Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) has announced the opening of a new sales office in Shanghai, China on October 24th, 2012. Located at the heart of the Xuhui district the Shanghai office will oversee AVT’s expanding business in mainland China and will provide technical support and customer service to local clients.

Allied Vision Technologies China: New Sales Manager
Qingtao (James) Liu, Sales Manager at Allied Vision Technologies (Shanghai) co., Ltd, is looking forward to the task ahead:  “It’s a great and exciting challenge to support customers in such a fast-paced environment. With the full support of the AVT group, I am confident that we can provide high quality products, excellent service and high customer satisfaction to our partners and customers in China.”

James Liu has a background in electronic engineering and 15 years’ experience working in the semiconductor, consumer electronics and manufacturing industries in China and South Korea.

The inauguration of the Shanghai office will take place Wednesday, October 24th and will feature celebrations with local partners and customers.

“The Chinese market is one of the largest machine vision markets in the world and had tremendous potential” says Frank Grube, President & CEO at Allied Vision Technologies. “We are truly excited to strengthen our position in East Asia with the addition of a second sales office in the region and also to further reinforce AVT’s position as a worldwide leading manufacturer of industrial cameras”.

Strong Worldwide Presence
Allied Vision Technologies (Shanghai) co., Ltd is AVT’s second location in the Asia-Pacific region. Allied Vision Technologies Asia Pte Ltd opened in Singapore in March 2010 and will continue to overlook sales activities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Australia and New Zealand.

Allied Vision Technologies now counts seven offices worldwide. Along with its headquarters in Stadtroda, R&D centres in Ahrensburg and Osnabrück (all Germany), the camera manufacturer is also present in North America with a sales office in Newburyport, MA (USA) and an R&D centre in Burnaby, BC (Canada).