| Industry | Machine Vision |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Ann Arbor, USA |
| Key people | Rusty Ponce de Leon, Chairman Michael Cyros, member of the board and past Chairman[1] |
| Website | www.machinevisiononline.org |
Automated Imaging Association (AIA) is the world's largest machine vision trade group. AIA has more than 300 members from 30 countries, including system integrators, camera, lighting and other vision components manufacturers, vision software providers, OEMs and distributors. The association's headquarters is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[2]
Camera Link[3] and GigE vision[4][5] communication protocols are maintained and administered by the Automated Imaging Association.
BAE Systems,[6] Texas Instruments,[7] National Semiconductor[8] and Sony[9] are among the multi-billion dollar member companies in the AIA. Cognex Corporation[10] and National Instruments[11] are also two big names in the machine vision industry that are members of the AIA. In 2010, 51% of the members are from North America, 30% are from Europe, 15% are from Eastern Asia, less than 1% are from South America, 2% are from Western Asia, less than 1% are from Southern Asia, 1% are from Southeastern Asia and less than 1% of the members are from Australia.[12] Surprisingly in this U.S. based association there is also a member company from Iran, named Kasra Hooshmand Engineering Co., P.J.S. (KDI).[13]