Passara Hongwisat is the name of the new managing director of Schmersal Thailand based in Bangkok. Born in Thailand, she has 18 years of professional experience in sales and channel management for IT and industrial products and worked in the automation industry for five years.
Berger will take over the position of CEO of Harmonic Drive SE from the beginning of March. He is the successor to Norimitsu Ito, who has been on the board of Harmonic Drive SE since 2017.
A nanoscale device permitting asymmetric transmission of linearly polarized light could lead to significantly more efficient optical devices.
Researchers from the University Jena shed light on the best way to generate high-energy proton radiation using laser-plasma interaction.
Siemens Digital Industries Software is a founding member of the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator EDA Alliance. This is a program to build an ecosystem for the design and manufacture of System-on-Chips (SoCs) manufactured by IFS.
3D measurement technology from Creaform is now also being marketed by the Italian automation specialist QFP. It integrates it into its robotic 3D scanning solutions.
According to preliminary calculations, Jenoptik achieved total sales of 895 million euros in fiscal year 2021, an increase of a good 16 percent compared to the previous year. If the contribution to sales made by the sold Vincorion is excluded, revenue growth even amounts to around 22 percent to 750 million euros.
With immediate effect, Daniel Höring is responsible for the international sales of cable measuring devices of the brand Visiocablepro from IIM. He thus forms the top sales team for this area of the measurement technology manufacturer together with Martin Hruška.
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.
Bicker Elektronik gets a dual leadership: From now on, founder Markus Bicker and his son Tom Bicker manage the business together.
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.
A research group at TU Eindhoven developed a near-infrared sensor that is easy to make, comparable in size to sensors in smartphones.
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.
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.
The two German companies agree to collaborate on the development and distribution of higher-integrated laser scan systems.
The company’s founder and managing director Hans-Juergen Kahlert transfers duties in 2022.
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.
Compared to the conventional aluminum gallium nitride, the new material has significantly higher efficiency of luminescence.
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.
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.
The Kernel Flow system was used to record the brain signals of two participants who performed a finger-tapping task.
The previous managing director and shareholder Hubert Maier hands over the management to Stefan Dehn.
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.
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.
The German high-tech company has developed a new technology that increases the speed and efficiency of sheet-metal cutting.
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“.
Supported by German government, ‘DE-Brill’ features collaboration with Fraunhofer IAF and the University Ulm to lay foundation for ubiquitous quantum computing.
New analysis can provide design principles for future solar cells to approach the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MVTec, a specialist for industrial machine vision software, is 25 years old. The Munich-based company plans to celebrate this anniversary throughout 2022.
Last week Trilite has presented Trixel 3, the world’s smallest laser beam scanner at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco, California.
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.
