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In the next three years, multiple dividends such as technological iteration, downstream expansion, domestic substitution, and global customer expansion will be combined, and the industry competition track will be fully switched, officially entering a new cycle of high-speed growth. For enterprises, it is not only necessary to accurately grasp the evolution of the industry, but also to have a professional platform to carry out technology display, customer docking, and long-term market layout. Shanghai in 2027Machine VisionVision Shanghai 2027 is the core battlefield for seizing the cyclical dividends and seizing opportunities in the card industry.
The exhibition will be held onMarch 24-26, 2027InHall W4&W5, Shanghai New International Expo CenterOrganized by the Machine Vision Industry Alliance (CMVU) and hosted by Munich Exhibition (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., we are committed to creating an annual industry event that focuses on cutting-edge technologies, connects business opportunities, and drives the digital transformation of the industry.
Next 3 years: Seven major trends define a new industry cycle
The 2026 China Machine Vision Report predicts that the scale of China's machine vision industry will increase from 2026 to 202850.3 billion yuanincrease to78.4 billion yuanThe annual compound growth rate is as high as24.8%The overall growth rate is significantly higher than the level of the past three years. Behind the rapid growth,Seven major trendsWill become the core mainline of industry development:
1Leading the three major downstream tracks, with new energy and semiconductors as the core growth engines
The 2026 China Machine Vision Report clearly states that by 2025, the manufacturing industry will still be the absolute main market for machine vision, with sales accounting for a certain proportion78%From the perspective of downstream segmentation,consumer electronicsThe industry remains the largest application area of machine vision, with an overall proportion30%.
lithium batteryIndustry as a percentage of manufacturing sales revenue17%Benefiting from the explosive growth of new energy vehicles, demand has continued to rise in the past three years. In 2025, China's automobile production will increase by 9.8% year-on-year, and the production of lithium-ion batteries will maintain a growth rate of over 20%, directly driving the visual demand for production line inspection, size measurement, assembly guidance and other links.
Semiconductor (including PCB)As another important growth track, it currently accounts for a significant portion of the scale of machine vision applications in the manufacturing industry12.2%With the expansion of domestic wafer manufacturing and packaging testing capacity, the demand for high-precision visual inspection will be further released.
2、From "single point detection" to "systematic solutions", customized demand expansion
The current most mainstream application of machine vision is stillquality inspection(Defect detection, surface texture inspection, etc.), with sales revenue accounting for a certain percentage in 202531.6%It belongs to a typical single point function landing. And in the future, the industry will gradually move towardsFull process, systematic solutionEvolution, covering the entire production process from incoming material inspection, process measurement to finished product assembly.
Correspondingly,Specific application vision system and configurable vision systemIt is currently the largest segmented market, with sales revenue accounting for 202527%With the improvement of intelligent production lines, the demand for customized solutions for different industries and processes will continue to increase.
3、Domestic substitution enters the deep-water zone, breaking through from 'usable' to 'high-end substitution'
At present, the proportion of sales revenue from independent products has reached88.4%Domestic substitution has been basically completed in the mid to low end general market. The domestic substitution of future industries will advance towards high-end fields: high-end industrial cameras, 3D vision equipment, high-precision measurement systems, core industrial algorithms and other links that used to rely on imports will become the focus of breakthroughs for local enterprises.
The sustained high R&D investment in the entire industry (with a stable revenue share of 22%) is being transformed into technological achievements, providing underlying support for high-end domestic substitution.
4、Deep integration of AI and vision, moving from "detection and recognition" to "cognitive decision-making"
The integration of AI deep learning and machine vision has moved from concept to large-scale industrial implementation. In the past, machine vision mainly undertook the detection function of "seeing clearly and judging correctly"; With the penetration of large models and deep learning algorithms, machine vision will gradually have the ability to "understand and make decisions", upgrading from a single quality inspection tool to an intelligent decision-making node in the production process, realizing higher value functions such as defect prediction, process optimization, and production line scheduling. This also echoes the current situation where companies in the industry are increasing the proportion of AI visual algorithm business.
5、3D vision accelerates popularization and becomes the core direction of technological iteration
The 2026 China Machine Vision Report shows that from 2023 to 2025,3D camera/3D capture deviceThe annual compound growth rate of sales revenue is as high as24.9%, is the fastest-growing category among all segmented products; At the same time, 3D solutions are also the direction with the highest proportion of research and development investment and the fastest growth rate.
withConsumer electronics, automobiles, lithium batteriesAs the demand for 3D inspection, spatial measurement, and guided grasping increases in the industry, 3D vision will gradually penetrate from high-end precision scenes to general manufacturing scenes, accelerating its popularization and implementation.
6、The industrial ecology continues to improve, and the application boundaries are constantly expanding
The application scenarios of machine vision are extending from traditional manufacturing to more fields. currentThe proportion of non manufacturing applications has reached 20.7%, including security and monitoring/national defense, smart transportation, and educationIt is one of the top three non manufacturing tracks. In the future, with the improvement of technological maturity and the decrease of hardware costs, more scenarios such as logistics sorting, agricultural inspection, medical imaging, and retail recognition will open up the growth space of machine vision, and the application boundaries of the industry will continue to expand.
7、Going global has become an industry consensus, with over 80% of companies planning to expand into overseas markets
While the domestic market is growing rapidly, overseas is becoming the second growth curve for local enterprises. According to the 2026 China Machine Vision Report, the proportion of overseas market sales in the machine vision industry has reached16.7%，82% of domestic enterprises will expand into overseas marketsAs the core strategic direction for the future. With the improvement of product and brand strength of top enterprises, Chinese machine vision manufacturers will occupy more market share in the global market.
*All the above data is sourced from the 2026 China Machine Vision Report
2027 Shanghai Machine Vision Exhibition: Grasping the Industry Trend of the New Cycle
The next three years are an unmissable golden growth cycle for the machine vision industry - the explosion of demand for new energy and semiconductors, the acceleration of high-end domestic substitution, the comprehensive landing of AI and 3D technology, and the dual wheel drive of domestic and foreign markets. The industry landscape is about to be reshaped.
As a benchmark event in the field of machine vision in Asia, the 2027 Shanghai Machine Vision Exhibition gathers resources from the entire industry chain, accurately covers high-value downstream customers, and connects domestic and international markets. It is an excellent choice for enterprises to seize the dividends of the new cycle, establish brands, expand orders, and lay out long-term development.
At present, the exhibition recruitment work has been fully launched, and the number of golden booth slots is limited. Please book as soon as possible.We sincerely invite manufacturers of machine vision core components, vision system integrators, AI algorithm companies, 3D vision equipment companies, automation equipment manufacturers, and others from all over the country to register for the exhibition now. We will gather at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in March next year to compete on the same stage, explore business opportunities together, and win the new future of the market!
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