Leoni sells the Industrial Solutions business group, which is part of the WCS division (Wire & Cable Solutions) and which makes up significant parts of its industrial business, to BizLink. With this, Leoni is trying to stabilize further.
Dr. Ludwin Monz, responsible for the Zeiss Medical Technology division, is leaving at the end of the year. His successor will be Dr. Markus Weber, currently member of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss AG and responsible for the Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology division. Andreas Pecher will be the new head of the Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology division and a member of the Board of Management of Carl Zeiss AG.
ABB has started building a new hall at the Minden location. The new building, a 2,500 square meter production hall for the Traction division, expands production capacities and is intended to contribute to better quality assurance.
Laser based method retains more moisture, and creates an entirely new way to cook a tasty meal allowing individuals to more precisely customize their meals.
In a delicate event context in a period of health crisis, the satisfaction and attendance indicators at the end of the EPHJ trade show are encouraging. The exhibitors were present and the exhibition recorded 12,200 entries.
On September 1, the Berlin-based AEMtec, a manufacturer of high-precision micro and optoelectronic modules, opened its Engineering Tech Center within the Boston University Photonics Center.
With their company Sensific, three scientists from Ulm have taken an important step towards successfully founding a company.
What is the Deep Learning hype all about? This question will be discussed by five proven experts on the first day of the machine vision trade show "Vision": Dr. Dietmar Ley (Basler), Jens Hülsmann (Isra Vision), Dr. Olaf Munkelt (MVTec Software), Mark Williamson (Stemmer Imaging) and Donato Montanari (Zebra Technologies). The panel discussion will be moderated by inspect editor-in-chief David Löh.
A new method for generating quantum-entangled photon pairs employs nonlinear metasurfaces to enhance and tailor photon emissions – an important step towards creating miniaturized quantum devices for everyday applications.
New laser blanking system offers flexibility and shorter cycle times in high-volume production: the partnership with Siemens on intelligent control system eliminates tooling and assembly costs, boosts profitability, and provides material savings of up to thirty percent.
The TKH Group combines the machine vision companies Allied Vision, Chromasens, LMI Technologies, Mikrotron, NET, SVS-Vistek and Tattile with the sales company TKH Vision Italy under the umbrella brand TKH Vision. For the first time, TKH will exhibit its machine vision companies as a group on a single stand at the Vision machine vision trade show in Stuttgart, Germany.
On 27 July 2021, the EU-funded Pulsate project announced the winners of Pulsate’s 1st Technology Transfer Experiments open call for consortia able to demonstrate an effective adoption of laser solutions by end-users in relation to laser-based advanced additive manufacturing (LBAAM) technologies.
TQ-Systems, known for its embedded vision modules, is expanding its robotics division by hiring cobot expert Dirk Thamm. He comes from a subsidiary of robot manufacturer Kuka.
Edmund Optics has added eleven product lines from Advanced Illumination, a manufacturer of lighting for machine vision, to its product line.
Lasers are ubiquitous. Scientists from Würzburg have now developed the virtual-reality laser laboratory “femtoPro”, which simulates optical setups in real time and enables eye-safe training in the handling of short-pulse lasers.
Dr. Erwin Sick founded his company in South Baden in September 1946. It is now 75 years old. At an official ceremony at the company's headquarters in Waldkirch on September 24, 2021, invited guests and companions from politics, business and science, together with the founding family Sick and the board of directors, paid tribute to the past 75 years and took a look into the future. A week earlier, employees celebrated an outdoor music and culture festival lasting several days.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is getting a new building in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. With the groundbreaking ceremony on September 27, Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Economic Affairs, Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, symbolically opened the construction site together with Thomas Bauernhansl, director of the Fraunhofer IPA, and the architect Stephan Birk.
New approach motivates future development and optimization of surface chemistry of InP CS-QDs to enable the full access and realization of their luminescence efficiency in high-color-quality cadmium-free displays.
UPDATE: Due to organizational reasons, the forum is unfortunately cancelled this year.
Together, Bruno Schnekenburger, CEO of Yaskawa Europe, and the mayor of the city of Hattersheim, Klaus Schindling, laid the foundation stone for Yaskawa's new European headquarters in Hattersheim am Main near Frankfurt: In a festive setting, they traditionally and symbolically built a time capsule into the foundation on September 22nd of the resulting shell. The move into the new building is planned for 2023.
Physics researchers at the University of Bath discover a new physical effect relating to the interactions between light and twisted materials – an effect that is likely to have implications for emerging new nanotechnologies in communications, nanorobotics and ultrathin optical components.
During the general meeting of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association, the members of the VDMA Machine Vision Division elected a new board. Mark Williamson, Managing Director of Stemmer Imaging Ltd, was subsequently elected Chairman.
Macnica ATD Europe will hold a conference with daily presentations in room W1 (Congress West) during Vision 2021.
Elfys is tapping into a growing demand for photodetectors with people increasingly wanting to measure their health and wellbeing. Today’s announced €3M round is dedicated to ramping up the production to match the growing demand. The lead investor on the round is Metaplanet Holdings together with the company’s earlier round’s lead Voima Ventures. Other angel investors include the founders of Oura Health, the company behind the Oura Ring.
The "all about automation" is a trade fair for systems, components, software and engineering for industrial automation and communication. At the trade fair, which will take place in Chemnitz from September 22 to 23, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS will be presenting solutions for optical wireless communication in real time using Li Fi, IP core design solutions, and innovative measurement techniques for process and quality monitoring as well as for environment sensors & environment control.
Excelitas Technologies is expanding its capacities in the assembly of highly complex optomechanical systems and components for the semiconductor industry: On September 21, 2021, the photonics manufacturer opened a new plant for its subsidiary Qioptiq in Göttingen.
Applying mechanical strain on an atomically thin, transparent monolayer semiconductor results in a material with an almost total light-emission efficiency.
With its vision installation solutions, the specialist for decentralized automation technology offers customized solutions for industrial image processing.
The Fraunhofer Vision division is continuing the series of seminars on optical 3D metrology and is holding the seminar with an practical part “Optical 3D metrology for quality assurance in production” on Wednesday and Thursday, November 10th and 11th, 2021. The venue is the Fraunhofer Development Center for X-ray Technology EZRT in Fürth.
Trumpf Photonic Components, a provider of VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting lasers) and photodiode solutions for the consumer electronics, data communications, industrial sensing and heating markets, has revealed the new product platform ViBO (VCSEL with integrated backside optics).
At the end of August 2021, the Wenglor Group took over the Scottish-French company TPL Vision. The specialist, founded in 2005, will be integrated into the Wenglor Group as a division, but will continue to exist as an independent business unit.
Optisense, expert in contactless coating thickness measurement, is further expanding its proximity to customers and enlarging its sales team: Sascha Schmidt, who has been responsible for hand-held measuring devices since recently, and Patrick Voos, who now strengthens the field sales team for industrial measuring solutions, are on board.
The organization’s mission has stayed substantially on the same course its charter members envisioned over a century ago. The significance of the field, the expertise of the OSA founders, and the dedication of those who followed enabled the society to become a global forum for light science and technology.
The perfect preparation for a visit to Vision 2021 includes a comprehensive preview report with all the essential information on the machine vision trade show, as well as the product highlights and trade show news. The links within the text lead to the respective sections, which are regularly updated and thus always have something new to offer. And don't forget: Free trade show tickes are available with the code "inspect-is-visionary".
Intel RealSense has decided to refocus their business model and, in doing so, have discontinued their L515 lidar and the facial authentication (FA) product lines to focus on their existing D400 series stereo vision product line.
