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01.12.2021 • News

Jenoptik strengthens focus on photonics

With the sale of Vincorion and the almost simultaneous completion of the acquisitions of BG Medical Applications and Swissoptic, Jenoptik is strengthening its focus on photonics. The new additions are particularly active in medical technology.

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01.12.2021 • News

State encourages participation in the Sensor + Test

Exhibitor of the upcoming Sensor + Test, which will take place from 10.-12. May 2022, which takes place in Nuremberg, can now plan their participation with very special funding. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy supports small and medium-sized innovative companies in marketing their products or services.

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01.12.2021 • News

Ultrafast control of quantum materials

Experiments and theoretical ideas for how solids react to excitations with short laser pulses or the coupling of light and matter during irradiation with light.

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01.12.2021 • News

Standard work on radiation thermometry revised

Guideline VDI/VDE 3511 Sheet 4 "Technische Temperaturmessung - Strahlungsthermometrie" (Technical Temperature Measurement - Radiation Thermometry) has been fundamentally revised and updated on the basis of the December 2011 version. It covers radiation thermometry comprehensively and introduces the basics without presupposing in-depth knowledge of optics or radiation thermometry.

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30.11.2021 • News

Pulsar Photonics opens new company location

High demand for production solutions: its second plant triples the production capacity of the laser technology specialist from Herzogenrath and establishes the necessary preconditions to meet the demand in the fast-growing field of laser machine engineering.

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30.11.2021 • News

EMVA Business Conference 2022 to be held in Brussels

The upcoming EMVA Business Conference 2022 will be held in Brussels, Belgium, May 12-14, 2022. The original venue in Sofia, Bulgaria, could not be kept due to the low vaccination rate there. Registration is now open.

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30.11.2021 • News

Datasensing: Datalogic merges sensor division with acquired M.D. Micro Detectors

Datalogic is combining the Sensor & Safety and Machine Vision business unit and the sensor manufacturer M.D. Micro Detectors, which was acquired in March 2021, into a separate brand: Datasensing. As of January 1, 2022, sensors of various technologies, optoelectronic solutions for machine and plant safety, automated vehicle guidance, and machine vision will then be bundled.

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26.11.2021 • News

Bridging optics and electronics

A simple spatial light modulator made from gold electrodes covered by a thin film of electro-optical material changes its optical properties in response to electric signal.

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25.11.2021 • News

25 years of metallic 3D laser printing

“This is an auspicious occasion for a retrospective and outlook on our technology,” says Jasmin Saewe, head of the LPBF competence area at Fraunhofer ILT.

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24.11.2021 • News

UFO for wafer level testing

Jenoptik provides an essential component for novel PIC wafer level tests with the optoelectronic UFO Probe Card. Users benefit from a fast and simple integration, high flexibility, and state-of-the-art test technology.

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24.11.2021 • News

A new synthesis method for photoinitiators

Researchers at Graz University of Technology have developed a new, significantly cheaper production method for germanium-based photoinitiators. This opens up further fields of application beyond the dental sector.

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24.11.2021 • News

Strategic partnership to address display industry

Large optics are used in lasers for the production of OLED displays – laser technology CEO Christian Schmitz: “This strategic partnership increases our technological autonomy and therefore strengthens our market position.”

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23.11.2021 • News

Purmundus Challenge presented for the ninth time

The annual international design competition for 3D and 4D printing was concluded in Frankfurt on 18 November 2021 as part of the Formnext exhibition. A total of eight submissions received the coveted gold trophies.

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22.11.2021 • News

Lumentum to acquire NeoPhotonics

Combination accelerates Lumentum’s penetration of the fast-growing opportunity for high-speed optical components for cloud and telecom network infrastructure and creates a better partner for customers globally

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21.11.2021 • NewsAutomation

SPS 2021 canceled

Mesago has canceled the SPS - Smart Production Solutions, which was to take place in Nuremberg from November 23rd to 25th, 2021. In addition to the increasing number of infections, the organizer mainly cited the 2G rule that now exists in Bavaria and an upper limit for visitors as reasons.

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19.11.2021 • News

EMVA Young Professional Award 2022 - apply now

The call for applications for the EMVA Young Professional Award 2022 has started. From now on, students and young professionals in machine vision can apply for the annual award. The winner will receive prize money and will have the opportunity to attend the upcoming EMVA conference in Brussels free of charge. Costs for flight and hotel will be covered.

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18.11.2021 • News

Laserlab-Europe elects Jens Biegert as new Director

The general assembly of Laserlab-Europe AISBL, the international not-for-profit association representing 45 leading laser research infrastructures in 22 European countries, elected Jens Biegert as new executive director and appoints new management board members.

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16.11.2021 • News

Hübner Photonics acquires Valo Innovations

The German-Swedish manufacturer of high performance lasers for advanced imaging, detection and analysis, expands its technology portfolio to include short-pulse femtosecond fiber lasers, with the recent acquisition of Valo Innovations, Hannover, Germany.

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16.11.2021 • News

Optica announced new vice president and directors-at-large

The membership of Optica has elected Prof Gerd Leuchs, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany, as the society’s 2022 vice president. Prof Judith Dawes, Macquarie University, Australia, was voted in as a director-at-large. The board of directors appointed Prof Min Qiu of Westlake University, China, as a director-at-large.

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15.11.2021 • News

Bioplastics for use in optical technologies

Scientists from Paderborn University, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences and the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) are researching new environmentally-friendly plastic products based on lactic acid.

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12.11.2021 • News

Jenoptik benefits from rising demand

The recovery in demand in the three photonics divisions of Jenoptik - Light & Optics, Light & Production and Light & Safety - continued in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Sales in the first nine months increased by more than 20 percent compared to the previous year, and by almost 25 percent in the 3rd quarter.

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12.11.2021 • News

Hamamatsu: sales and profits soar in 2021

In fiscal 2021, Hamamatsu benefited simultaneously from the recovering economy and the continued high demand for Coronatest equipment. As a result, sales increased by over 20 percent and operating profit by almost 60 percent.

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