The new collaborative project ‘BetterView’ is working on a special surgical microscope in order to detect cholesteatomas – an aggressive form of chronic otitis media – and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely.
The new Executive Forum for Advanced Manufacturing, EFAM, has a chair: Dr. Matthias Bölke, Vice President Strategy Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric, is taking over the leadership of the forum set up by the European industry association Orgalim with immediate effect.
The Dutch photonics scale-up has appointed Fiji-born, Toulouse-educated, and Bristol-based Nick Singh its chief technology officer to succeed founder and CTO Pim Kat who retired in December.
Escha and Duotec take over production capacities in Central Europe. To this end, the companies will jointly acquire 49 percent of the shares in SVI Hungary Kft., in Ajka (West Hungary) from the SVI Group.
GOM GmbH has been operating under the name Carl Zeiss GOM Metrology GmbH since the end of February. This is intended to clarify the unity almost three years after the takeover by Zeiss.
Machine vision specialist Euresys has increased sales by 29 percent in fiscal year 2021, to 20.3 million euros. This corresponds to growth of 32 percent in Asia, 10 percent in the Americas and 32 percent in the EMEA region.
Researchers at Linköping University have developed optical nanoantennas that can be turned on/off and gradually tuned by applying electrical potentials.
A Fraunhofer Center for Sensor Intelligence is to be established at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. Saarland's Minister President Tobias Hans and the President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Prof. Reimund Neugebauer signed an agreement to this effect. A new building is planned, which will cost 35 million euros and, after a five-year construction period, will be operated as a cooperative project between the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT and the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP.
An array of photoreceptors detects the intensity of visible light via a change in electrical capacitance, mimicking the behavior of the eye’s rod retina cells.
In the frame of the EU-funded LAMpAS project, New Infrared Technologies (NIT) has developed an uncooled high-speed IR camera specifically adapted to the project’s requirements. The camera is able to detect in line the heat accumulated during laser surface structuring processes. It will be one of the two sensors/techniques integrated in the LAMpAS inline monitoring system.
Researchers at MIT have shown how one could improve the efficiency of scintillators by changing the material’s surface to create certain nanoscale configurations.
A new high-performance white-light laser is expected to speed up quality control in the semiconductor industry and provide closer monitoring of toxicity tests in microbiology. In one step, this laser enables the two-sided characterization of surfaces and can be integrated into production chains. The technology has been developed at the Fraunhofer Application Center for Optical Metrology and Surface Technologies (AZOM) and Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau (WHZ) as part of a PhD thesis.
The main advantage of this new optical technology over PCR lies in the speed of sample processing.
Active Fiber Systems and Trumpf target synergy effects in research and to further expand their companies' market shares. Trumpf plans to retain and expand the location in Jena, Germany, and the independence of the research-oriented company even after the takeover as majority stakeholder.
Perovskite solar modules with the new optics reached a very high efficiency of up to 14 percent.
PowerPhotonic, a manufacturer of wafer scale micro-optics from Dalgety Bay, Scotland, has appointed Mark McElhinney as CEO of its US subsidiary. His initial focus will be quickly establishing US engineering and manufacturing operations that will directly serve the North American defense market.
Stemmer Imaging's revenue and earnings in fiscal 2021 are significantly above Corona year 2020 and also above pre-Corona year 2019, the machine vision integrator reports, citing preliminary figures.
Sensopart appointed Marius Westermann as Managing Director Marketing and Sales in October 2021. With his appointment, the management team grows to three members.
German-Belgian four-year research project improves coaxial process for wire-based LMD.
New device can measure the very detailed dynamics of how molecules move and rotate inside liquid system.
Cognex achieved strong sales growth for the second year in a row. In fiscal year 2021, the vision specialist generated 1.04 billion US dollars in revenue, an increase of 28 percent over the previous year.
Optical metrology and optical component manufacturer Zygo Corporation – a business unit of Ametek, Inc. – has established a new office in Italy, building upon its extensive network of offices and partnerships throughout Europe.
The acquisition expands nLight’s industrial solutions into automated quality assurance products and adds additional scale in Europe.
American researchers have created a device that enables them to electronically steer and focus a beam of terahertz electromagnetic energy with extreme precision.
EPIC strengthens its team by appointing Helfferich as chief operating officer, to supervise daily business operations lead, key initiatives, and implement organization-wide strategies.
German mechanical and plant engineering increased exports in 2021 by a nominal 9.8 percent to 179.4 billion euros, only slightly below the figure for 2019. The chances of a new record in the current year are therefore good.
High-technology company Trumpf and optics innovator Metalenz showcased live demonstration of illumination for smartphone applications at Photonics West.
Since the beginning of February, Daniel Otto has been Chief Revenue Officer at Framos and thus responsible for all marketing and sales tasks of the machine vision provider worldwide.
Macnica ATD is expanding its portfolio to include AI-powered computer vision solutions from Retrocausal. The U.S. company specializes in systems that help manufacturing employees avoid assembly errors and make their daily work more efficient.
X-ray laser experiments show that intense light distorts the structure of the thermoelectric material tin selenide in a unique way.
Messe Stuttgart has recently added a congress on artificial intelligence to its program with AI Fusion. The inaugural event will take place on September 29 and 30. In addition to presentations, an exhibition and networking opportunities will be offered.
Two of Sigmatek's four managing directors are retiring from active company management. The Salzburg company is now managed by Marianne Kusejko and Alexander Melkus.
Keysight Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Research to advance research and development in 6G technology.
Oliver Vahsen is now in charge of sales in the drive technology division at Ziehl-Abegg. The graduate engineer has more than ten years of sales experience at the Künzelsau engine builder.
The company's turnover increased by 26.1 percent to 1,423 million euros. The number of employees worldwide increased by 7.2 percent to 4,586 employees and earnings before taxes (EBT) even improved by 177 percent to 82 million euros.
