Neil Gerrard becomes III-V Epi’s director of epitaxy
Compound semiconductor industry expert to provide MBE and MOCVD know-how.
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Trumpf invests in Quside, joins Qutac consortium
Lining up with the Quantum Technology & Application Consortium’s twelve existing members and tapping the market for random number generators of around € 10 B expected by 2026.
CTX continues to expand
The growth course of the heat sink specialist is also to be continued in 2023. The focus is on optimising internal structures and processes.
Lithium niobate as a platform material in photonics
Artificial crystals could overtake silicon chips in light-based technologies.
Pepperl+Fuchs breaks the billion mark
For the first time in its 77-year history, Pepperl+Fuchs has managed to surpass the one billion euro mark in annual sales worldwide
SPIE announces its 2023 Fellows from across the globe
This year, the international society for optics and photonics welcomes 83 members as new ‘Fellows of the Society’.
Improving microscopy with optimized software
The Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology IPHT was awarded $20,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Polytec celebrates the 100th birthday of the company founder
In 1967 Heinz G. Lossau founded the company Polytec together with his wife Liselotte Lossau. He would have been a hundred years old these days.
Samuel Sadoulet becomes SPIE Fellow
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has elected the CEO of Edmund Optics as a new fellow of the society
Klaus Nassenstein is the new president of the AiF
At their meeting on January 18, 2023, the members of the executive board of the AiF Federation of Industrial Research Associations “Otto von Guericke” elected Dr-Ing Klaus Nassenstein (58) as the 14th president.
Turnkey fingerprint sensor solution for the smartphone industry
Isorg collaborates with Precise Biometrics on a new fingerprint on display (FoD) solution for mobile devices.
Endress+Hauser moves to new site in Mexico
Endress+Hauser Mexico invests around ten million euros in a sales and service center in Naucalpan in the greater Mexico City area.
Deflecting lightning with a laser
A European consortium has guided lightning using a high-power laser installed at the top of Mount Säntis in Switzerland.
HMI: Joko Widodo is coming
This year, Indonesia is the partner country of the Hannover Messe. The Indonesian President Joko Widodo has now confirmed his personal participation in the industrial fair.
Adapting test methods for optics to high-power laser components
In the cw-LIDT research project, the LZH is working together with Laseroptik and Raylase to adapt testing methods for optics to modern high-power laser components.
2D material for ultrasharp cellphone photos
Novel device for low light combines light sensing and computing to save energy.
Andrew Girardi appointed vice president of sales and business development at Efinix
Efinix has hired Andrew Girardi as vice president of sales and business development. He is responsible for the respective teams in the Americas as well as EMEA with immediate effect.
Quadric and AMS Osram collaborate on intelligent image sensors
The solution enables new capabilities of low power and small form factor smart sensing for various applications, for example, face detect and identification, human pose detect, motion and occupancy detect, and many others.
83rd Heidelberger Bildverarbeitungsforum in Aalen
The forum would like to give an overview of the new possibilities of modern optical components for image processing
AMS Technologies signs distribution agreement with GH Optics
AMS Technologies is now selling GH Optics aspherical lenses, fiber collimators and thermal imaging lenses
Precitec acquires majority stake in startup Enovasense
Precitec has acquired a majority stake in start-up Enovasense, which has developed sensors for measuring the thickness of all types of coatings on any substrate.
Blood glucose monitoring with laser light instead of needles
Rather than having to prick with a needle or wear an implant, in the future people with diabetes will simply be wearing a wrist-worn device that reads their glucose with a minilaser.
Thorlabs expands capacity with the acquisition of JML Optical
The vertically integrated photonics products manufacturer from New Jersey has entered into a definitive purchase agreement for custom designer and manufacturer of precision optics, JML Optical Industries, LLC (“JML”).
Boosting sensitivity of large telescopes
Receiver optics confirmed in lab prior to installation at Simons Observatory with radio holography.
Coherent appoints new EVP Telecom
Dr Beck Mason has joined Coherent Corp. as executive vice president, telecommunications, leading the telecommunications business unit within the networking segment.
Photonis acquires Xenics
With over 65 people across the world and headquarters based in Leuven, Belgium, Xenics is a developer and manufacturer of short-wave infrared (SWIR) imagers.
EMVA Young Professional Award 2023 - Call for applications has started
The EMVA Young Professional Award 2023 offers prize money, presentation at the EMVA Business Conference in Seville and participation in the European Machine Vision Forum 2023 in the Netherlands. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2023.
Phil-Vision offers training for image processing software Sherlock
Phil-Vision is offering several beginner training courses for Teledyne Dalsa's Sherlock image processing software. Starting on February 14, 2023.
Consortium invests 3.5 million in Lionix
A Dutch consortium led by Invest-NL and Forward One, and further consisting of Universiteit Twente Holding, Oost NL and PhotonDelta, invests €3.5M in the growth ambitions of Lionix International.
Quantum processor reveals bound states of photons
In an array of superconducting qubits, microwave photons can be made to interact.
€19M project set to enable next-generation IR sensors
A four-year defense project, led by Lynred, is first to see EU infrared product manufacturers jointly acquire access to advanced CMOS technology to design new infrared sensors.
New optical sensor detects hydrogen leaks
The sensor consists of many metal nanoparticles that work together to detect record low levels of hydrogen.
Management change at Volume Graphics
Since 1 January 2023, Volume Graphics has a new management team: Bernhard Fink, Christian Graf and Daniela Handl.
Physik Instrumente takes over activities of engineering company IBS
Physik Instrumente has taken over a total of 53 employees and the existing business of the engineering company IBS in a new company as of January 1, 2023.
