Headwall Group CEO Mark Willingham Interviewed at SPIE Photonics West 2025
At this year’s SPIE Photonics West, Mark Willingham, CEO, describes how the addition of EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH to the Headwall Group allows the family of five leading companies to comprehensively address rapid, precise, and accurate inspection and grading needs across a variety of industries at large scale. We now support the largest deployment of hyperspectral systems in the world for industrial inspection, with the number growing each day. Headwall Group companies are focused on enabling customers to add value to their products, avoiding costly recalls, sorting material for recycling, properly grading foodstuffs, and monitoring pharmaceutical and semiconductor manufacturing.
What companies comprise the Headwall Group?
Holographix brings proprietary replication technology to produce state-of-the-art structured surfaces, optical devices, and drop-in systems that are used in a wide array of industries, including spectroscopy, life sciences, semiconductor, aerospace, defense, display, telecommunication, metrology, and precision measurement.
Headwall Photonics knows how to design and build systems in volume for the company’s award-winning hyperspectral imaging systems for airborne remote sensing and industrial machine vision applications.
inno-spec GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany, is a prominent manufacturer of industrial hyperspectral imaging systems used in high-volume recycling, industrial sorting, and quality testing. inno-spec is renowned for its innovative hyperspectral imaging solutions in multiple industrial settings, and has been a key player in advancing machine vision technology.
EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH is a distinguished provider of sensor-based solutions for industrial applications. Based in Austria, EVK offers advanced sensor technology and data processing solutions that enable precise inspection and sorting in various industrial sectors. Their focus on robust, innovative technology has established them as a trusted partner in the industry.
perClass BV created and continues to develop the industry-leading perClass Mira® spectral analysis software package, enabling intuitive spectral imaging analysis for advanced machine vision applications in research, industrial, and commercial deployments. A key feature of perClass Mira is the ability to save and apply spectral-classification models to allow real-time application along production and sorting lines.