What EHR does

EHR (legally ISV EHR GmbH, headquartered in Birkenfeld near Pforzheim, Germany) is a privately held industrial automation specialist focused on automated optical inspection (AOI) systems for high-volume manufacturing. The company originated in industrial image processing around 1994 and has built a 30-plus-year practice around fully automated, contactless 3D inspection of weld seams, inline geometry measurement of bodies-in-white and add-on parts, and inline inspection of glue and sealant beads in series production lines. Its core technology combines 3D laser triangulation sensors from leading manufacturers with proprietary TIVIS software (including the TIVIS AluCheck application for standards-compliant weld measurement and the TIVIS Repair-Station for rework control), executed through 360° multi-camera sensor heads where applicable and integrated into customer production lines via ProfiNET, ProfiBus, and Digital I/O. AI-supported defect evaluation is offered as an enhancement layer on top of the deterministic image-processing pipeline, with claimed detection sensitivity down to 0.1mm defect size.

The company's product portfolio consists of three branded core ISV systems — weld seam inspection, inline measurement, and glue bead inspection — all unified on the TIVIS platform. Customers are predominantly large industrial enterprises: nearly every major automotive OEM (Volkswagen, Audi, GM, Ford, Honda, Tesla, Toyota, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Citroën, Jeep, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Škoda, MG), automotive Tier-1 suppliers (Magna, KUKA, Gestamp, Minth, Stadco, Auto Technology), industrial manufacturers (Siemens, Trumpf, thyssenkrupp, voestalpine, BSH, STIHL, Andritz, EBZ, FFT, Layher), and selected aerospace players (MT Aerospace). The company claims 1000+ successfully implemented projects, with German sources citing 2000+.

Commercially, EHR sells custom turnkey systems (sensor, industrial PC, evaluation software) via direct enterprise field sales at quote-based pricing under multi-year contracts, with on-site application engineering and commissioning support. Revenue mixes hardware sales, one-time software licensing, and professional services. The German entity (ISV EHR GmbH, registered in Mannheim) operates as the European arm of Chinese parent Isvision Technology Co., Ltd., which runs wholly-owned subsidiaries Isvision Technologies Inc. in Troy, Michigan (North America) and additional Isvision offices in Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Beijing; the group collectively staffs approximately 500 employees across three continents per a May 2024 job posting. No external institutional investment or public-market listing is disclosed.

Name

EHR

Legal name

ISV EHR GmbH

Website

https://ehr.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EHR (ISV EHR GmbH) is a German-based provider of automated optical inspection systems specializing in weld seam inspection, inline geometry measurement, and glue bead inspection for high-volume industrial manufacturing, serving major automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and industrial manufacturers globally as the European arm of Chinese parent Isvision Technology Co., Ltd.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Quality Control Systems

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG), Machine Vision & Inspection Lighting (Ring lights, bar lights, backlights, strobed illumination) (IMAGAIAG)

Keywords

• Automated optical inspection
• Weld seam inspection
• Inline measurement systems
• Glue bead inspection
• Industrial image processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Pforzheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Automated Optical Inspection Systems: Sale of turnkey standard systems consisting of 3D profile sensors, industrial PCs, and evaluation software, individually adapted to customer requirements. Systems are integrated into production lines via Profinet interface.
2. Software Licensing: TIVIS evaluation software and AluCheck applications provided as part of system packages. Includes TIVIS Repair-Station for rework control.
3. Application Engineering Services: Technical support including creation of experimental setups and solution concepts, coordination of commissioning at customer sites domestically and internationally, and configuration of software for specific customer components.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

EHR designs, manufactures, and integrates turnkey automated optical inspection systems for industrial manufacturing. The portfolio comprises three core product families — Weld Seam Inspection, Inline Measurement, and Glue Bead Inspection — each combining 3D laser triangulation sensors, industrial PCs, and proprietary TIVIS evaluation software. Systems are configured for individual customer production lines and integrated via Profinet for 100% inline quality control in series production.

Product overview

EHR is a provider of automated optical inspection systems for industrial manufacturing. The product portfolio consists of three core ISV-branded inspection systems: (1) Weld Seam Inspection for automated 3D inspection of welded and brazed seams, (2) Inline Measurement for precise geometry measurement of car bodies and components in production lines, and (3) Glue Bead Inspection for inline analysis of glue and sealant beads. All systems share the TIVIS software platform as a common base, which provides industrial interfaces for robot and production line integration. Application-specific software includes TIVIS AluCheck and TIVIS Repair-Station for weld inspection, and ISV Gluebead Inspection software for bead analysis. The turnkey standard systems comprise sensors, industrial PCs, and evaluation software, and can be individually adapted to customer requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EHR TIVIS: System platform providing interfaces for communication with industrial robots and production plants, including TIVIS AluCheck and TIVIS Repair-Station software components.
• EHR AluCheck
• TIVIS Repair-Station

Quantifiable outcome

• Defect detection starting from 0.1mm size
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers36 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Isvision Technology Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company relationship with Isvision Technology Co., Ltd. Based in China, Isvision provides EHR with access to the Chinese market where it holds a leading market position. EHR serves as the European arm of the global organization. The relationship enables close collaboration with one of the leading industrial companies in China while maintaining European operations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• MVTec Software GmbH: Munich-based machine vision software provider (HALCON, MERLIC) widely used in industrial inspection — comparable technology layer to EHR's TIVIS/AluCheck, and increasingly an alternative software stack for automated optical inspection.

Broad incumbents

• SICK AG: Major German sensor and machine vision manufacturer with a wide factory-automation portfolio including 2D/3D vision — overlapping with EHR in industrial quality inspection and inline measurement, especially for automotive.
• Keyence Corporation: Global factory automation and inspection sensor giant — competing with EHR on automated optical inspection and laser-based measurement across discrete manufacturing, including automotive applications.
• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in machine vision and industrial barcode reading serving automotive, electronics, and logistics — overlapping with EHR on automated inspection but with a far broader product portfolio and significantly larger R&D scale.
• Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: Division of Hexagon AB providing industrial metrology, optical inspection, and CT scanning for automotive and aerospace — comparable to EHR's inline measurement and quality inspection offerings at a much larger scale.
• Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology: Industrial metrology and 3D measurement systems supplier serving automotive, aerospace, and medical — overlapping with EHR's inline measurement business with a broader precision-metrology portfolio.

Direct peers

• ISRA VISION (Coesia Vision): A leading German machine vision company (now part of Coesia) specializing in industrial surface inspection, 3D quality inspection, and robot vision — directly comparable to EHR's automated optical inspection and inline measurement in automotive manufacturing.
• Stemmer Imaging: European machine vision technology provider offering components, subsystems, and application-specific inspection solutions across factory automation — closely comparable as a vision systems provider to industrial manufacturers.
• Renishaw plc: UK-based precision measurement and inspection systems provider with strong automotive and aerospace presence — comparable to EHR on high-precision inline inspection and metrology, though with a different technology base.
• Servo-Robot: Canadian specialist in 3D laser vision and robotic sensing for welding automation — a direct competitor in 3D seam tracking and inspection for robotic welding cells, highly comparable to EHR's weld seam inspection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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