VISION

Leading world trade fair for machine vision

Venue

Messe StuttgartStuttgartGermany

Dates

05/10/-07/10/202104/10/-06/10/202208/10/-10/10/2024October 2026Interval: every two yearsfounded in: 1987

Co-located events

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Organiser

Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG Messepiazza 170629 StuttgartGermanyFon: +49 711 18560-0Fax: +49 711 18560-2440info@messe-stuttgart.dehttp://www.messe-stuttgart.de

Project teamFon: +49 711 18560-2541Fax: +49 711 18560-1541romy.arnold@messe-stuttgart.deflorian.niethammer@messe-stuttgart.dehttp://www.vision-messe.de

Supporter/sponsor

VDMA Industrielle Bildverarbeitung

The current key figures are FKM-certified.

Statistics

figures	11/2016	11/2018	10/2021₁₎
FKM certification
Space (m²)
space (gross)	20.900	21.500	25.100
space (net)	11.094	12.679	8.256
Special show space	210	596	1.020
Exhibitor stand space	10.884	12.083	7.236
hall space	10.884	12.083	7.236
domestic	5.849	6.266	3.849
foreign	5.035	5.817	3.387
open air	0	0	0
Exhibitor figures
Exhibitors	440	472	296
domestic	188	191	149
foreign	252	281	147
other represented firms	2	0	0
domestic	0	0	0
foreign	2	0	0
Visitor figures
Visitors (number of admissions)	9.751	11.106	5.409
domestic	5.558*	5.997*	3.295*
foreign	4.193*	5.109*	2.114*
* = determined by a representative survey

₁₎To evaluate the key figures: Exhibition was held during the Corona Pandemic, which started in January 2020.

Exhibitors profile

Origin of exhibitors 2021 from 29 countries
Austria: 7; Belgium: 9; Bulgaria: 1; Canada: 7; China, People's Republic: 3; Czechia: 3; Denmark: 1; Estonia: 1; Finland: 3; France: 19; Germany: 149; Greece: 1; Ireland: 1; Israel: 3; Italy: 7; Japan: 11; Korea, Democratic People's Republic: 5; Lithuania: 1; Netherlands: 10; Norway: 2; Poland: 2; Portugal: 1; Russia: 1; Slovakia: 2; Slovenia: 1; Spain: 2; Switzerland: 18; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 10; United States of America: 15

FKM Trade visitors profile 2018

Visitors total (number of entries)11.106Proportion of trade visitors99 %

Open all information

Origin according to federal states

Total Germany (%)54

of which

Nielsen 15

Bremen1
Hamburg2
Lower Saxony2
Schleswig-Holstein0

Nielsen 29

North Rhine-Westphalia9

Nielsen 3a13

Hesse9
Rhineland-Palatinate3
Saarland1

Nielsen 3b48

Baden-Württemberg48

Nielsen 417

Bavaria17

Nielsen 5+62

Berlin0
Brandenburg0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania0
Saxony-Anhalt0

Nielsen 77

Saxony1
Thuringia6

Economic sector

Economic sector (%)

Industry82
Trade5
Service11
Training/consulting4
University, technical college, vocational college12
Other construction companies6

Professional position

Professional position (%)

Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer11
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.7
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office6
Department head, group head, team leader21
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker35
Lecturer, teacher3
Trainee1
Other position6
Student9
Other not gainfully employed1

Area of responsibility

Area of responsibility (%)

Management12
Research/development/design59
Manufacturing, production, quality control6
Buying/procurement2
Finance/accounting, controlling0
Information and communication technology2
Personnel administration, administration0
Sales5
Marketing, advertising, PR3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport0
Maintenance/repairs0
Other area2
Student9
Other not gainfully employed1

Origin by km

Distance to home (%)

up to 50 km12
more than 50 km up to 100 km9
more than 100 km up to 300 km23
over 300 km56

Origin by continents

Foreign origin total (%)46

of which

EU54
Other european countries19
North America3
South-, East-, Central Asia19
Other countries4

Origin by countries

Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)

Italy12
Switzerland10
Belgium5
Spain5
Austria5

Size of company/organization

Size of company/organization (%)

1 - 46
5 - 97
10 - 4923
50 - 19916
200 - 49910
500 - 9996
1 000 and more21
Student9
Other not employed1

Purchasing/ Procurement powers

Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)

decisively24
collectively33
in an advisory capacity/organization24
no10
Student9
Other not gainfully employed1

Frequency of trade fair visits

Frequency of trade fair visits (%)

Previous event26
Earlier events23
First visit61

Length of stay

Average length of stay (days)

1.5

Survey conducted by: Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG

Industry sectorComputer-Aided Engineering, Factory Automation, Measuring and Control (industry 19), Electrical Engineering, Electronics (industry 22), Technical Optics, Laser Technology (industry 75)

Main product groupComponents, Measuring Equipment, Image Processing Systems, Services

AccessTrade visitors

Exhibitor data baseon-line available / access via home page of the trade fair

Direct sale (retail sale to visitors permitted?)No