DigiKey expands product portfolio
The company added 104 new suppliers and 98,320 new product introductions (NPIs) to its portfolio in the first quarter of 2025
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New plant in China
The ifm group has laid the foundation stone for a new factory in Suzhou, China, which will be built on a 40,000 square meter site.
Innovation dialogue for sensor and measurement technology
Sensor + Test 2025 in Nuremberg is set to become a central industry gathering for sensor, measurement, and testing technology
50 years of Cab Produkttechnik – with labels and lasers
Market leader in automated and high-precision labeling celebrates its anniversary.
EMVA Business Conference: Closing speaker announced
Charlie Cannon, a renowned performance enhancement and resilience coach, will close the conference.
Infineon and Marelli enter new era of cockpit design
MEMS laser beam scanning for an immersive car display experience.
A new speed record for optical data transmission
A new kind of plasmonic modulator has broken the terahertz mark.
Doubling down on metasurfaces
New bilayer device of titanium dioxide can control many forms of polarized light.
Helukabel is expanding into Australia
The company has acquired the wire and cable business of DKSH Australia
Optimized production strategy for the US market
Fortec Group is expanding its production strategy to provide European companies with customers in the US with cost-effective and efficient delivery options.
New reinforcement for the Vision Markets team
Mark Williamson, a British expert in industrial image processing, joins the Vision Markets consulting team
Management change at KEB Antriebstechnik
Ralf Günther has been the new Managing Director of KEB Antriebstechnik in Schneeberg since March and is responsible for sales and development
IMTS 2026 repositions itself
IMTS 2026 presents a revised trade fair concept with over 92,900 square meters of exhibition space
Sick relies on industrial AI and innovative strength
The company achieved solid results despite a difficult financial year 2024
Laseroptik was granted Coherent’s global supplier excellence award
German coating experts recognized for ”Outstanding Quality 2025“.
Additive manufacturing industry optimistic despite challenges
VDMA spring survey: companies expect further growth, investments pick up speed again.
A new type of microscopy based on quantum sensors
New approach combines magnetic resonance spectroscopy with fluorescence microscopy.
€15M to help companies integrate photonics into their products
New investment from the European Commission is helping innovators improve the performance of their products through a proven ‘one-stop-shop’ photonics innovation factory.
The future of telescope lenses is flat
First flat telescope lens can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars.
Bosch and Element Six establish quantum sensor company
Partnership to expand innovation leadership intensified, former Bosch Quantum Sensing division spun off with E6 as shareholder.
New leadership for Fisba North America
The company has appointed Daniel Gray as its new President for North America
Aconity3D and AMsight announce strategic cooperation
The companies’ partnership enables the systems provider’s users to streamline data management, optimize production, and enhance quality control.
inspect award 2025: Voting has begun
The jury of the inspect award 2025 has nominated the products of the year. Online voting is now open.
Exaktera buys Autovimation
Autovimation will join Z-Laser, ProPhotonix, Advanced Illumination and iiM as Exaktera's fifth machine vision company
Microcombs for ultraprecise optical atomic clocks
New chips help pave the way for thousand times more accurate GPS systems.
DeepEn wins Leibniz Start-up Prize 2025
Spin-off of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena develops minimally invasive microendoscope systems for neuroscience and medicine.
PhotonicsViews special issue D1/2025 is out!
Submit your story for the June print issue 2/2025 with topics related to the Laser World of Photonics fair, Munich, Germany.
Nanocrystals for ecofriendly solar cells
Devices without lead and cadmium show an increased charge carrier diffusion length.
Ziehl-Abegg is optimistic about 2025
After a difficult year in 2024, in which sales fell by 7 percent to 893 million euros, Ziehl-Abegg starts 2025 with positive prospects.
Steady growth of PI technologies despite economic challenges
PI technologies, including Profibus and Profinet, are showing moderate growth despite global economic uncertainties.
EtherCAT records 88 million nodes
The increase will be 11 million nodes in 2024, despite economic challenges and chip overstocking
Decline in sales and focus on innovation at Beckhoff
The company reported sales of EUR 1.17 billion for 2024, which corresponds to a decrease of 33% compared to 2023
EPIC welcomes new members to its board of directors
European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) appointed CSO of Exosens and the President of CNR.
