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15.02.2021 • News

Resonant storing of light

A new way to use resonance to harness the energy of light more effectively inside microresonators.

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15.02.2021 • News

CEO of Edmund Optics becomes SPIE Fellow

The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) names Robert Edmund, CEO of Edmund Optics, an SPIE Fellow, honoring him for his contributions to the industry.

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09.02.2021 • News

Hamamatsu achieves fat sales increase in the fourth quarter of 2020

Photonics specialist Hamamatsu's fourth-quarter 2020 sales rose 5.6 percent year-on-year to 36.4 billion yen (about 288 million euros). Operating profit rose 3.4 percent to 171 million yen (about 1.35 million euros). Products for medical applications in particular sold well.

09.02.2021 • News

Mechanical engineering output down 12.1 percent in 2020

According to preliminary calculations by the VDMA, production in the German mechanical and plant engineering sector fell by 12.1 percent in real terms in the corona year 2020. This is the biggest decline since the financial crisis in 2009 - and yet less than feared.

05.02.2021 • News

VDMA: Order volume recovered at the end of 2020

In December 2020, the volume of orders in the mechanical engineering sector increased by 7 percent year-on-year, the VDMA reports. For the year as a whole, the books show a real decline in orders of 11 percent.

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05.02.2021 • News

Online event with lots of interaction and expertise

Although the MVTec Innovation Day 2021 took place completely digitally on February 3, more than 400 participants came. They got to see a full day of technically in-depth presentations on Halcon and Merlic, but also interviews from numerous experts.

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04.02.2021 • News

Mitutoyo and Kitov sign cooperation agreement

Mitutoyo Corporation and Kitov Systems have signed a partnership agreement to integrate Kitov's automated planning and intelligent visual inspection technology into Mitutoyo's metrology solutions. As part of the deal, Mitutoyo will acquire shares in Kitov.

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03.02.2021 • News

Viscom: Sales representative Kappel retires

With the turn of the year 2020/2021, the sales department for the Southwest region at Viscom changed. Rudolf Kappel retired after 20 years in this position. He was replaced by Thomas Winkel.

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03.02.2021 • News

LMI buys FringeAI

LMI Technologies has purchased FringeAI, a US-based AI and IIoT / 5G inspection company. The company will be integrated into the LMI group of companies, with FringeAI forming a new AI Solutions group.

02.02.2021 • News

Brexit: Spectaris expects significantly more bureaucracy

For the German industry association Spectaris, which represents companies from the machine vision, photonics and medical technology sectors, the fact remains despite the positive conclusion of the Brexit negotiations: The handling of many commercial transactions across the English Channel changed significantly on January 1, 2021. The German economy has not had sufficient time to prepare for this.

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