IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH

About Us

About IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH

Cameras are indispensable in automation. We offer an enormously wide range of hardware and software for industry and numerous other sectors – to make processes more efficient, machines more intelligent, and results even better.

Who we are:
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH was founded in 1997 as a two-man company. Since then, we have developed into a global player with about 320 employees and branches in Europe, Asia, and the USA. Our cameras are in use worldwide – across all industries, from medicine and agriculture to ITS, the automotive industry, and scientific institutions.

What we offer:
Our product lines include 2D and 3D cameras with different interfaces and capabilities, as well as an enormously wide selection of image sensors for a wide variety of applications. Additionally, we develop custom cameras and, of course, also provide the appropriate software. For even more scope, we also offer cameras with artificial intelligence or with streaming and event recording feature – talk to us to find out more about the possibilities and benefits!

How you benefit:
With us, you get quality "Made in Germany". All cameras are developed and produced at our headquarters in Obersulm, Germany. We place great emphasis on sustainability – in production as well as in shipping and packaging. Our team aims to provide you with the best user experience in the vision market. That is why we focus on user-friendliness and demand-oriented features.

Where to find out more:
At www.ids-imaging.com you will find all the details about our product lines and camera families. In the newsroom, you can discover all important news about IDS. In the Knowledge Base and on our video platform Vision Channel, we offer insights into customer projects and provide tips and tricks on the capabilities of our cameras. It's so easy!

Our values

We want to offer the best user experience in the vision market. This underpins our aim of not only delivering top performance for our customers but of providing them with distinctive added value. This applies to our approach to our products and how we interact within the company. We put a huge amount of commitment and passion into developing and producing our cameras, with constant awareness of our corporate vision. Our corporate values provide guidelines for all our employees around the world:

Future focus

Innovative ideas, ongoing learning, and mental agility are important to us. It goes without saying that we act in a responsible manner, with quality, safety, and the environment uppermost in our minds. All employees are responsible for the continuous improvement of our products, working methods, and lines of communication. Our success is based on the ongoing training and further education of our employees.

Team spirit

We foster a culture of open communication and treat each other and our customers and partners with esteem and respect, sharing our experience and our knowledge. Integrity and attentiveness are key aspects of how we interact.

Helpfulness

At IDS, we value each employee as an individual and regard the convergence of many different personalities as a great opportunity. To channel our energy in a disciplined way, we have laid down firm principles, which determine how we interact with each other on a daily basis.

Quality and environment

We develop and produce environmentally-friendly products. Our holistic approach to quality does not just include product quality, but even more importantly, includes environmental protection and the economic use of resources. The energy at our headquarters comes from 100% green power, either generated on site or provided by certified power suppliers. We also make sure that our suppliers meet our stringent demands in terms of environmental protection and resource conservation.

As an environmentally certified, climate-neutral company, we see it as our responsibility to keep our ecological footprint as small as possible and to protect our environment.