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E-paper displays brilliant colors
A new type of electronic paper offers an optimal color display while using ambient light.
ON Semiconductor changes brand name to Onsemi
ON Semiconductor has a new brand name: Onsemi. With this, the supplier of power supplies and sensors wants to emphasize its continued focus on the automotive and industrial markets.
Basler with record results in the first half of 2021
The camera manufacturer Basler achieves the strongest half-year in the company's history in terms of sales, profit and incoming orders. Compared to the same period last year, sales increased by 30 percent and profit by more than 60 percent.
IFR: "Sales of autonomous mobile robots are increasing rapidly".
In the white paper "A Mobile Revolution", the International Federation of Robotics examines how mobility is impacting robotics and why this is a groundbreaking development. The use of autonomous mobile robots is increasing not only in industry and logistics, but also in public spaces.
PhotonicsViews issue 4/2021 is out
Book ads for issue 5/2021 and pitch articles for issue 6/2021.
Jennifer Barton elected into SPIE presidential chain
Society’s next vice president is also co-chair of SPIE Photonics West BiOS conference
Change in the management of ABB's Electrification business area
Torsten Nolting took over as head of ABB's Electrification business area in Germany on August 1, 2021. He succeeds Uwe Laudenklos, who became Lead Business Area Manager Northern and Central Europe for the same business area on April 1 of this year.
MVTec strengthens Halcon product management team
Effective immediately, Susanne Kretzschmar will strengthen the strategic market development of the machine vision software Halcon as Commercial Product Manager at MVTec.
ON Semiconductor to grow strongly in second quarter of 2021
ON Semiconductor's sales in the second quarter of 2021 are up 38 percent year-on-year. Structural changes and strong demand are the main drivers of this development, the semiconductor group reports.
Raylase launches clean room production
Opto-mechanical deflection units manufactured in the clean room enhance stability and reduce costs in laser material processing.
New hybrid coating process
Additive manufacturing with wire and powder enables resource-efficient and cost-effective wear-resistant coatings.
Jenoptik is focusing in the metrology business
Company sells non-optical process metrology business for grinding machines to Marposs.
New metasurfaces to control lasers
Supercell metasurfaces for multifunctional wide-angle optics and lasing.
IDS expands management with third member
Effective August 1, Alexander Lewinsky became Managing Director of camera manufacturer IDS. The engineer takes over the operational management of the Obersulm-based company alongside Jan Hartmann. Company founder and shareholder Jürgen Hartmann remains responsible for development and product management.
Photoneo signs distribution agreement with Astor for Poland
Polish integrator Astor becomes Technology Partner for Photoneo's 3D vision and automation solutions for the Polish market.
Reduce Textil Waste with Hyperspectral Imaging
New EU guidelines for the recycling of fabrics and textiles have been in force since 2018. The aim of this very important project for the environment is to reuse all textiles worldwide from 2025. Hyperspectral imaging offers the technical requirements for successfully achieving this ambitious goal.
White light with less blue is better
Polychromatic white light from OLEDs avoids negative health effects.
Computer Vision for Industry
A novel software platform with a modular, scalable design enables the integration of end-to-end solutions for Industrial Computer Vision as well as the creation, distribution and maintenance of Deep Learning-based quality and compliance checks across the enterprise.
Acquiring 3D images at over 1,000 frames per second
BitFlow CoaXPress frame grabber used in groundbreaking new 3D imaging system.
Balluff: Groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the headquarters
The sensor and automation manufacturer Balluff is building another office and administration building at its headquarters in Neuhausen a. d. F., Germany, which will accommodate 530 employees. The groundbreaking ceremony was held this Wednesday, and the building is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in summer 2023.
ASTM awards contract to Fraunhofer ILT
Project towards standardization of machine condition monitoring in laser beam powder bed fusion.
Lumibird purchases Areva’s stake in Cilas
Acquisition strengthens the company’s position in Europe in the defense and civil markets.
New OLED electrode liberates more light
A five-nanometer-thick layer of silver and copper outperforms conventional indium tin oxide.
Messe Stuttgart with halved sales in corona year 2020
Landesmesse Stuttgart calls the balance sheet for the 2020 financial year the "worst result in the company's history". The restrictions of the corona pandemic led to a more than halved turnover and a fat minus in the result. Similar figures are also expected for 2021. But the organizer of Vision trade fair is optimistic that physical trade fair operations can at least begin again from September.
VMT and Cadkon become partners in the field of medical technology
Following successful cooperation in numerous automation projects, Vision Machine Technic Bildverarbeitungssysteme (VMT), and the special machine manufacturer Cadkon are joining forces in the form of a partnership. From now on, the companies will coordinate their automation solutions for laboratory automation as well as pharmaceutical and medical technology more closely.
Test System for Medical Technology
The new functions of an operating light, such as an adjustable color temperature and a variable light field diameter, got the test engineers into hot water: they simply could not be verified with conventional measurement technology. Therefore, together with a light measurement specialist, they developed a new test stand including a partially automated measurement process.
In-house rapid prototyping at PTB in Berlin
The lab’s LPKF ProtoLaser U4 processes a wide variety of materials, even HF.
Stemmer Imaging raises sales and earnings forecast
After a strong increase in business figures in the first half of 2021, Stemmer Imaging is raising its sales and earnings forecast for the full year. Accordingly, the machine vision company is increasing its sales target by almost 11 percent and its earnings forecast by a good 50 percent.
ISRA VISION with new management team
Company forms nucleus of the new machine vision solutions division of Atlas Copco.
Optimizing 3D-printed components for laser beam welding
Expert system replaces time-consuming analysis.
Michail Klimkovic becomes CEO of Ximea s.r.o.
With immediate effect, Michail Klimkovic becomes Managing Director of Ximea s.r.o., based in Marianka, Slovakia.
