future.