Optical tracing of microplastics in oceans
Microplastic pollutants affect ocean light transmission as a way to track their flow into the marine ecosystem.
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New president and board member for EPIC
Basil Garabet becomes new president of the European Photonics Industry Consortium, Shahida Imani takes the place of past six years’ president Benno Oderkerk.
Fast beam steering with metasurfaces
New approach to dynamically control incoherent light sources and manipulate their properties.
Basler: Sales to grow strongly in 2022, profit almost unchanged
Camera manufacturer Basler achieved sales growth of 27 percent in fiscal year 2022. The pre-tax result, however, remained almost constant. In contrast, incoming orders decreased significantly.
VDI publishes new guidelines for OCT processes
Guideline VDI/VDE 5565 Sheet 1 describes the OCT process and defines the terms required for this
Embedded World celebrates visitor growth of over 50 percent
The organizers of Embedded World are satisfied: over 950 exhibitors from 44 countries presented new products and solutions on site
17th special show "Non-contact measurement technology"
This year, the special show will be on 300 square meters in a central location in Hall 7
Improving lasers with chaotic cavities
New class of laser array for high-quality illumination and high-speed communication.
Leuze announces a change of management
Leuze is expanding its executive management. Xavier Hamers will be joining the company on April 1, 2023.
New managing director at Stöber
At Stöber Antriebstechnik, the top management has changed: Rainer Wegener takes over the management.
MVTec ends distribution partnership with IDS
MVTec is switching to direct sales in the DACH region. The existing cooperation with IDS was therefore terminated at the end of 2022. In addition, a subsidiary was founded in France.
Chip-scale spectrometry using a photonic molecule
New kind of optical spectrometer to break the resolution-bandwidth limit.
The quantum twisting microscope
New tool can visualize the quantum electronic waves of two twisted atomically-thin layers directly.
‘MADE-3D’: multimaterial components from a 3D printer
6.7 million euros of funding – Paderborn University is leading a Europe-wide research project.
Changes in the Trumpf boards
In the year of its 100th anniversary, the high-tech company Trumpf is reorganizing its management bodies.
Controlled generation of single-photon emitters in silicon
Creation of dozens of telecom single-photon emitters at predefined locations with a high spatial accuracy.
RS Group appoints Simon Pryce as Chief Executive Officer
David Egan, currently Acting CEO, will work with Pryce in his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Zebra Technologies now available from Rauscher
The combined Zebra-Matrox portfolio with stationary barcode readers and industrial image processing hardware is now available from Rauscher in Germany and Austria
Systemtechnik Leber expands management
Jörg Klenke and Stefan Betzold are now strengthening the company management alongside STL Managing Director Stefan Angele
Light-controlled drugs for therapies against cancer
Photopharmacology paves the path for highly specific therapies.
Control: Only a few weeks left
From May 9th to 12th, 2023, the 35th Control in Stuttgart will open its halls. Trending topics include modern software, inline test processes and AI-supported systems.
Denkweit and IDS cooperate
The Fraunhofer spin-off Denkweit and the machine vision company IDS will join forces
New platform for tunable lasers
Combination of lithium niobate with silicon nitride for a new type of hybrid integrated lasers.
Zygo makes strategic appointment
Ametek subsidiary puts emphasis on continuous improvement and customer-focused innovation.
ifm buys CMS automation technology
On February 28, 2023, ifm took over CMS Automation Technology GmbH in Linz, Austria.
Better microscopy for live cell real-time imaging
New approach for solving problems in cell biology, cancer research, developmental biology and neuroscience.
Nuburu appoints Matthew Philpott as chief marketing and sales officer
Experienced laser industry veteran takes the helm to lead Nuburu’s growth plans.
New process to stack micro-LEDs
Approach ist based on 2D materials to create LED displays with smaller and thinner pixels.
IC-Haus reorganizes management
Manfred Herz relinquishes posts, effective immediately, Alexander Flocke will take over as an additional managing director alongside Dr. Heiner Flocke
Escha achieved record sales in 2022
In the 2022 financial year, Escha generated a consolidated turnover of more than 102 million euros and thus achieved a new record turnover.
Inside view of how batteries work
Novel microscope developed to design better high-performance batteries.
Leica Microsystems and Mentoring Hessen seal partnership
Hessian universities’ program supports female students to prepare and actively drive their STEM careers.
Embedded World 2023 is ready to launch
New formats, exciting topics and well-prepared exhibitors - these are the ingredients for Embedded World 2023. The trade fair will open its doors on March 14th
Visometry celebrates its fifth year in business
As a Fraunhofer spin-off, the tech start-up specialized in augmented reality (AR) solutions for industrial applications in 2017
