Brazil will be the partner country of the Hannover Messe 2026
Jorge Viana, President of the Brazilian Agency for Export Promotion and Investment (APEX), and Dr. Jochen Köckler, CEO of Deutsche Messe AG, sign Memorandum of Understanding
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Presentation of the DAGM MVTec Dissertation Award
MVTec congratulates Dr. Francesco Croce, the winner of this year's DAGM MVTec Dissertation Award
Unique nanodisk pushing photonic research forward
A new tool for enhancing the entire spectrum of optical second-order nonlinear processes in nanostructured materials.
Programme of the European Machine Vision Forum in Alsace
One of the topics in November will be the challenges and opportunities of computer vision for human-machine interaction
Generative AI for industrial services is gaining importance
A study by Cognizant, Microsoft and the University of St. Gallen shows that generative AI offers great potential in the industrial services sector, but is still at the beginning of integration and poses considerable risks in the area of data security.
Knowledge transfer at Embedded World North America
Embedded World North America presents the trade fair’s conference program
Siemens spins off business with charging solutions for electric vehicles
The company combines Siemens eMobility and Heliox in its own legal structure
AMS Osram opens new design center in Valencia
New building marks a significant milestone in the trajectory of the company to lead innovation in medical imaging technology on a global scale.
Tiny quantum sensor to make a big impact
A new 2D quantum sensing chip can simultaneously detect temperature anomalies and magnetic field in any direction.
PhotonicNet appoints Moritz Hinkelmann as Managing Director
Successor to long-standing managing director Thomas Fahlbusch introduced.
Foldable simulator for race tracks and events
In a mobile racing car simulator, Igus components ensure mobility and freedom from maintenance
Spectaris general meeting sets course for future work
Fresh air in the re-elected and proven leadership team of the German industry association.
PI opens new building
The company has completed the new building of its Eschbach site in the Breisgau business park
EOS cooperates with nLight
nLight to supply EOS with AFX programmable beam shaping lasers, and collaborate on technologies for light engine optimization.
Werner von Siemens Ring goes to Zeiss and Trumpf
Award for the development of High-NA-EUV lithography and the industrial utilization of the EUV lithography.
Hummel appoints Bernd Hotze as new CSO/CTO
From October 2024, he will complete the management team together with Patrick Kemper. He succeeds Michael Nörr, who left in June 2024
Combining the conventional internet with the quantum internet
A new transmitter-receiver concept for transmitting entangled photons over an optical fiber.
Jürgen Czarske receives Dennis Gabor Award
TU Dresden professor awarded for works on digital holography and related techniques for biomedicine, fiber communication, imaging, information processing, and laser metrology.
Career Congress for Women enters the next round
The Femworx career congress at the Hannover Messe 2024 was a great success and will continue on April 3 and 4, 2025
Balluff establishes new business division
The company is expanding its range of camera and sensor technology with Custom Design & Engineering (CDE) in order to respond more flexibly to customer requirements
SuperLight Photonics expands reach with strategic partnership in Japan
The Dutch spin-off company from the University of Twente is expanding its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region.
Vision 2024: The lecture programme is ready
The forum program offers high-quality contributions on trending topics such as synthetic data, 3D imaging and AI
Nanowires for photonic chips
New strategy to deliver thousands of nanolasers with multiple wavelengths on the same substrat.
Sandia and ASU scale down optical systems to the size of a chip
Collaboration combines integrated photonics and light-wave frequency for novel quantum information processing.
Light emission patterns from 3D-printed nanowires
Possible applications in optical communication, sensing, and imaging, where the directionality of the emissions is crucial.
Andrés Lasagni elected to WLT
Admission to scientific society honors contributions to laser-based manufacturing and innovation.
Orbis Diagnostics CEO elected into SPIE presidential chain
Cather Simpson, the society’s next vice president, is a longtime participant in the society’s conference, publications, and outreach activities.
iPronics appoints Christian Dupont as CEO
Industry expert to lead deep tech startup into next phase of growth and innovation.
Gamma ray laser project gets funded
NSF funding will allow University of Rochester scientists and their European collaborators to study the feasibility of coherent light sources beyond x-rays.
Perovskite crystals as waveguides, couplers, splitters, and modulators
New perovskite waveguides show an edge lasing effect.
Europe’s first R&D center for transparent ceramics
Fraunhofer IKTS opens unique facility at its Hermsdorf site – new equipment covers the entire process chain
Polytec takes over distribution of Cantronic OGI cameras
With this partnership, Polytec aims to provide even more comprehensive support to its customers in industries such as oil and gas, chemicals and energy supply
SPIE welcomes 107 new Senior Members
The recognition honors scientific excellence and technical achievements, as well as active participation in the optics community.
Laserline acquires majority stake in WBC Photonics
By securing a seventy-percent stake in the Boston-based laser specialist, Laserline is expanding its solution portfolio to include blue industrial diode lasers with particularly high beam quality.
