Get to Know VITRONICthe machine vision people
The VITRONIC Spirit: Enthusiasm for technology and the courage to start something new—that’s what sets the machine vision people apart.
A global impact that started in Germany
Founder Dr. Norbert Stein took the first steps at VITRONIC in his living room. On long evenings in the German city Wiesbaden, he worked on the first pioneering systems, such as an advanced optical navigation system for automated, driverless transport vehicles.
After only a short time, the living room became too small, the ideas too big.
We are now a global player in our field with 1,400 employees worldwide. It became clear early on that the technology offered great potential in many different sectors and countries.
The products that have made us particularly successful are always the ones that were a bit “out of the box”.
But despite its global success, the company’s family atmosphere is just as important—and evident—as ever. That includes the company’s rootedness in Wiesbaden and its clear commitment to “made in Germany”. You need to be on firm ground to have the freedom to think beyond the day-to-day business.
“The products that have made us particularly successful are always the ones that were a bit out of the box” is how Chief Technical Officer Dr. Heiko Frohn puts it. The company watchwords are “solid innovation”, as they have been ever since the start of VITRONIC’s history of success. That means products and technologies that together with new ideas and approaches make a big difference to company processes and areas of use for machine vision systems. We push the boundaries of the possible, to benefit our customers in industry, logistics and traffic technology. That’s what makes us the machine vision people.
