MVTec, BMG, Bosch Rexroth Partner to Simplify Machine Vision Integration

MVTec, BMG, and Bosch Rexroth are combining HALCON, ctrlX OS, and Nexeed Integrated Vision to make machine vision easier to deploy within industrial automation systems.

Jim Tatum

Nov. 6, 2026

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Key Highlights

MVTec, BMG, and Bosch Rexroth are bringing machine vision and automation software together on a common platform.
The integration is designed to reduce programming, interface configuration, and system integration work.
The companies expect the platform to support inspection, measurement, robot guidance, 3D vision, and other applications.

Three companies are partnering to help machine builders, system integrators, and manufacturers more easily deploy machine vision applications in automation environments.

MVTec (Munich, Germany), BMG (Blaichach, Germany), and Bosch Rexroth (Lohr am Main, Germany) have formed a partnership to integrate machine vision into industrial automation systems.

This collaboration combines MVTec's HALCON machine vision software, Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX OS operating environment, and BMG's Nexeed Integrated Vision app into a unified platform, say company officials.

Maximilian Lückenhaus, Director Marketing + Business Development, MVTec Software GmbH

According to a press release, the goal is to enable machine builders, system integrators, and manufacturers to deploy machine vision applications more easily within automation environments. Rather than integrating separate vision systems, users can run HALCON-based vision functions directly within the Linux-based ctrlX OS ecosystem alongside other automation applications.

“The collaboration with Bosch Rexroth and BMG is an important step for the automation industry, helping companies digitalize and automate processes profitably, thereby increasing their competitiveness,” said Dr. Maximilian Lückenhaus, director of marketing and business development at MVTec Software GmbH, in a press release.

Marc Bindel, Head of Nexeed Automation, Bosch Manufacturing Solutions

BMG's Nexeed Integrated Vision, an application that connects machine vision software with the operating system, serves as the bridge between the HALCON software and the ctrlX OS, reducing the programming, interface configuration, and integration effort usually required for vision projects. This enables integrators to spend more time optimizing applications and less time connecting disparate hardware and software platforms, according to Marc Bindel, head of Nexeed Automation at Bosch Manufacturing Solutions.

“We solve a key problem for system integrators: the time-consuming integration of machine vision into the control environment,” Bindel said in the release.

The Linux-based ctrlX OS operating system forms the software foundation of Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX CORE control platform and is also available as a hardware-independent solution. Through the ctrlX OS Store, users have access to apps from Bosch Rexroth and other providers.

Carina Heil, Group Lead, Business Operations Automation Software, Bosch Rexroth. — Carina Heil, Group Lead, Business Operations Automation Software, Bosch Rexroth

“The strength of ctrlX OS lies in bringing different technologies together easily on a common platform. This creates new opportunities for machine builders and users to enhance their automation flexibly and software-based,” Carina Heil, group lead business operations automation software at Bosch Rexroth, stated in the release.

The partnership reflects a broader trend toward treating machine vision as a core automation function rather than a standalone technology. By making vision, AI, control, and automation tools available on a common platform, the companies aim to accelerate deployments of applications such as quality inspection, component identification, measurement, robot guidance, 3D vision, and deep learning-based inspection, according to the release.

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Jim Tatum

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VSD Senior Editor Jim Tatum has more than 25 years experience in print and digital journalism, covering business/industry/economic development issues, regional and local government/regulatory issues, and more. In 2019, he transitioned from newspapers to business media full time, joining VSD in 2023.