
Ximea strengthens top management
Ximea CEO Mike Bode has been joined at the top of the company by Kevin Toerne. The latter is Co-CEO of the camera manufacturer with immediate effect.

Ximea CEO Mike Bode has been joined at the top of the company by Kevin Toerne. The latter is Co-CEO of the camera manufacturer with immediate effect.

Improved method enables high-resolution chemical and structural imaging of cells at the nanoscale.


Human Resources Manager Patricia Glanz has been granted the special statutory authority (Prokuristin) at Kappa Optronics. Franziska Holst takes over as commercial director.

Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Onbasli of the Koç University was awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his project titled “2D Topological Superconducting Single Photon Detector Devices (SuperPhoton)”.

Visiconsult officially completed the acquisition of 51 percent of the shares in CT manufacturer Diondo on November 17. Both companies continue to operate independently.

Berkeley Lab’s biggest project in three decades now moves from planning to execution. The ALS upgrade will make brighter beams for research into new materials, chemical reactions, and biological processes.

A Texas professor is leading a project that will explore an optical laser beam steering device for 3D sensing in autonomous driving cars.

With an annual turnover of 500 million euros, the company has reached another milestone in the company's history.

Unique method to measure the electronic structure of the surface of materials selectively.

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies will contribute to the world by driving quantum research and creating innovative technology.

Optica and the DPG have named Rainer Blatt, University of Innsbruck, Austria, the recipient of the 2023 Herbert Walther Award.

For four days, Formnext 2022 turned host city Frankfurt into the global capital of industrial 3D printing.

Optical coherence tomography is tested to evaluate transplant viability of donor organs.

The Cologne industrial company achieved a ten-digit turnover for the first time at the beginning of the carnival

The new European Chips Act is not enough to cover the needs of the photonics industry. According to Prof Gabriel Crean, who was talking at the PIC Summit Europe 2022, actions must be overlapping and reinforcing.

A way to manipulate light at the nanoscale that breaks the Moss rule.

The Fraunhofer Vision Business Unit has published the 22nd volume of its guide series. This time, the contributions revolve around heat flow thermography.

Organizations join forces to serve demanding markets with AI, Computer Vision, and Video Processing applications

Hamamatsu ended fiscal 2022 with net sales of approximately JPY209 billion (approximately €1.44 billion), an increase of 23.5 percent.

A nano-mesh structure reflects body thermal radiation like conventional metal-based textiles.

Around 70 machine vision scientists and users met at the 5th European Machine Vision Forum in Cork, Ireland, organized by the EMVA at the end of October.

Technology uses polaritons to convert light to electrical charge. New approach could boost solar cell efficiency.

PhotonDelta partners will have access to the design tools of Synopsys to accelerate innovation. The mutual collaboration was agreed upon during the PIC Summit Europe.

Electrical Automation expects a 10 percent increase in sales in 2023.

Chris Karp rejoined Chroma after a break of just over ten years and has been appointed Sales Manager, effective immediately.

Management and global corporate functions have already moved to the modern office building

Stemmer Imaging expects an operating result of between 24 and 27.5 million euros for the full year 2022.

Location for two thousand employees is created in East Württemberg.

Real-time 3D imaging method could improve robot navigation and content for 3D displays.


System integrators and OEMs who need LED lighting quickly can select one from the program. Available wavelengths are white, red and infrared.

From now on, Sick's automation solutions are also available with MVTec's machine vision software Halcon. The partnership was sealed at the SPS.

Jenoptik announces the newest expansion of its manufacturing operations in Florida.

The BMBF is funding a new regional research alliance in Thuringia. The aim is to develop an innovative sensor platform based on fiber-optic and quantum technology processes.