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12.08.2022 • News

Twin photons from unequal sources

An important step towards tap-proof communications and the quantum internet.

12.08.2022 • News

IFM acquires 30 percent stake in Swiss microchip manufacturer

IFM acquires a minority stake in the Hidensity Group, the sole owner of Biel-based HMT Microelectronic. Together they want to further expand the area of innovation.

12.08.2022 • News

Free tickets for Vision 2022

Free tickets for Vision 2022, that's what the magazine inspect - WORLD OF VISION is offering this year in cooperation with Messe Stuttgart. Simply enter the code below and nothing stands in the way of an exciting visit to the world's leading trade fair for machine vision.

11.08.2022 • News

Two additive manufacturing processes in comparison

A team from the center for additive manufacturing at Fraunhofer IPA evaluated the technical and economic potential of selective absorption fusion versus selective laser sintering.

11.08.2022 • News

Trumpf and the Cellforce Group enter into strategic partnership

The battery manufacturer will use Trumpf lasers to produce high-performance lithium ion cells in Reutlingen.

10.08.2022 • News

FAU is set to become a beacon in quantum research

In recognition of their expertise, eleven researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will receive roughly three million euros in funding by 2025.

10.08.2022 • News

Direct laser writing of electronic noses

A new laser writing technique to develop the first highly customizable microscale gas sensing devices.

10.08.2022 • News

Baumer joins IO-Link Steering Committee

The sensor manufacturer Baumer becomes an active member of the IO-Link Steering Committee. The company is represented there by Lasse-Pekka Thiem, Senior Product Manager Connectivity & Control.

09.08.2022 • News

Spinout to develop thin film optical coatings and photonic sensors

A new spinout company from University of the West of Scotland is set to disrupt the thin film and sensor industry – currently valued at more than 2.5 billion pound globally.

09.08.2022 • News

Edmund Optics receives certification for medical devices

Edmund Optics is certified according to ISO 13485. The company thus fulfils the requirements for the manufacture of components and assemblies for medical devices.

09.08.2022 • News

“The universal laser machine”

After a Corona-related break in 2020, highlights and innovations in the field of industrial laser-based manufacturing brought together about 180 experts and users at the 11th Stuttgart Laser Technology Forum (SLT) in June 2022.

08.08.2022 • News

Multiphoton Optics becomes a Heidelberg Instruments branch

This step, effective January 1, 2023, will enable even closer cooperation between the technical departments and strengthen the focus of the Würzburg site on future product developments based on two-photon polymerization.

08.08.2022 • News

Improving the efficiency of lasers

New approach to increase both size and power of a single-mode laser.

08.08.2022 • News

Edmund Optics strengthens Business Development

In the newly created position of senior vice president of corporate development at Edmund Optics, James Fisher will lead business development strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic investment partnerships and activities. The lens manufacturer is thus strengthening its focus on global growth and expansion.

05.08.2022 • News

Fully scalable all-perovskite tandem solar cells

Two different prototypes show promising efficiencies.

05.08.2022 • News

Leuze plant in Malaysa starts production

After 16 months of construction, Leuze opened its production site in Malacca, Malaysia. From now on, sensors for the local Asian market will be produced there. High demand comes from the electronics, solar and laboratory automation sectors.

05.08.2022 • News

Physik Instrumente creates space for further manufacturing capacity

Physik Instrumente has acquired an additional building in the immediate vicinity of its headquarters, into which various global corporate functions are moving. This will free up around 1,000 m² of space for production at the main plant.

04.08.2022 • News

Basler grows strongly in the first half of 2022

Basler AG today presented results for the first half of 2022. Turnover increased by 14 percent to 130.8 million euro compared to the same period in 2021.

04.08.2022 • News

Start-up World again part of the Vision trade fair

Start-up World is also part of the vision this year. According to Messe Stuttgart, 18 young companies have already signed up to present their products in Stuttgart between October 4 and 6, 2022.

04.08.2022 • News

DPE acquires majority stake in Sill Optics from Pinova

Pinova had taken over the company from its former owners in 2019 and successfully developed it. Under the leadership of Christoph Sieber, investments in recent years have included coating and clean room technology, and the management team has been broadened to equip Sill Optics for further growth.

03.08.2022 • News

Lithoptripsy with thulium fiber lasers

Improved treatment results in pediatric patients with urinary stones.

03.08.2022 • News • Automation

Mitsubishi Electric: Further location planned in India

Mitsubishi is planning another production site in India, Pune. The focus of the factory is to be on drive and control technology for factory automation (FA). For the sustainable realisation of its subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India, the company says it wants to invest around 21.8 million euros.

02.08.2022 • News

Quantum Science achieves leading device performance for lead-free SWIR

The UK-based nanomaterials innovator has launched a quantum dot technology that is lead-free, to push the boundaries of what sustainable nanotechnology can accomplish.

02.08.2022 • News

Adimec celebrates 30th anniversary

The camera manufacturer Adimec celebrated its 30th anniversary in July. At the same time as this anniversary, Jochem Herrman, co-founder and technical director of Adimec, is retiring.

02.08.2022 • News

Precitec expands company headquarters

The official laying of the foundation stone for the expansion of Precitec's main site for laser cutting and welding heads in Gaggenau took place on July 25, 2022. The building is scheduled to be ready for move-in in the summer of 2023.

02.08.2022 • News

Stemmer Imaging celebrates 35th anniversary

Stemmer Imaging was founded on July 27, 1987. Now the machine vision supplier is celebrating its 35th anniversary.

01.08.2022 • News

European supply chain for diamond-based quantum technologies

The members of a joint research project are developing innovative processes and equipment to enable the industrial use of (111)-oriented diamond substrates.

01.08.2022 • News

3D printing of organic electronics

Researchers achieve microscale organic electronics via multiphoton 3D printers.

29.07.2022 • News

Boosting light power in photonic integrated circuits

New amplifier generates a record output power of more than 145 mW.

29.07.2022 • News

EBM-Papst: Certificate of Honour for Energy Scout Project

Markus Mettler, Technical Operations Manager at EBM-Papst, was honoured for his Energy Scout project in Berlin. Energy scouts are trainees who, in addition to their apprenticeship, work to optimise energy consumption and efficiency in companies.

28.07.2022 • News

Palomar Technologies expands Innovation Center Singapore

The global provider of total process solutions for advanced photonics and microelectronic device packaging, Palomar Technologies, expands its innovation center in Singapore to meet a growing demand in Southeast Asia for process development and specialty OSAT for advance semiconductor new product introductions.