MVTec Software GmbH is a leading international manufacturer of software for machine vision used in all demanding areas of imaging like the semi-conductor industry, inspection, optical quality control, metrology, medicine or surveillance. In particular, software by MVTec enables new automation solutions in settings of the Industrial Internet of Things. Products: MVTec is the developer and vendor of the general purpose machine vision software products HALCON and MERLIC. MVTec HALCON is optimized for the needs of OEMs and system integrators and allows engineers to set up their own solutions for a specific machine vision task. MVTec MERLIC is a powerful, all-in-one machine vision software product that enables users to quickly build complete solutions without programming. Solutions: Furthermore, MVTec builds customized software solutions for machine vision Ð from consultancy, studies, and prototypes up to integrated products. Software solutions can be based on standard PC or embedded hardware (e.g., ARM¨-based systems). Moreover, MVTecÕs team has an excellent background in processing images of different kinds, including 3D, infrared, hyperspectral, and X-ray images. Mission: To offer customers the greatest possible benefit, MVTecÕs innovative work is driven by a commitment to be the number one supplier for all kinds of machine vision software technologies. MVTec focusses on in-house research and hence takes a leading role in the challenging process of understanding how machines can learn to see. History: MVTec was founded in November 1996 as a spin-off of the Technical University of Munich and the Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge-Based Systems (FORWISS). MVTec is privately owned by the management.