Opto, manufacturer of integrated image processing devices, has appointed Thomas Rampertshammer as Sales Director with effect from 1 January 2020. He started his career at the aerospace company EADS. Most recently, Rampertshammer was Sales Manager Americas at Carl Zeiss Optotechnik.
At the Oberkochen site, approximately 25,000 square meters of additional space is being built for production and production-related areas.
Lasers of various power classes are available in separate laboratory rooms, supplemented by Ophir measurement equipment as well as optical benches, optomechanical components, and motion systems from Newport.
In the 2025 financial year, the company increased its turnover to 1.85 billion euros, an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous year.
Agile Robots has taken over the European and North American assets of Thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering and will continue to operate the business under the name Krause Automation.
The trade fair (September 14-19, 2026) brings together around 86,000 visitors, 1,800 exhibitors and ten technology sectors.
