Teledyne Imaging

What Teledyne Imaging does

Teledyne Imaging is a wholly-owned subsidiary group of Teledyne Technologies Inc. (NYSE: TDY), consolidating more than ten specialized imaging brands — including Teledyne DALSA, Teledyne e2v, Teledyne CARIS, Teledyne Optech, Teledyne Photometrics, Teledyne Princeton Instruments, Teledyne Lumenera, Teledyne Judson Technologies, Teledyne ICM, Teledyne Micralyne, and Teledyne Space Imaging — into a single portfolio organized across six segments: Industrial/Machine Vision, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Aerospace & Defense, Geospatial, Scientific, and MEMS & Semiconductors. The group's technology stack spans CCD and CMOS image sensors, EMCCD and scientific cameras, infrared focal plane arrays (InGaAs, HgCdTe, InSb, microbolometers), X-ray detectors and generators, lidar instruments, hydrographic software, and a pure-play MEMS foundry, covering the electromagnetic spectrum from X-ray through visible to far-infrared wavelengths. The group operates its own semiconductor and MEMS foundries with over 60,000 square feet of clean rooms and capacity for 100,000+ wafers per year at 150mm and 200mm formats, providing vertical integration rarely matched by peers.

The business model combines hardware sales (sensors, cameras, subsystems, foundry services, high-reliability semiconductors) with recurring software revenue through subscription and license arrangements for the Sapera Vision Software suite, CARIS hydrographic software, and Spinnaker SDK. Customers span government space agencies (NASA, ESA, JAXA, EUMETSAT, KARI), defense prime contractors (Airbus, Boeing, US defense programs), OEMs in industrial automation and medical imaging, and research institutions — with multi-year contracts and quote-based enterprise pricing distributed through direct sales representatives and dedicated customer portals across 50+ countries. Teledyne Imaging's products are embedded in flagship missions including ESA's JUICE, MTG-I, and SMILE satellites, and in commercial radiotherapy systems powering approximately 90% of the world's linear accelerators used in cancer treatment.

Name

Teledyne Imaging

Legal name

Teledyne Imaging Group

Website

https://teledyneimaging.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Teledyne Imaging is a Teledyne Technologies subsidiary group consolidating 10+ imaging brands into sensors, cameras, software, and MEMS foundry services across industrial, healthcare, aerospace & defense, geospatial, scientific, and semiconductor segments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Thousand Oaks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Imaging Components and Sensors: Sale of imaging sensors (CCD, CMOS, EMCCD), cameras, and subsystems for industrial, scientific, aerospace, defense, and medical applications. Products range from standard components to fully custom designs.
2. MEMS and Semiconductor Foundry Services: Pure-play MEMS foundry services and semiconductor manufacturing. Teledyne Micralyne and Teledyne DALSA provide design, prototyping and volume production services for MEMS and microelectronics.
3. High-Reliability Electronic Components: Sale of radiation-tolerant semiconductors including data converters, processors, and memories for aerospace, defense, and space applications requiring extreme environment operation.
4. Software Licenses and Solutions: Geospatial software solutions including CARIS Ping-to-Chart portfolio, vision software (Sapera, Sherlock), and application software for data processing and analysis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Teledyne Imaging manufactures and sells advanced imaging sensors (CCD, CMOS, EMCCD), cameras (area scan, line scan, TDI, SWIR), infrared detectors (HgCdTe, InGaAs, InSb, microbolometers), space-qualified imaging systems, lidar instruments, hydrographic software, radiation-tolerant semiconductors, and MEMS foundry services. Products are organized into six segments: Industrial/Machine Vision, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Aerospace & Defense, Geospatial, Scientific, and MEMS/Semiconductors, serving space agencies, defense contractors, OEMs, and research institutions globally.

Product overview

Teledyne Imaging is a group of technology companies providing the deepest, widest imaging and related technology portfolio in the world, organized under six segments: Industrial/Machine Vision, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Aerospace & Defense, Geospatial, Scientific, and MEMS/Semiconductors. The portfolio includes: area scan cameras (Genie Nano, Falcon4), line scan cameras (Linea, Linea ML, Linea HS, Linea HS2, Linea SWIR), smart cameras and vision systems (BOA, Z-Trak 3D sensors), X-ray detectors and generators (DALSA Xineos, ICM SITE-X), frame grabbers (Xtium series), vision software (Sapera with Astrocyte AI), infrared sensors (HgCdTe, microbolometers, InGaAs, InSb from Judson), space imaging sensors (CCD, CMOS, TDI for NASA/ESA missions), scientific cameras (Photometrics Prime/Prime 95B, Princeton Instruments COSMOS/SOPHIA, Lumenera), lidar systems (Optech), geospatial software (CARIS HIPS/SIPS, Onboard, Mira AI), e2v semiconductors (DDR4, ADCs, processors, MRAM), and MEMS foundry services (Micralyne/DALSA). The ecosystem enables customers to build complete imaging solutions from sensing through processing across visible, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR, X-ray, and lidar modalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Teledyne DALSA: High performance digital imaging products and semiconductor foundry services
• Teledyne e2v
• Teledyne CARIS
• Teledyne Optech
• Teledyne Photometrics
• Teledyne Princeton Instruments
• Teledyne Lumenera
• Teledyne Scientific & Imaging
• Teledyne Judson Technologies
• Teledyne ICM
• Teledyne Micralyne
• Teledyne Vision Solutions
• Teledyne Space Imaging

Products and services

• Teledyne DALSA Genie Nano Area scan CMOS camera with VGA to 45MP resolution, up to 862 fps frame rates, supporting 1GigE, 5GigE, Camera Link, and CXP interfaces with TurboDrive technology for industrial machine vision.
• Teledyne DALSA Falcon4 High-performance area scan camera ranging from 11MP at 600 fps to 86MP at 16 fps with CMOS global shutter and Camera Link HS interface for industrial and aerospace imaging.
• Teledyne DALSA Linea HS2 Ultra high-speed TDI line scan camera with 8k and 16k resolution achieving 1 MHz line rate for low-light industrial inspection applications.
• Teledyne DALSA Linea Cost-effective CMOS line scan camera available in mono and color, supporting GigE and Camera Link interfaces with 2k to 16k resolution up to 80 kHz line rates for industrial inspection.
• Teledyne DALSA Linea ML Multiline CMOS line scan camera in mono, color, and NIR variants with 8k and 16k resolution up to 300 kHz and CLHS fiber optic interface for high-speed industrial scanning.
• Teledyne DALSA Linea HS Charge domain CMOS TDI line scan camera with 8k, 16k, or 32k resolution and line rates up to 400 kHz with CLHS interface and unique multifield capabilities.
• Teledyne DALSA Linea SWIR GigE SWIR line scan camera featuring InGaAs sensor with 1k resolution at 40 kHz for short-wave infrared industrial inspection.
• Kaleido SWIR Hyperspectral Camera High throughput SWIR hyperspectral camera developed for high-speed industrial sorting and inspection applications.
• SCION VIS-SWIR Camera VIS-SWIR camera platform covering 0.4–1.7 μm visible and short-wavelength infrared imaging for industrial and scientific applications.
• Teledyne e2v Eliixa+ CMOS TDI color and monochrome line scan camera with 8k to 16k resolution up to 200 kHz for high-speed industrial imaging.
• Teledyne DALSA X-ray Detectors CMOS X-ray detectors including Xineos medical and dental detectors for orthopedic, surgical, and dental radiography, mammography, and fluoroscopy applications.
• Teledyne ICM Portable X-ray Generators Portable X-ray generators including SITE-X and SITE-X CP ranges for non-destructive testing and security applications.
• Teledyne e2v OctoPlus Optical coherence tomography cameras for ophthalmology retinal imaging applications.
• Teledyne e2v Radiotherapy Solutions Thyratrons, magnetrons, and modulators for radiotherapy cancer treatment powering 90% of the world's linear accelerators.
• Teledyne Imaging CCD Sensors for Space Space-qualified CCD imaging sensors with 50+ years heritage including backthinned, back-illuminated devices, HiRho NIR responsivity, large area devices for focal plane arrays serving NASA, ESA, JAXA missions.
• Teledyne e2v CIS115 CMOS Sensor Radiation hard 3MP CMOS imager with 7μm pixel pitch and unique back illumination technology for space applications including ESA's JUICE mission.
• Teledyne Space Imaging CCD370 Sensors Soft X-ray imaging sensors for ESA's SMILE mission capturing solar wind emissions to study magnetosphere and space weather.
• Teledyne Imaging CMOS Sensors for Space Space-qualified CMOS image sensors including TDI imagers for high-sensitivity space imaging applications.
• Teledyne Imaging IR FPAs for Space Infrared focal plane arrays for space science, planetary exploration, and Earth observation covering NIR to LWIR wavelengths.
• MTG-I Weather Satellite CMOS Sensor Custom CMOS image sensor for ESA and EUMETSAT MTG-I imaging satellite enabling enhanced weather forecasting.
• Teledyne Imaging Infrared Sensors Large format, cooled HgCdTe detectors for NIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR applications in military, space, astronomy, and commercial imaging.
• Teledyne DALSA Microbolometers Uncooled microbolometers for LWIR industrial imaging with novel wafer-level packaging for cost-effective thermal imaging.
• Teledyne Judson Infrared Detectors Single element and 2D focal plane infrared detectors (InGaAs, InSb, MCT, PbS, PbSe, Ge) from visible to VLWIR spectrum with integrated dewars and coolers.
• Teledyne Photometrics Scientific Cameras High-performance Scientific CMOS, CCD and EMCCD cameras including Prime, Prime 95B (95% QE), Prime BSI, and Iris 15 for quantitative bio-research.
• Teledyne Princeton Instruments Cameras High-performance CCD, sCMOS, ICCD, EMCCD, emICCD, and InGaAs cameras, spectrographs, and optics for scientific research and OEM communities.
• Teledyne Lumenera Cameras Digital cameras with USB 3.0, USB 2.0, Ethernet, HDMI, and GigE interfaces for industrial and scientific imaging with customized OEM solutions.
• Teledyne e2v Semiconductors High-reliability semiconductors including radiation-tolerant DDR4 memory, analog-to-digital converters (EV10AS940), ARM processors (LX2160), MRAM, and data converters for aerospace, defense, and space applications.
• Teledyne Optech Lidar Advanced lidar instruments for airborne mapping, bathymetry, mobile mapping, terrestrial laser scanning, and mine cavity monitoring with integrated GPS and inertial measurement systems.
• Teledyne CARIS Software Hydrographic software including CARIS HIPS and SIPS for data processing, CARIS Bathy DataBASE for chart generation, CARIS Onboard for autonomous vehicle processing, and CARIS Mira AI platform for geospatial data.
• Teledyne MEMS Foundry Services Pure-play MEMS foundry from Teledyne Micralyne and Teledyne DALSA offering 150mm to 200mm wafer processing, optical MEMS, acoustic/RF MEMS, inertial sensors, pressure sensors, BioMEMS, and microfluidics.
• Teledyne CCD Foundry 150mm CCD fabrication with wafer-scale, radiation-hard, and backside thinning capability for high-performance CCD sensors for space applications.
• Teledyne DALSA Sapera Vision Software Vision software suite including Sapera Processing and Astrocyte graphical application for training neural networks to perform classification, object detection, segmentation, and noise reduction in industrial inspection.
• Teledyne DALSA Frame Grabbers PCI Express frame grabbers including Xtium3 (Gen4), Xtium2 (Gen3), and Xtium (Gen2) platforms for Camera Link and Camera Link HS interface support.
• Teledyne DALSA Vision Systems Multi-camera vision inspection systems and smart cameras (BOA2) for self-contained inspection, plus vision sensors (BOA Spot) for basic vision inspection.

Quantifiable outcome

• Power 90% of the world's linear accelerators used in cancer radiotherapy
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ESA (European Space Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Teledyne Space Imaging supplied CCD370 imaging sensors for ESA's Soft X-ray Imager on the SMILE mission (joint ESA-Chinese Academy of Sciences mission) to study solar wind interaction with Earth's magnetosphere.
• Chinese Academy of SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Joint ESA-Chinese Academy of Sciences SMILE mission to improve understanding of solar storms, geomagnetic storms, and space weather.
• ESA (European Space Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2023Teledyne e2v delivered custom CMOS image sensor for ESA and EUMETSAT's Meteosat Third Generation (MTG-I) imaging satellite, transitioning from CCD to CMOS detectors for enhanced weather forecasting.
• EUMETSATcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2023EUMETSAT collaborated with ESA on the MTG satellite program, utilizing Teledyne e2v's CMOS image sensor for next-generation weather observation.
• Open UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2023Teledyne e2v collaborated with the Open University to provide and test CIS115 CMOS sensors for the JANUS optical camera on ESA's JUICE mission. Open University conducted electro-optical testing for harsh radiation environments.
• DLR (German Aerospace Center)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2023Teledyne e2v supplied CIS115 CMOS sensors to DLR in Germany for integration into the JANUS optical camera on ESA's JUICE mission.

Scale indicators8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Oxford Instruments: Specializes in scientific instruments including cryogenic detectors, electron microscopes, and analytical tools for research applications; intersects with Teledyne Photometrics and Princeton Instruments scientific imaging segments.

Direct peers

• Basler AG: Leading manufacturer of industrial machine vision cameras (area scan, line scan, 3D) with embedded vision software; directly competes with Teledyne DALSA's Genie Nano, Linea, and Falcon4 camera families in factory automation.
• ams OSRAM: Provides CMOS image sensors, optical sensing solutions, and infrared/laser components for automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer markets; competes with Teledyne's imaging sensor and infrared detector portfolio.
• Sony Semiconductor Solutions: Global market leader in CMOS image sensors for industrial, scientific, and consumer applications; competes directly with Teledyne's CMOS sensor business and dominates the broader imaging sensor market with superior scale and R&D budget.
• Excelitas Technologies: Provides photonic sensors, infrared detectors, X-ray detection, and imaging systems for industrial, medical, defense, and scientific applications — directly overlaps with Teledyne Judson, ICM, and Scientific & Imaging product lines.
• Hamamatsu Photonics: Specializes in scientific imaging detectors, photomultiplier tubes, and infrared detectors for scientific research, medical imaging, and industrial applications — directly comparable to Teledyne Photometrics and Princeton Instruments scientific camera lines.
• onsemi: Major manufacturer of CMOS image sensors, particularly for industrial, automotive, and machine vision applications; overlaps directly with Teledyne DALSA's industrial and automotive imaging portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in machine vision systems and industrial barcode readers; competes in factory automation with Teledyne's vision systems and BOA smart camera product lines as a systems-level incumbent.
• Carl Zeiss (Zeiss): Industrial, medical, and scientific optics/imaging conglomerate offering microscopy, lithography optics, medical technology, and industrial metrology — overlaps with Teledyne's scientific cameras and industrial vision offerings as part of a broader portfolio.
• Keyence Corporation: Major industrial automation sensor and vision systems provider offering machine vision, barcode readers, and measurement sensors; competes with Teledyne's industrial machine vision portfolio as a broad automation incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TeledyneDALSA
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4NuspFsP5AgBAtEGUyxklA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teledyne-dalsa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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