What Lano Tech Co., Ltd does

Lano Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese industrial machine vision component manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin, founded in 2017. The company designs and manufactures industrial cameras (area scan, line scan, spectral, and high-speed variants), industrial lenses (FA, telecentric, 360-degree inspection, line scan, and infrared shortwave), and visual light sources (coaxial, linear, area, bar, ring, and spherical). Its core technology relies on machine vision and image processing for inspection, measurement, identification, defect detection, OCR recognition, code reading, and position guidance. Manufacturing takes place at a 13,000 square meter facility in Changchun Beihu Development Zone equipped with optical production lines, testing centers, and a cleanroom lens assembly workshop.

The company operates a B2B direct sales model targeting enterprise buyers in manufacturing sectors, with vertical-specific solution pages for automotive, pharmaceutical, logistics, transportation, printing, and industrial testing industries. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of cameras, lenses, and light sources, as well as integrated machine vision solutions combining these components. The company does not publicly disclose pricing, which is typical for custom-quoted industrial vision products. Its go-to-market emphasizes enterprise field sales, with marketing channels including a company website product catalog, industry solutions pages, technical blog content, and exhibition participation.

Lano Technology is a privately held company with no disclosed funding rounds, no named institutional investors, no disclosed revenue figures, and no named customers. The company has 13 employees and serves a distributed set of verticals. Its competitive positioning centers on vertical integration of the three machine vision component categories under a single supplier, in-house cleanroom optics manufacturing, and domain-specific application expertise across multiple industrial inspection use cases.

Name

Lano Tech Co., Ltd

Legal name

LANO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Website

https://lano-vision.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lano Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese industrial machine vision component manufacturer producing cameras, lenses, and light sources for enterprise buyers in automotive, pharmaceutical, logistics, printing, transportation, and industrial testing sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machine Vision Components

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Machine Vision & Optical Sensing (Cameras, 3D vision, LiDAR, illumination) (IMAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF), Machine Vision & Industrial Imaging Systems (IMAHAHAE), Machine Vision & Inspection Lighting (Ring lights, bar lights, backlights, strobed illumination) (IMAGAIAG), Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

Keywords

• Machine vision systems
• Industrial cameras
• Factory automation lenses
• Machine vision lighting
• Industrial inspection cameras

Headquarters

HQ city

Changchun

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Camera Sales: Sale of industrial-grade machine vision cameras including area scan, line scan, spectral, and high-speed cameras for manufacturing and inspection applications.
2. Industrial Lens Sales: Sale of industrial lenses including FA lenses, telecentric lenses, 360-degree inspection lenses, line scan lenses, and infrared shortwave lenses.
3. Visual Light Source Sales: Sale of visual light sources including coaxial, linear, area, bar, ring, spherical and other light sources for machine vision illumination.
4. Machine Vision Solutions: Integrated machine vision solutions combining cameras, lenses, and light sources tailored for specific industry applications including automotive, pharmaceutical, logistics, and industrial testing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lano Technology manufactures and sells industrial machine vision components, including industrial cameras (area scan, line scan, spectral, high-speed), industrial lenses (FA, telecentric, 360-degree inspection, line scan, infrared shortwave), and visual light sources (coaxial, linear, area, bar, ring, spherical). These components are designed for factory automation and inspection applications, including online measurement, defect detection, OCR recognition, code reading, and position guidance, and serve manufacturers and system integrators across multiple industrial verticals.

Product overview

Lano Technology is a machine vision camera manufacturer and high-tech enterprise specializing in machine vision solutions. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial vision products organized into three main categories: (1) Industrial Lenses including FA Lenses, Telecentric Lenses, 360 Degree Inspection Lenses, Line Scan Lenses, and Infrared Shortwave Lenses; (2) Industrial Cameras including Industrial Area Scan Cameras, Industrial Line Scan Cameras, Spectral Cameras, High-Speed Industrial Cameras, and Special Cameras with spectral imaging capability; (3) Visual Light Sources including Coaxial Light Sources, Linear Light Sources, Area Light Sources, Bar Light Sources, Ring Light Sources, and Spherical Light Sources. Together with cameras and light sources, the industrial lenses play an important role in determining image quality. The complete range of products is designed for machine vision applications including online measurement, defect detection, OCR recognition, code reading, and position guidance across industries such as printing, packaging, electronics, transportation, security, metallurgy, textiles, food and pharmaceuticals, aerospace, and medical research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FA Lens (Factory Automation Lens) Industrial lens designed for factory automation applications. The lens traces light captured on the camera chip and, together with cameras and light sources, plays an important role in determining image quality in machine vision systems.
• Telecentric Lens Lens designed for precise measurement applications, providing constant magnification regardless of working distance and eliminating perspective error in industrial inspection.
• 360 Degree Inspection Lens Specialized lens enabling full 360-degree inspection of objects for comprehensive quality control and defect detection.
• Line Scan Lens Industrial lens optimized for line scan camera applications, suitable for continuous inspection of moving objects on production lines.
• Infrared Shortwave Lens Specialized lens for shortwave infrared imaging applications in industrial inspection and monitoring.
• Industrial Area Scan Camera Industrial-grade area scan camera with high image stability, high transmission rate compared to civilian cameras, and high level of protection for inspection, measurement, and identification applications.
• Industrial Line Scan Camera Industrial line scan camera designed for continuous scanning applications on production lines and conveyor systems.
• Spectral Camera Special machine vision camera equipped with spectral imaging capability, suitable for scientific research applications and advanced inspection needs.
• High-Speed Industrial Camera High-speed industrial camera designed for rapid capture applications requiring precise timing and fast frame rates.
• Coaxial Light Source Specialized lighting for machine vision applications where coaxial illumination is required to eliminate shadows and provide uniform lighting on reflective surfaces.
• Linear Light Source Linear illumination source for machine vision applications, ideal for scanning moving objects and providing consistent lighting along a line.
• Area Light Source Area-based illumination for uniform lighting of flat surfaces in inspection and measurement applications.
• Bar Light Source Bar-style light source providing directed illumination for machine vision inspection systems.
• Ring Light Source Circular lighting arrangement providing even illumination around the lens axis, ideal for eliminating shadows in close-range inspection.
• Spherical Light Source Spherical dome lighting for uniform diffuse illumination, suitable for inspecting reflective or curved surfaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reliable and precise results for inspection, measurement, and identification applications across multiple industries

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Basler: German-headquartered industrial camera manufacturer with a broad portfolio of area scan, line scan, and 3D cameras for factory automation — directly competes with Lano's camera products in the global machine vision market.
• Allied Vision: German manufacturer of industrial area scan and line scan cameras for machine vision — closely comparable product category to Lano's camera lineup, serving similar industrial inspection customers globally.
• Daheng Imaging: Chinese manufacturer of industrial cameras, lenses, and light sources for machine vision — directly comparable product portfolio across area scan, line scan, and illumination, serving the same domestic Chinese industrial customer base.
• Opto Engineering: Italian manufacturer of industrial lenses, telecentric optics, and lighting for machine vision — directly comparable to Lano's specialty lens and illumination portfolio, particularly in precision measurement applications.
• IDS Imaging Development Systems: German industrial camera manufacturer specializing in uEye and Ensenso 3D cameras for machine vision applications — directly comparable component-level offering to Lano's camera products.

Broad incumbents

• Hikvision: Chinese imaging giant with a substantial industrial machine vision product line through its Hikrobot subsidiary; competes with Lano in China in industrial cameras and intelligent inspection systems.
• Cognex: Global leader in machine vision systems and industrial barcode readers; competes with Lano in factory-floor inspection, though Cognex also sells integrated software and turnkey systems rather than pure components.
• Teledyne FLIR: Major imaging and sensor company with industrial machine vision, thermal imaging, and SWIR cameras — overlaps with Lano's spectral and shortwave infrared lens products in scientific and industrial inspection.
• Keyence: Japanese industrial automation giant offering vision systems, sensors, and microscopes; overlapping with Lano in machine vision inspection and measurement, with a global direct-sales model and broader product portfolio.

Others

• MVTec Software: German provider of machine vision software (HALCON, MERLIC) widely used with industrial cameras including those from Chinese and European OEMs — adjacent ecosystem player that complements or competes with vision system buyers of Lano's components.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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