Cincoze wins the Taiwan Rising Star Award
The company received the award for innovation and growth in the field of industrial computers
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Logimat 2025: Focus on connected intralogistics and process management
Logimat 2025 will take place from 11 to 13 March at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre and will once again occupy all ten halls.
PhotonicsViews issue 1/2025 is out!
Submit your story for the digital special issue D1/2025 (April) with topics related to laser manufacturing for automotice applications – and pitch for issue 2/2025.
Printing droplet laser displays
A new method for rapidly creating laser light sources in large quantities.
Headwall Group acquires EVK
The strategic acquisition is intended to expand the product portfolio and market presence in industrial image processing
GTM is experiencing dynamic growth in 2024
Successful major orders, new distributors and efficient processes ensure GTM's success in a challenging market environment
Zebra acquires machine vision company
The company is acquiring Photoneo, a developer and manufacturer of 3D machine vision solutions
Mixed results in the global manufacturing industry at the end of 2024
The latest Manufacturing PMI report for December shows a mix of resilience and challenges in key global economies.
OptecNet Germany: moving to the capital with a new board
Important decisions for the umbrella organization of nine German regional networks for optical technologies and photonics.
Spectaris welcomes Sylvi Claußnitzer as new Head of Regulatory Affairs
The graduate engineer for technical environmental protection took over from Corinna Mutter on January 1.
Association A3 appoints new Executive Vice President
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has promoted Alex Shikany to Executive Vice President
CCS Europe opens German branch
The company wants to strengthen its business in Europe and increase its presence in the DACH market
Macnica introduces new team leader
The company appoints Wolfgang Bürkle as Team Leader Business Development
Quantum state processing with synthetic dimensions
A synthetic photonic lattice is capable of generating and manipulating quantum states of light.
Fraunhofer expands Apecs’ possibilities
As part of the pilot line, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics will continue to expand its semiconductor research infrastructure.
AT Sensors has expanded its sales team
In October 2024, the sales team of sensor manufacturer AT Sensors received reinforcements. Since then, Marco Brucculeri has been responsible for the Northern Europe business.
SPIE names its 2025 Fellows
The society is welcomes 47 new fellow members from across the globe, among them eight from industry.
PI starts the new year with a new CFO
Physik Instrumente (PI) appoints Beate van Loo-Born as Chief Financial Officer
Sick and Endress+Hauser are working together with immediate effect
Both companies are starting a strategic partnership for process automation
3D-printed device generates vortex beams
With integrated gain-filtering, the new generator could boost 5G/6G networks and enhance data transmission.
Exail acquires Leukos
High-tech industrial company expands its photonics expertise with the laser know-how from Limoges, France.
New technique for infrared detection
The new specialized tunable detection and imaging technique may be a cost-effective method of capturing thermal and medical imaging.
Recycling quantum dots in microscopic lasers
New method could be applied to wide range of nanoparticles, promoting sustainability in lasers, biosensors and electronics.
A new, very rapid microdisplay
New device offers a fast CMOS backplane for high-speed light modulation.
The last missing piece of silicon photonics
The first electrically pumped continuous-wave semiconductor laser for a seamless silicon integration.
Frank Schlichting joins SaxonQ as Co-CEO
Founders Marius Grundmann and Jan Meijer, both professors at Leipzig University, reinforce the four year old company’s leadership team.
AI finds new designs in superresolution microscopy faster
New computational framework performs optimizations 10,000 times faster than well-established methods.
$8.5M federal funding for quantum project
Toptica Photonics partners with the Qupics team to develop a novel foundry fabrication platform for quantum technologies.
New approach for brighter and more efficient LEDs
Semipolar LEDs are shining brighter while maintaining their efficiency.
Change at Endress+Hauser InfoServe
Oliver Blum succeeds Pieter de Koning as Managing Director of Endress+Hauser InfoServe, the group's global IT service provider, as of 1 January 2025.
Zeiss and Hübner bring advanced functionality to bus and train windows
Enhanced passenger comfort thanks to holographic infotainment services in the window panes.
Changes in the management of Scanlab
The OEM manufacturer of laser scanning solutions is expanding its management team as of January 1, 2025
Changes to the Basler Management Board
Ines Brückel becomes new CFO, Hardy Mehl takes over sales and marketing
2D electro-polaritonic platform for tiny spectrometers
Tunable and complex hybrid system for very compact sensing and imaging devices.
