Laser Compoents USA: new general manager appointed
Matt Robinson is the new general manager/COO of Laser Components USA, Inc. He previously served as sales director for five years.
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On the way to mass production
Senorics raises more than eight million euros for commercializing its disruptive material sensing technology
20 years of customized sensor and camera development
Photonfocus – part of Isra Vision – celebrates anniversary
VMT and Cadkon are now working together in the areas of laboratory and pharmaceuticals
After successful cooperation in numerous automation projects, VMT and Cadkon enter into a long-term system partnership. Automation solutions for laboratory automation as well as pharmaceutical and medical technology will be more closely coordinated in the future. Customers receive systems from a single source - from the idea through implementation to long-term service.
Jenoptik expands optics manufacturing capacities
As a result of the increasing demand for optics and sensors for the semiconductor industry, Jenoptik intends to expand its manufacturing capacities and construct a state-of-the-art production building and a new office complex at the Dresden site. To this end, the company has purchased a 24,000 square meter plot of land at Airportpark Dresden in May 2021.
Britta Schulz interim board member of LPKF
Internal solution in place until a new CEO has been appointed.
Sincotron becomes distributor in Baltic Sea Region and Scandinavia for Omron's inspection systems
Omron and Sincotron become strategic distribution partners for the Baltic Sea region and Scandinavia.
Switchable mirrors from liquid metal
Technology could be used to create electrically controllable mirrors.
W3+ Fair Rheintal: Start planned for September
For the second time, the W3+ Fair trade fair is calling companies from the sectors of optics, photonics, electronics and mechanics to the Dornbirn exhibition center. The high-tech suppliers are to network on site and develop forward-looking innovations together with user industries. The new accompanying N-Tec Talks congress will provide visitors with the latest knowledge.
S&I qualified the C-WAVE tunable laser for use with TriVista
Combination of widely tunable spectrometers and lasers advances resonant Raman spectroscopy.
A three-day industry exhibition with conference and a physics job fair
Review: WIN>DAYS, 7. – 9. Juni 2021, online
“Showcasing innovative research and applications in laser science”
Review: CLEO 2021, 9 – 14 May, online only
Application Center for Optical Metrology positively evaluated
Five years after the launch of the Fraunhofer AZOM. the research institution has received good reviews.
New prototype of a quantum microscope
Quantum entanglement provides 35 % improved clarity without destroying the living cell.
Zeiss Innovation Hub in Dresden opens Its doors
First program is being run in the life sciences, for which the new staff is hired.
Proof of the phonoriton succeeded
Team hunts down elusive phonoriton with light trapped in a cavity.
M-Fibre wins innovation award
Side light fiber system by Mentor named “Winner” in the Lighting Solutions category
“100 % English edition a 100 % success”
Photonics Online Meetings #3 was supported by 23 French and European partners.
Cornelia Denz takes office as PTB President in 2022
Joachim Ullrich, who has held the presidency since 2012, will then retire due to age.
Light-shrinking material for higher resolution
New material turns a conventional light microscope into a super-resolution microscope.
EMVA expert provides insight into what's new in the EMVA 1288 standard
He's back again! Also at this year's Wiley Industry Days (June 7-9, 2021), Prof. Dr. Bernd Jähne will give a presentation on the machine vision standard EMVA 1288.
Blaize Names New VP of Worldwide Sales
Blaize announced the appointment of Mark Glasgow as VP of Worldwide Sales. Glasgow joins Blaize to lead and grow the Blaize sales organization seizing the substantial opportunity for Blaize pioneering products in the multi-billion-dollar market for AI in industrial edge, enterprise, and automotive/mobility segments.
Christoph Garbe becomes a member of the EMVA Board of Directors
The members elected Dr. Garbe to its board of directors, which promotes the interests and networking of European Machine Vision companies.
EMVA General Assembly Elects New Board of Directors
The General Assembly of the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions taking place in an online format June 1st, 2021, has elected the new EMVA Board of Directors.
EPIC collaborates with IEEE
European Photonics Industry Consortium forms partnership with IEEE Photonics Society
Jennifer Cable named president of Thorlabs
Her father, company founder Alex Cable, will continue in his role as CEO
Microcavity shows stochastic resonance of light
Noise-assisted signal amplification in a new systems with memory.
Sensirion fully acquires infrared spectrometer specialist IRsweep
IRsweep, develops, manufactures, and supplies optical spectroscopy solutions based on semiconductor quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency comb technology.
Superfluorescence in superlattices
Colloidal cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals emit very bright light.
Evosys expands locations in USA and China
Evosys (Suzhou) Laser System was able to expand its premises and Evosys North America Corp. moved into its new location
New kind of open-top optofluidic device
Co-planar optoelectrowetting device allows for droplet access from above.
Isra Vision: Founder and CEO Enis Ersü retires
After 36 years at the helm of Isra Vision, Enis Ersü will retire at the end of June 2021. A successor has already been found in Tomas Ludin for the then vacant position on the Executive Board.
Nanoscribe to become a Cellink company
The bioconvergence company Cellink and the German 2PP specialist entered into an agreement for Nanoscribe to be part of the Cellink group
Silicon chips combine light and ultrasound
Long delays and narrow filtering of microwave signals in silicon-photonic circuits.
Macnica ATD Europe distributes AI learning and decision support system
The distributor Macnica ATD Europe includes the products of the Israeli company Innereye in its portfolio. This is an AI training system that creates a direct interface between the user's brain and the AI models. It is used, among other things, in industrial machine vision.
