Friedrich Richter is the new managing director of Proleit
Friedrich Richter is the new managing director of Proleit. He succeeds the previous CEO and Proleit co-founder Wolfgang Ebster, who retired at the end of August.
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Captron with new management
Captron is making a change in international management: Sean Walters will be responsible for Captron North America LP as General Manager North America from August 2022.
Vision: Lecture program is set
At the Vision in early October 2022, trend topics and innovations in the image processing industry will be presented and discussed. Special highlights in this context are the Industrial Vision Days and the Vision Award ceremony.
Guided Tours at Vision 2022
From 4 to 6 October, the organiser of this year's Vision, Messe Stuttgart, is offering theme-specific tours. Visitors thus have the chance to learn about trends for their industry and gain insights into various machine vision solutions.
Better control in additive manufacturing
The elastic properties depend on structure size, process and fabrication parameters.
PhotonicsViews issue 4/2022 is out!
Issue 4/2022 – August/September – is online and has been mailed. It includes feature articles from Fraunhofer ILT, High Speed Vision, Luxinar, Pulsar Photonics, SVS Vistek, and more companies and institutions.
“Joint Application Lab” with Hamamatsu Photonics at Fraunhofer ILT
Together with Hamamatsu, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen has set up an application lab for advanced laser material processing with ultrashort pulsed (USP) laser radiation.
Fiber as a Bessel beam generator
New device for applications in imaging, optical trapping and communications.
Evotron: Machine Vision Forum again part of Motek
The "Machine Vision Forum" returns to the Motek 2022 trade fair. After a corona break, the event series on machine vision technology knowledge will be continued by the machine vision and training specialist Evotron.
International Vision Night on the eve of Vision 2022
To get in the mood for the trade fair, the International Vision Night on the eve of the opening of Vision 2022 offers a mixture of networking and celebrations in a relaxed atmosphere.
Better beam steering on a chip
New approach für small, cost-effective and high-performance lidar.
EMVA appoints new Business Development Manager
The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) today announced that Oliver Scheel has joined the EMVA team as Business Development Manager, effective September 1st.
Edmund Optics appoints new CEO
Edmund Optics has appointed Samuel Sadoulet as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Sadoulet will succeed Robert Edmund and assume his responsibilities with immediate effect.
Optical Surfaces with 20 percent growth
Optical Surfaces reports how strong demand for high precision optics and optical systems from the astronomy, fundamental physics and defence communities has enabled it to exceed its annual sales target after just 7-months of 2022. This follows a 20 percent growth in sales achieved in the previous 2 years.
Optical sensors watch over patients in hospitals
Sensors will be embedded in hospital mattresses.
VC Xray expands sales in France
VC Xray, a division of Visiconsult, has signed Actemium NDT-P&S as its French distributor. Actemium will offer its customers X-ray inspection solutions with maintenance and service support.
SVS-Vistek merged with Mikrotron
SVS-Vistek takes over all shares in Mikrotron GmbH retrospectively as of January 1, 2022. The two camera manufacturers belong to the parent company TKH Vision, the marriage is intended to open up new market segments.
Tula Solution handles Distribution of PEAK-System Products in Vietnam
PEAK-System expands the list of its worldwide trading partners with the Vietnamese company TULA Solution.
Optical fibers with unusual properties
The grown crystals have extremely high transparency, plasticity and photostability.
Tunable single-mode lasing on a high-Q resonator
Lithium niobate microlaser offers ultranarrow linewidths and wavelength tunability.
From garage company to hidden champion
Founded as an oHG in Hamm in 1972, the student start-up EKF started with just a few employees with the small series production of electronic laboratory devices in analogue technology
Less background noise in nanoscopy
A frequency-domain method possesses great potential to improve STED microscopy.
New photoacoustic endoscope fits inside a needle
Tiny probe lays groundwork for high-resolution 3D imaging during clinical procedures.
NIH grants $4M to supercharge miniature microscope
The UCLA creators of a miniature microscope that can be mounted on the heads of lab animals to provide an invaluable view into the brain’s inner workings have received a 4 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop next-generation versions of their “miniscope.”
Trapping photons in a quantum flute
Holes create different wavelengths that can be used to encode quantum information.
Marisa Edmund is the new Chair of Edmund Optics Board
She succeeds Robert Edmund who is retiring. She will also continue to serve as chief sales and marketing officer for Edmund Optics.
Professorship for “Laser Technology in Manufacturing” established
Since August 2022 Andreas Michalowski is professor at the IFSW at the University of Stuttgart, focusing on laser technology in manufacturing. This professorship was newly established within the framework of the InnovationCampus Future Mobility.
PV voltage depends on the wavelength
Changing the color of incident light from visible to ultraviolet induced a reversible change in the output voltage.
Hema has a new sales manager
Hema Electronic has brought Torsten Schairer into its team. His focus will be on expanding and shaping all sales activities.
Twin photons from unequal sources
An important step towards tap-proof communications and the quantum internet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
