aku.automation GmbH
German machine vision specialist in Aalen, founded 2007; ISO 9001:2015-certified, serves automotive, food & electronics with aku.visionManager® platform.
aku.automation GmbH is a German company headquartered at Robert-Bosch-Straße 80, 73431 Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, founded in 2007. The company has grown from a local high-tech enterprise in Aalen into a global specialist in machine vision and industrial image processing, employing more than 40 highly qualified professionals. Additional branches operate in Linden (Hesse) and a technical support point in Wernberg (Bavaria).
The company designs, produces, and distributes optical inspection systems and components for industrial quality assurance and process control. Core markets include automotive and e-mobility, consumer goods, food and beverages, and electronics manufacturing. Notable customers include Milka, VW, Bosch, Paulaner, Hochland, Daimler, and Varta. The company supplies optical inspection systems for industrial quality assurance in BMW Group's battery cell manufacturing operations.
The central product platform is the aku.visionManager® software, which enables flexible integration of a wide variety of cameras and sensors, provides intuitive operation, and allows easy adaptation to different products and production lines. The software supports both classical vision systems with high-quality cameras and lighting, and AI-supported inspection solutions for defect detection and quality control.
aku.automation holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, verified by DQS and recognized under the IQNet international certification network. The company is also a certified member of A3 (Association for Advancing Automation), a hallmark of expertise in vision and imaging technology. In 2020, the company was granted German patent no. 10 2016 101 375 for an improved method and device for adapting image evaluation ('Edit on the Fly'), invented by Sascha Wirth and Stefan Hörbel. In September 2020, the company received private equity funding from VR Equitypartner to support further growth.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
aku.visionManager
Modular industrial machine vision software platform connecting cameras and sensors for flexible AI-supported optical inspection.
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2007
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