Speeding up Raman microscopy
Innovative microscope makes it easier and faster to diagnose cancer.
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Toptica increases capacity for growing workforce
North America subsidiary Toptica Photonics Inc. near Rochester, NY, has moved from its Ontario County location in Farmington to Pittsford on September 9.
Endress+Hauser receives platinum seal for sustainability
Endress+Hauser again achieved 76 out of 100 points in the EcoVadis sustainability rating. The group of companies was thus able to maintain the top position from the previous year and continues to be among the top percent of the companies compared.
Samsung Venture invests in Elfys
Finnish photodiode startup Elfys is tapping into the growing demand for photodetectors – due to the ever-growing trend of measuring one’s health and wellbeing through wearables.
SPIE election results announced at annual general meeting
Alongside Peter de Groot as vice president, Bernard Kress, director of XR hardware at Google, will serve as the 2023 SPIE president while the University of Arizona’s Jennifer Barton will serve as president-elect.
Ultrathin dental camera with insect-eye structure
New device achieves diverse functional dental imaging with high dynamic range, 3D depth, and autofluorescence.
Synova opens subsidiary in Dubai
The official inauguration ceremony of the MMC Dubai will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
Solidline becomes a Creaform partner
Partnership with Solidline to make Creaform's 3D scanning solutions for product development and manufacturing accessible to Solidworks customers and other industrial companies
EPIC and IVAM sign MoU
Synergy effects, especially for industry events, have been identified during a personal exchange at the W3+ Fair in Wetzlar.
Lasea acquires Laser Cheval
Continuing on its growth trajectory, Lasea consolidates its strong position in Switzerland and France and extends its offer in welding and marking applications.
Intelligent microscopes detect biological events
Detecting much more subtle biological events using a neural network.
AI-camera only records objects of interest
A smart camera images only certain types of desired objects, while instantaneously erasing other types of objects.
Switzerland welcomes a major event
Every fall, industry leaders and scientists in optics and communications gather at the European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC.
Jenoptik invests more than 70 million euros
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new high-tech fab in Dresden, extremely demanding construction and manufacturing environment taking high environmental standards into account.
Evident to be sold to Bain Capital
Olympus is divesting its Evident subsidiary, which provides scientific and industrial solutions. The buyer is the private equity firm Bain Capital. According to the agreement concluded, all shares in Evident will be transferred to Bain Capital on January 4, 2023.
Horwitz Prize for foundational work on optogenetics
Columbia University will award the 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA, Peter Hegemann, Humboldt University, Germany, and Gero Miesenböck, University of Oxford, UK, “for foundational work on optogenetics”. The prize will be presented at a ceremony held in New York City on February 16, 2023.
Trumpf and KDPOF become strategic partners
Trumpf Photonic Components, a global leader in high-speed VCSEL and photodiode solutions for data communication, and KDPOF, an expert in high-speed optical networking solutions based in Spain, have become strategic partners on automotive datacom solutions.
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.
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.
