One Date in Future: Automatica and Laser World of Photonics 2023
For the first time, Automatica and Laser World of Photonics will be held at the same time and under the same roof from 27 to 30 June 2023, and every two years thereafter.
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Machine vision industry grew by 16 percent in 2021
According to the VDMA, sales in the German machine vision industry rose by 16 percent in 2021, reaching 3.1 billion euros. Overall, revenues in the robotics and automation sector also grew at a double-digit rate.
Kappa Optronics buys embedded vision specialist
Kappa Optronics is buying embedded vision specialist Schmid-Engineering, effective May 1, 2022. The founder, Michael Schmid, becomes Director Innovations of Kappa.
PhotonicsViews issue 3/2022 is out!
Issue 3/2022 – June/July – is online and has been mailed. It includes feature articles from Civan Lasers, Duma Optronics, Hübner Photonics / Cobolt / Valo Innovations, Luxinar, Martec Photonics, Optogon, Philips, Trumpf, and more companies and institutions.
Photonic sensing at the ultimate quantum limit
Technology to sense absorption or refractive index changes can be used to identify and characterize a wide range of materials and biochemical samples.
Contrinex Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Contrinex celebrates its 50th anniversary. Since its foundation in 1972, the Swiss company has developed numerous sensor solutions for factory automation.
A candlelight-like glow from a flexible OLED
New device produces a bright, warm light with even less blue wavelength emissions than natural candlelight.
Change in management at Mayr Antriebstechnik
The year 2022 is a special year for the family company Mayr Antriebstechnik: The managing partner Ferdinand Mayr and great-great-grandson of the company founder takes over the position of CEO from Günther Klingler.
60 years of Schall trade fairs
The Schall Group is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. At the same time, Motek, one of its most important trade fairs, is taking place for the 40th time from 7 to 8 October in Stuttgart.
Ximea presents new member of the management board
Michael Cmok has been with the company from the beginning. His expertise and organizational skills have contributed to the current success of the company.
How energy flows in organic solar cells
New approach to exploit the full potential of organic solar cells.
5th European Machine Vision Forum: Call for Papers Started
The European Machine Vision Association EMVA is calling on researchers and developers to contribute to the 5th European Machine Vision Forum.
Endress+Hauser expands production in Cernay
In order to meet the growing demand for flow measurement technology, the company has built a new production and office building in Cernay, France.
New board of directors at VDMA group "Lasers and Laser Systems for Material Processing"
At the spring meeting of the VDMA Working Group on Lasers and Laser Systems for Material Processing (AG Laser), the members elected a new board for the next four years.
Customized optics individually developed
For customized applications in optical machine monitoring of plants, Vision & Control now also offers the development of individual optics.
2D-based photodetector with fast photoresponse
Experiments show short reaction time within 545 to 576 nanoseconds.
Metasurfaces for optical encryption
Photonic metasurfaces operate in the visible range and can be used for biomedical applications in wet environments.
Hima appoints new Vice President
Peter Sieber has been appointed Vice President Strategic Marketing for the Hima Group. In this newly created position, he will drive forward the digitization of functional safety and further expand the company's position as an independent solution provider in safety-related automation.
“Laser: commodity or innovation driver?”
After a pandemic break of four years, the industrial laser technology community met for AKL’22 in Aachen.
Siemens takes over Senseye
With the acquisition of Senseye, Siemens is expanding its portfolio with solutions for predictive maintenance and asset intelligence.
Domino upconversion for UV-lasers
A solution for constructing miniaturized high energy lasers for bio-detection and photonic devices.
“Milestone in quantum sensor technology”
In medical care, magnetic fields of heart and brain activity are measured to detect diseases at an early stage. To measure even the smallest magnetic fields, researchers at Fraunhofer IAF are working on a new approach: diamond-based laser threshold magnetometry.
Hannover Messe: The organizer draws a positive conclusion
The first Hanover Fair after two years was a success for exhibitors and organizers. The trade fair has shown that industrial transformation is making great strides and that industry can already provide answers to the challenges of climate protection and security of supply.
How to harvest solar power at night
Australian researchers have developed a device that can generate electricity from thermal radiation based on similar technology to night-vision goggles.
75 years of SAB Bröckskes in Viersen
The company history of SAB begins in 1947 with Peter Bröckskes senior. and a workshop in a shed in Süchteln as well as a "capital" of 100 Reichsmarks.
AMA Association Continues to Record Clearly Positive Results
"Our members' economic results continue to show an upward trend in the first quarter, " says Thomas Simmons, executive director of the AMA Association for Sensor and Measurement Technology. The biggest challenge facing our industry remains the procurement difficulties that determine our members' ability to deliver."
Sieb & Meyer wins the Lower Saxony Foreign Trade Award
Drive solutions and control technology from Lüneburg are in demand worldwide: In 2021, Sieb & Meyer was able to record an export quota of 92 percent. The company has now been awarded the Lower Saxony Foreign Trade Prize in the large company category. The award ceremony took place on June 1, 2022 as part of the Hanover Fair.
Change in the Carl Zeiss Executive Board
Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf joins the Executive Board in the role of Chief Transformation Officer (CTO). With the move to BSH Hausgeräte, Matthias Metz will leave the Executive Board. Effective July 1, 2022, Sven Hermann, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Zeiss Vision Care, will succeed him.
TQ Systems merges three plants
The TQ Systems plant in Peiting is being expanded and will also accommodate the capacities of the Peißenberg and Murnau plants from summer 2022.
Quantum 2.0 – hybrid conference and exhibition
Plenary presentations by quantum experts: Nathalie de Leon, Jian-Wei Pan, John Preskill, Christine Silberhorn, Michael Totzeck and Peter Zoller.
VDMA Significantly Reduces Production Forecast for 2022
The Ukraine war and the lockdowns in China are weakening production growth in the machinery and plant engineering sector. Business with Russia has come to a virtual standstill. The VDMA is therefore revising its production forecast for 2022 from plus 4 to plus 1 percent.
Mixing laser- and X-ray-beams
German scientists investigate a new photonic process by overlapping ultrashort pulses of soft X-rays and infrared radiation in a single crystal of lithium fluoride.
Rauscher Now also Offers Filters from Midopt
Imaging distributor adds Midwest Optical Systems (Midopt) filters and optical solutions to its portfolio.
Igus presents Bike made from recycled plastic
igus presented a concept for an urban bike at the Hanover Fair. It is produced maintenance-free, without lubricants and from recycled plastic. The first model should be available by the end of the year.
Entanglement in classical systems
Two scientists from UK and Mexico present new opportunities of diversified non-separable states of light for both fundamental science and applications in the near future.
