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10.02.2022 • News

Wenglor: Sales exceed 100 million euros for the first time

For the first time, the sensor and machine vision specialist Wenglor has "clearly exceeded the revenue mark of 100 million euros" in fiscal year 2021.

10.02.2022 • News

Generation change at Bicker Elektronik

Bicker Elektronik gets a dual leadership: From now on, founder Markus Bicker and his son Tom Bicker manage the business together.

09.02.2022 • News

Laser processing unit for highly reflective materials

The consortium of four partners sees the project ‘GreenPls’ as a great opportunity for Germany as a manufacturing location. The results of are intended to give small and medium-sized companies in particular access to new product fields and sales markets in the changing automotive industry.

09.02.2022 • News

A new tiny near-infrared sensor

A research group at TU Eindhoven developed a near-infrared sensor that is easy to make, comparable in size to sensors in smartphones.

08.02.2022 • News

Photonics West’s in-person return to San Francisco

The largest annual photonics conference and exhibition, including its Bios, Lase, and Opto symposia and the AR|VR|MR conference, garnered more than 10,000 registered attendees, hosted more than 950 exhibitors, and included 2,100 technical presentations from 22 to 27 January.

08.02.2022 • News

Onsemi grew strongly in 2021

For semiconductor company Onsemi, 2021 was a record year, with sales reaching US 6.74 billion US dollars (5.91 billion euros), up 28.3 percent.

08.02.2022 • News

Pulsar Photonics and Scanlab join forces

The two German companies agree to collaborate on the development and distribution of higher-integrated laser scan systems.

08.02.2022 • News

Innovavent expands management

The company’s founder and managing director Hans-Juergen Kahlert transfers duties in 2022.

07.02.2022 • News

G&H wins exclusive €2M contract with Esa

To develop the next generation of optical amplifiers Gooch & Housego acquired a 2-million euro project to develop hardware for multi-Tbit/s free space optical communication links (FSOC) between satellites and ground-stations.

07.02.2022 • News

World’s first hBN-based deep ultraviolet LED

Compared to the conventional aluminum gallium nitride, the new material has significantly higher efficiency of luminescence.

04.02.2022 • News

Electronic Assembly changes name to Display Visions

Electronic Assembly changes to Display Visions after almost 45 years. The change of name is intended to emphasize the company's core competence more clearly.

04.02.2022 • News

A laser light engine for AR headsets

At Photonics West, Lionix International presented an integrated RGB laser light engine for retinal projection augmented reality (AR) headsets. The millimeter-scale light engine excels not only in the brightness and quality of the images projected but also in terms of compactness.

04.02.2022 • News

A helmet-shaped device monitors brain activity

The Kernel Flow system was used to record the brain signals of two participants who performed a finger-tapping task.

04.02.2022 • News

Schulz-Electronic with new investor and managing director

The previous managing director and shareholder Hubert Maier hands over the management to Stefan Dehn.

03.02.2022 • News

A microscope to explore how molecules make cells work

Oregon Health & Science University researchers are developing an entirely new approach to scientific imaging to learn how the seemingly random movements of molecules are actually a well-orchestrated operation.

03.02.2022 • News

Mechanical engineering records 32 percent more orders than in 2020

The German mechanical and plant engineering sector recorded a 32 percent increase in order intake in 2021. As a result, the order backlog at the turn of the year was 10.9 months.

03.02.2022 • News

Trumpf boosts 3D cutting speed

The German high-tech company has developed a new technology that increases the speed and efficiency of sheet-metal cutting.

03.02.2022 • News

Aalen University: new president, new professor for optical engineering

A physicist at the university’s highest management position, and an appointment at Zentrum für Optische Technologien (ZOT) and the working group “Computation Optics & Light Matter Interaction“.

02.02.2022 • News

Quantum Brilliance to lead $22.5M project

Supported by German government, ‘DE-Brill’ features collaboration with Fraunhofer IAF and the University Ulm to lay foundation for ubiquitous quantum computing.

02.02.2022 • News

Photon recycling in perovskite solar cells

New analysis can provide design principles for future solar cells to approach the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit.

02.02.2022 • News

EPIC hires photonics technologies program managers

To address the needs of its members, EPIC strengthens its team by recruiting Dr Ivan Nikitski and Dr Jérémy Picot-Clémente to support the technical needs of the growing membership as well as the EU-funded initiatives.

02.02.2022 • News

China Aims for Global Leadership in Robotics

The new 5-year plan for the robotics industry in China, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing, focuses on promoting innovation - making China a global leader for robot technology and industrial advancement. The statistical department of the International Federation of Robotics reports about the domestic and foreign engagement on the world's largest market.

02.02.2022 • News

HMS builds European distribution center at Karlsruhe

HMS Networks is significantly expanding its Karlsruhe location. For this reason, the provider of industrial information and communication technology (ICT) is having a new European distribution center built, vis-à-vis the Karlsruhe Technology Park.

02.02.2022 • News

Statmath becomes 100 percent subsidiary of IFM Solutions

Statmath GmbH has already been part of the IFM group since January 01, 2019. Now, the majority shareholding by IFM Solutions GmbH will become a 100 percent shareholding.

02.02.2022 • News

MVTec celebrates 25th anniversary

MVTec, a specialist for industrial machine vision software, is 25 years old. The Munich-based company plans to celebrate this anniversary throughout 2022.

01.02.2022 • News

World’s smallest projection display

Last week Trilite has presented Trixel 3, the world’s smallest laser beam scanner at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco, California.

01.02.2022 • News

Prism Awards celebrate innovative photonics technologies

The 14th annual ceremony showcased a dynamic range of companies – from Luxexcel, PlenOptika, and Lumotive, to SWIR, LightPath Technologies, and ColdQuanta — applying innovative and creative solutions to critical problems in areas such as augmented and virtual reality, biomedical devices, autonomous vehicles, quantum, and industrial lasers.

01.02.2022 • News

Basler joins 5G alliance

Bringing IT and OT together - that is the goal of camera manufacturer Basler by joining the "5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation". The company is the first from the machine vision sector to support the initiative.

01.02.2022 • News

MVTec Innovation Day 2022 is cancelled

The MVTec Innovation Day 2022 is cancelled. There will also be no virtual replacement for the event planned for February 8 and 9. The reason is the pandemic situation.

01.02.2022 • News

Kiran Ramakrishnan new CEO at Z-Laser

Effective December 20th, 2021, the engineer has assumed the position of CEO at Z-Laser, the German manufacturer of laser sources for innovative customer applications.

01.02.2022 • News

Up to €3M funding opportunity to implement free-form micro-optical components

To advance Europe’s competitiveness and support advanced technical developments, the European Commission is providing 3 million euros of funding to early adopters of the Phabulous pilot line services for the implementation and integration of free-form micro-optical components.