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.
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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.
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.
Stemmer Imaging celebrates 35th anniversary
Stemmer Imaging was founded on July 27, 1987. Now the machine vision supplier is celebrating its 35th anniversary.
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.
3D printing of organic electronics
Researchers achieve microscale organic electronics via multiphoton 3D printers.
Boosting light power in photonic integrated circuits
New amplifier generates a record output power of more than 145 mW.
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.
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.
Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik opens competence center for micromechatronics
Sensor specialist Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik opens a new production center for micromechatronics at its headquarters in Ortenburg in the district of Passau.
Instrument Systems acquires Korean manufacturer of display measurement systems
Instrument Systems acquires the Korean manufacturer of display measurement systems Kimsoptec in full. The manufacturer of cameras and measuring systems is thus strengthening its core business areas of Display Testing and Optical Metrology.
First optical 1000BASE-RH SFP module presented
KDPOF, supplier for gigabit connectivity over fiber optics, has developed and validated the first 1000BASE-RH SFP module for optical gigabit connectivity in vehicles.
Reading out superconducting qubits with laser light
Extracting optical light from a qubit without disrupting the qubit.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Argonne’s new facility
The technology housed in the new Long Beamline Building will lead to more efficient solar cells, longer-lasting batteries, more durable materials for airplanes and much more.
Battery pack inspection: Waygate Technologies and UK Battery Industrialisation Centre cooperate
Waygate Technologies and the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) agree a long-term partnership to drive innovation in battery pack and cell inspection.
New CIE report on spectroradiometry
Under the scientific direction of Instrument Systems, the Technical Committee TC2-80 of the CIE has prepared a new technical report on the spectroradiometric measurement of optical radiation sources.
How an optical microphone sees sound
Dual-shutter vibration-sensing system uses ordinary cameras to achieve extraordinary results.
TKH acquires Nerian
The Dutch TKH takes over the camera manufacturer Nerian completely. The German company, based in Stuttgart, develops and manufactures high-speed 3D cameras.
Change in the chairmanship of the Exhibitors' Advisory Board of the SPS
In 2017, Christian Wolf took over the chairmanship of the committee and presided over it for five years. He is now passing on the post as scheduled.
Keck Observatory and Alpao develop next generation adaptive optics system
W. M. Keck Observatory and deformable mirrors and adaptive optics specialist Alpao have partnered to develop an improvement for the Keck II telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii.
The enabling technologies met live
There were many satisfied faces on the evening of July 7 when the doors of the W3+ Fair Wetzlar 2022 closed after two days.
Record entanglement of quantum memories
German researchers have entangled two quantum memories over a 33-kilometer long fiber optic connection.
Open multiplexing offers cancer researchers more choices
Leica Microsystems has introduced a new generation of its multiplexed imaging solution, Cell DIVE, including software and hardware improvements.
A sensor for innovative car cockpits
In collaboration with 3D time-of-flight system specialist PMD Technologies, has therefore developed the second generation of the REAL3 automotive image sensor – an ISO26262-complient high resolution 3D image sensor.
Trumpf reinvests in software companies
The decision to acquire outstanding shares in joint venture and invest in cloud platform programming experts are prompted by the machine tool and laser maker’s ongoing digitalization strategy.
Igus presents computer game
igus presented the online browser game igumania. The idle game was developed using the Unity gaming platform and allows players to experience igus products in a playful way.
Matthias Lapp Takes Over as Chairman of the Board at Cable Manufacturer Lapp
Matthias Lapp (39), grandson of the company's founder Ursula Ida Lapp, will take over as CEO of Lapp Holding from 1 October 2022. His uncle Andreas Lapp (66), Chairman of the Executive Board, and his father Siegbert E. Lapp (69), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, will retire from the operational business of the Lapp Group on 30 September 2022.
Self-organized lasers adapt their structure
Approach could lead to new materials for sensing, computing, light sources and displays.
Umicore Coatings Services appoints new managing director
Previous commercial manager Mark Naples has almost two decades of experience working across the optics, sensing, and imaging industries.
Partnership for the smart glasses of the future
EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano have created the first ever joint research center aimed at designing the smart glasses of the future, EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab.
Amcoss increases productivity for Jenoptik
Being one of the leading manufacturers for high-power, edge-emitting semiconductor lasers, Jenoptik will use new equipment in lithography processes. Amcoss, based in Feldkirch, Austria, has supplied a fully automatic amc 2000 wafer processing unit for coating and developing of wafers.
Vision Engineering Acquires Lens Housing Manufacturer
With the acquisition of Milturn, Vision Engineering aims to expand the existing manufacturing base in the UK and US.
A new kind of an efficient optical switch
A silicon-based non-volatile switch manipulates light through the use of a phase-change material and graphene heater.
Visiconsult wants to acquire majority stake in CT equipment manufacturer
Visiconsult wants to acquire a majority stake in Diondo, a manufacturer of computer tomography devices. The company would thus significantly expand its competencies and capacities in this area.
Joint competence centers of Isra Vision, Perceptron, and Quiss
Under the new joint slogan ‘envisioning the future’, the three companies are offering a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for for surface inspection, quality assurance, metrology, machine vision and 3D robotics.
