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08.04.2022 • News

Nicoletta Casanova joins EPIC Board of Directors

During the annual general meeting 2022 celebrated in Vilnius, Lithuania, the European Photonics Industry Consortium announced its new board member: Nicoletta Casanova, CEO and president of Femtoprint.

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08.04.2022 • News

EPIC Award goes to Reinhard Völkel

The European Photonics Industry Consortium has announced that Reinhard Voelkel, CEO of Suss MicroOptics, is the winner of the EPIC CEO Award 2022.

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06.04.2022 • News

Prima Additive is born

Prima Industrie completed the spin-off operation of the business unit dedicated to additive manufacturing.

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06.04.2022 • News

New world record for qubit storage

Long-duration quantum memories for photonic qubits are essential components for achieving long-distance quantum networks and repeaters.

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05.04.2022 • News

Precisely coat complex-shaped optics

The new Spatial ALD system can uniformly coat complex-shaped optics, allow higher deposition rates than previously possible. It is of interest, among others, for applications in the automotive lighting or VR/AR sectors.

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05.04.2022 • News

German Eaton sales gets new manager

In addition to managing sales, the graduate engineer will also promote the strategic initiatives of the energy management company in the field of renewable energy generation and distribution.

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05.04.2022 • News

Wayland Additive and EWI sign MoU

The agreement marks a collaborative effort to extend the production capabilities of eBeam metal additive manufacturing with the purchase of a Wayland Additive Calibur3 system by EWI.

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04.04.2022 • News

Nanolive receives $20M in equity financing

Leading live cell imaging and analysis company Nanolive SA announced today that it has successfully completed the initial closing of 20 million US dollars in the Series C-1 equity financing round of investment.

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01.04.2022 • News

Stemmer Imaging confirms record business figures for 2021

Stemmer Imaging AG has published its final figures for the 2021 financial year. The company was able to increase order intake, sales and earnings, both compared to the previous year and compared to the pre-crisis year 2019. The preliminary business figures were thus confirmed.

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01.04.2022 • News

Jenoptik with a sales increase of 22 percent

Jenoptik achieved sales of around 750 million euros in the continued operations in 2021, an increase of 22 percent (previous year 615.5 million euros). Sales increased particularly in the Asia/Pacific region with an increase of 64.8 percent. Europe (excluding Germany) recorded a sales increase of 11.1 percent, America increased by 28.0 percent. A total of 81.4 percent of sales were generated abroad after 76.9 percent in the 2020 financial year.

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01.04.2022 • News

Basler reports strong annual results for 2021

Basler presented its annual financial statements for 2021 today. In a financial year 2021, which was significantly affected by bottlenecks for semiconductor components, the Basler Group was able to achieve sales growth of 26 percent to EUR 214.7 million (previous year: EUR 170.5 million).

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01.04.2022 • News

Baumer builds Innovation Center in Switzerland

Baumer is currently building a new, modern development center at its headquarters in Frauenfeld (Switzerland) for 20 million Swiss francs. After the High-Tech Center in Stockach in southern Germany (opening in 2018), the new building is the second major investment in the field of innovation within a few years.

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01.04.2022 • News

Using light to locate phones

A new correlator works like a photonic processor by using fiber optic components to turn two radio-frequency signals into optical signals.

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30.03.2022 • News

Automation Technology gets new managing director

The co-founder of camera manufacturer Automation Technology, Michael Wandelt, handed over his duties as CEO to Daniel Seiler, the former CEO of IDS, on March 1, 2022. Among other things, he plans to expand the US business.

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29.03.2022 • News

Christoph Leyens appointed to Acatech Executive Board

Effective March 25, Prof Leyens became a presidium member of Germany’s National Academy of Science and Engineering. He completes the body in which Reinhard Ploss, CEO Infineon, succeeds former president Karl-Heinz Streibich.

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29.03.2022 • News

Evosys expands into Poland and Turkey

With its representatives Trumachines in Poland and Tamsa Makina in Turkey, Evosys Laser has strengthened its global presence. Both companies already have elementary experience in laser plastic welding.

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28.03.2022 • News

Chromacity partners with Tematys in France

Ultrafast laser manufacturer Chromacity has entered an agreement with photonics and quantum science consulting firm Tematys to develop new industrial opportunities for its lasers in France.

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25.03.2022 • News • Automation

Beckhoff: Most successful fiscal year in the company's history

A successful and at the same time very challenging 2021 financial year lies behind Beckhoff Automation. For the first time in its almost 42-year history, the automation technology specialist from Verl exceeded one billion in sales. With a worldwide total of 1.182 billion euros, the company increased its sales by around 28 percent compared to the previous year.

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25.03.2022 • News

A femtosecond laser at 2 microns

A new, innovative high-energy laser system is particularly interesting for the micromachining of plastics. Laser Zentrum Hannover, together with partners from industry and research, is developing femtosecond lasers that emit a wavelength of two micrometers.

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