The Vision and Automation Hub, based in Braga, Portugal, is transforming industrial automation with cutting-edge solutions for Automatic Quality Inspection and Robot Guidance. With strong experience in conception, design, and development, the Hub leverages advanced technologies to ensure seamless integration and exceptional performance in your manufacturing environment. Embark with us in the 4th Industrial Revolution!
What we offer
- The Vision and Automation Hub creates innovative, high value-added solutions using computer vision and artificial intelligence.
- The Hub's R&D teams work on deep computer vision fields, and their technology boosts the quality, excellence, and sustainability of production processes and services, tackling the challenges of Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation.
- The Hub also serves as an automation center, working on customer projects, from Automatic Quality Inspection (AQI) to Automated Robot Guidance (ARG) solutions, on automation applications within the Desoutter organisation.
- With extensive experience in industrial automation, the hub gathers data from various raw materials, products, and industrial stations to IT level applications.
Our vision
Achieve and maintain a leading position in the national and international market of computer vision and artificial intelligence technologies.
Become the reference as an automation center, working on customer projects and robot applications and computer vision solutions.
Ensure the total satisfaction of customers and business partners.
Our history
2025
Neadvance becomes part of the Desoutter brand and is the Vision and Automation Hub
2022
Launching of the low-code platform - niop.
2020
Neadvance starts collaboration with Desoutter on the Aeronautic space – Setitec AQI.
2019
Neadvance opens a brand new state of the art office where ingenuity can thrive and the future can be engineered, in Braga (Portugal).
2017
Creation of the Neadvance company, specialized in computer vision and automation center.
2010
Supply of the first system for a customer in Asia (Bosch Car Multimedia, China).
2007
Supply of the first system for a customer outside Portugal (Bosch Car Multimedia, Germany).
2001
Neadvance gives it first steps as a division of Enermeter
Our advanced vision in action
Tailor-made solutions leveraged on our products
- Automate your quality control processes
- Improve performance with machine learning algorithms
- Reduce handling mistakes and part sorting costs with robot vision guidance
niop - an innovative low-code platform as an industry orchestrator
The low-code platform brings simplicity, completeness and speed to orchestrate the operational technology layer of multiple industries. Based on a Drag-Drop-Done concept, it gives the right tools and an easy-to-use user interface.
The Hub solutions are built on niop, ensuring flexibility, rapid deployment, and seamless integration across a wide range of industrial use cases, with a focus on 2 main pillars:
- Automatic quality inspection
- Light automation
A global presence
- More than 600 systems successfully installed
- Customers in 20 countries and 4 continents relying on our solutions
Job board
The Vision and Automation Hub's team of computer engineers and scientists is looking for more creative minds—team players who can join us in conquering new markets together. The Hub seeks employees who are eager to make a significant impact in a professional team and are willing to contribute their visions.
