Phoenix Contact is building a factory in Mexico
The company wants to specifically serve the North American market with the system for electronic and electromechanical production.
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Battery cell factory relies on Siemens technology
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft puts a research factory for battery cells with a capacity of up to 200 MWh into operation in Münster
ZwickRoell launches roadshow truck
Hardness testing solutions on the move in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux
Specialized Imaging establishes CMOS image sensor division
The company relies on a team of specialists with experience in image sensor design
U.S. Companies Invest Heavily in Robots - IFR Preliminary Results
Robot installations by manufacturing companies up 12%
Avnet becomes Platinum Partner of NXP
Avnet Embedded has become a “Platinum Partner” of NXP Semiconductors, which the chip manufacturer awards as part of its “Global Partner Program”.
Vitronic opens subsidiary in Mexico
Vitronic opens a subsidiary in Mexico to better exploit market potential in the automotive, logistics and traffic monitoring sectors.
Viscom: Sales in Switzerland under its own management again
Viscom parted ways with its Swiss distribution partner Hilpert electronics and is now selling its inspection systems there independently again.
Machine vision: VDMA issues negative growth forecast for the first time in 15 years
In 2023, turnover in the German and European machine vision industry fell by 7 percent, reports the VDMA. The association is forecasting a decline of 3 percent for 2024.
New approach to polymer printing
Successful development of a low-cost polymer receptive to low power lasers.
Strong signals for photonics’ future
Review: AKL’24 - International Laser Technology Congress, 17 – 19 April 2024, Aachen, Germany
Organizers of Control 2024 satisfied with the trade fair
475 exhibitors came to Stuttgart to present their range of measurement, testing and evaluation technology
Management change at Bte
Ansgar Link and Damian Janczyk, two longstanding and experienced employees, are taking over the leadership positions from Reinhard Born.
Improving image correction in light microscopy
New web tool provides a corrective factor for determining the depth of an image.
Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors unveiled at Optatec
MKS Instruments will present non-rotationally symmetric reflective mirrors for use in advanced optical systems as a premiere in Europe at the Optatec fair in Frankfurt, Germany.
New record in laser cooling
German and American researchers succeed in cooling silica glass by 67 Kelvins.
Dahua Technology introduces new country manager
The company is getting a new country manager for Germany, Victor Shen
Teledyne e2v works with Airy3D
The collaboration is intended to provide affordable 3D vision solutions
New high-performance FPGA will be available to early access customers
IDS is the first in the world and is so far the only customer in Europe to be provided with the FPGA chip
ifm and Microsoft sign agreement
The goal is the joint further development of ifm solutions for the Industrial IoT (IIoT) based on Microsoft Azure
Schneider Electric introduces new VP Service DACH
The company appoints Marco Geiser as the new Vice President Service for the DACH region
Exail to provide key components for NIF
French company signs LLNL contract to provide more than sixty dual-stage modulators for fusion research lab.
A new approach to design efficient light-emitting materials
Researchers found a way to develop bright, efficient and colorful OLEDs.
An indispensable solution for comprehensive quality control
Zeiss and Argolight announce partnership to enhance microscopy imaging quality control.
Spotlighting a thriving and expanding optical communications and networking industry
Review: OFC 2024, 24 – 28 March, San Diego, USA
Strategic partnership to drive photonics innovation
Hamamatsu has teamed up with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), a renowned European research institute committed to R&D activities and industrial collaboration.
Tunable colored films for displays and sensors
New method allows the simultaneous fabrication of multiple structural colors responsive to mechanical stimuli.
EPIC awards for Viacheslav Artyushenko, Axel Kupisiewicz
Consortium honors leadership in the manufacturing of industrial laser machines, special optical fibers.
Vision Engineering opens anodizing facility
The company moved its anodizing facility to a new location in 2022 following the acquisition of Milturn Finishing.
Deep ultraviolet laser sets new benchmarks
A solid-state laser with narrow linewidth is obtained with two stages of sum frequency generation in LBO crystals.
New leadership for OptoSigma Germany
Alain Schebath appointed CEO of OptoSigma Europe’s German subsidiary.
Presentation of the Innovation Award Laser Technology 2024 in Aachen
Recognition of innovations from laser technology for the industry.
VDMA and Messe Stuttgart are preparing for Vision
In the VIP lounge at Messe Stuttgart, partner associations, advisory boards and media representatives discussed the challenges and opportunities of the industry
EPIC welcomes new member to its board of directors
Managing director of Trumpf Laser, Björn Dymke, succeeds his colleague, Trumpf CTO Berthold Schmidt
