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31.05.2021 • News

W3+ Fair Wetzlar cancelled for this year

The W3+ Fair 2021 in Wetzlar, Germany, is now definitely cancelled. The trade fair was originally planned for February of this year and was last postponed to July 6/7. Now the organizer Fleet Events has to finally pull the ripcord because of Corona.

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27.05.2021 • News

Laser Components introduces the new head of the Detector Group

In January 2021, Dr Raj Chakraborty took over the Laser Components Detector Group from Dragan Grubisic, who was retiring from day-to-day operations after 17 years at the helm, but will continue to be available to the company for development projects.

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27.05.2021 • News

Global Robot Report 2021 presented

As the economy gradually opens up after the pandemic, Asia, Europe and America are adjusting their funding programs for robotics research. But what are the goals of the officially operated government programs today? The International Federation of Robotics has researched and published the results with the 2021 update of the "World Robotics R&D Programs".

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27.05.2021 • News

Photonics industry expects growth spurt

April survey by Spectaris and OptecNet shows recovery after the crisis year 2020 / Sales in the industry could reach 46 billion euros in 2021 / Industry is experiencing a digitization boost from Corona

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25.05.2021 • News

Now online: Conference program for automation, machine vision and photonics

The post-Corona world of work, augmented reality in industry, or AI-based acoustic quality and process monitoring are just a selection of the topics in our Wiley Industry Days conference program. Register free of charge for the presentation you would like to attend. Just click on the download window at the bottom left!

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21.05.2021 • News

Change at the top of the Sick Management Board

The sensor manufacturer Sick is changing the top of its management board on October 1, 2021: Then Dr. Robert Bauer will take his leave and Dr. Mats Gökstorp will follow to take the place as CEO. At the same time, Dr. Niels Syassen will be appointed to the Executive Board. He will assume responsibility for Technology & Digitalization.

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21.05.2021 • News

Stemmer Imaging reports a positive first quarter

Stemmer Imaging AG got off to a good start in the 2021 financial year and was able to continue the upward trend from the second half of 2020. This is already indicated by the recently published preliminary figures, which the company confirms today.

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20.05.2021 • News

Kappa Optronics turns 43

At the beginning of May, camera manufacturer Kappa Optronics celebrated the company's 43rd anniversary. The trainees had a nice surprise for this occasion also for the colleagues in the home office.

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20.05.2021 • News

Jenoptik: The year 2021 begins with a leap

Jenoptik achieved a 26.8 percent increase in order intake to 268.3 million euros in the first quarter of 2021. All three photonics divisions contributed to this - Light & Optics, Light & Production and Light & Safety. In terms of sales, Trioptics has pushed the Light & Optics division to the top of the group.

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20.05.2021 • NewsMachine Vision

Vision Components turns 25

Embedded vision specialist Vision Components celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2021. The company wants to celebrate this occasion with a webinar series and a hackathon under the motto: "This has to work better" - a mindset that Vision Components considers typical for itself.

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19.05.2021 • News

Teledyne completes acquisition of Flir

Teledyne has completed the acquisition of thermal imaging camera manufacturer Flir. As of Friday, May 14, 2021, the new company is called Teledyne Flir. The new name was accompanied by a new logo and a new claim.

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18.05.2021 • News

Zeiss takes over Capture 3D

With the planned acquisition of Capture 3D, Zeiss is expanding the market presence of the Industrial Quality and Research division in the USA. Capture 3D is a sales partner for optical 3D measurement technology from GOM in the USA. The company's headquarters are in Santa Ana, California.

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