Integrators and end users flock to Fall trade shows
In September, two seemingly disparate trade shows were held in the same week. While PackExpo filled multiple halls in Las Vegas, NV, USA, the biennial International Robots & Vision Show was being held in Rosemont, IL, USA. Attendees at PackExpo were a different group from those at the Robots & Vision Show. Rather than specifying OEM components with which to build packaging systems, most of the attendees at PackExpo were from Fortune 500 companies looking to purchase complete filling, labeling, packaging, and inspection systems from companies whose booths dwarfed those at the Robots & Vision Show. What was perhaps most interesting was that many of the companies on the floor at PackExpo were showing systems with integrated machine-vision components from OEM vendors at the Robots & Vision Show.