A time journey through Baumer Inspection´s history
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2019 - Extension of company building Lohnerhofstrasse
Expansion of our production area by 576sqm.
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2018 - Retirement Thomas Franz
Thomas Franz has significantly shaped Baumer Inspection in 23 years and has made an important contribution to our successful development.
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2015 - New system generation "4.0"
Presentation of the new system generation "4.0" with our first system ColourBrain MFC 4.0 at LIGNA.
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2014 - Q-Brain: First-time use of artificial intelligence in our inspection systems
Our smart software tool Q-Brain was used for the first time for the automatic classification of process defects.
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2010 - Use of our inspection systems in batch size 1 productions
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2008 - Market entry kitchen manufacturer
Inspection of kitchen furniture panels and fronts
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2007 - Groundbreaking ceremony for building extension Lohnerhofstraße 6
Baumer Inspection invests in its future and extends the existing company building by a further 1.000qm, air-conditioned offices, production area and commissioning hall.
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2007 - Change of name from MASSEN machine vision system GmbH
After Baumer Beteiligungs-GmbH had already invested in MASSEN in 1996 and the shares were taken over by Prof. Dr. Massen in 2005, the company was renamed Baumer Inspection GmbH in 2007.
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2002 - Market entry into the woodworking industry
A major milestone - With the surface inspection of laminate floorboards, the entry into the woodworking industry began.
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2001 - VISION 1st prize for applied image processing
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2001 - Relocation of MASSEN machine vision systems GmbH
Move to our own company building at Lohnerhofstraße 6 in Constance.
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1996 - Market entry ceramic tile industry
With the inspection system CeraVision ceramic tiles were aesthetically assessed and sorted.
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1992 - Foundation of MASSEN machine vision systems GmbH
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1988 - Foundation of the EyeTech GmbH
EyeTech GmbH was founded with two products, the VideoSpeedMaster for contactless length and speed measurement with international patent and the DeltaMaster for contactless thickness measurement.
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1984 - Foundation of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Image Processing
Founded by Prof. Dr. Ing. Robert Massen with customer-specific developments of image processing systems for industry at the University of Applied Sciences Constance.