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Continued integrated photonics development within the Chinese region
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Sensor + Test 2021 will take place digitally
Sensor + Test planned as a purely digital event in 2021
Escha Group achieves stable result
At 70 million euros, consolidated group sales in 2020 were almost exactly at the previous year's level.
Sick joins the e-Factory Alliance
A common solution for easily integrating vision technology is now available.
Infrastructure for European research institutions and companies
Fraunhofer IPMS and others join forces in European project ASCENT+
A Fano-resonant ultrathin optical coating
New kind of coating can simultaneously reflect and transmit the same wavelength.
Lumibird partners with GWU Lasertechnik
Combined commercialization of optical parametric oscillators and solid-state lasers
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.
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.
Hyperspectral nanoimaging of 2D materials
New imaging technique provides link to innovative products.
New kind of photonic crystal fibers
Advanced laser-printing techniques prove ideal for creating tiny optical communication devices with complex internal structures.
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.
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.
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.
Smart Vision Lights: Paul Powers becomes Vice President Global Sales and Marketing
Smart Vision Lights (SVL), a manufacturer of LED lighting, appoints Paul Powers as vice president, global sales and marketing.
LS Laser Systems and EPP merged to form L-TRIS
The two Photonics Systems Group companies are combining forces
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.
Lasing mechanism in water droplets
Detailed view on the mechanism of droplet lasers when interacting with a droplet–solid interface.
IDS focuses on sustainability in shipping
IDS has decided to forego plastic products in shipping and to replace them with 100% biodegradable alternatives made from renewable raw materials: e.g. paper.
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.
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.
Acquisition of Reflex Imaging by PLX
Expertise allows creation of active optics department within PLX’s New York facility
Klaus Löffler joins Von Ardenne’s executive management
Sales specialist transfers from Trumpf Lasertechnik
High-resolution 3D-printing system for industry and academia
Top-notch 2PP 3D-printing system meets wide range of customer demands
InfraTec opens second branch office in the US
Meeting increasing demand from partners for pyroelectric detectors
Higher Accuracy in Face Recognition
Researchers have detected some groups that show higher false positive or false negative rates.
2 Min Essentials: Embedded system instead of PC and camera
Interested in switching to an embedded vision system? Then the 2 Min Essentials from Vision Components (VC) on 25.2.2021 are just right for you.
Ludger Overmeyer assumes WLT presidency
LZH board of directors member presides over German Scientific Laser Society
Adaptive optics with cascading elements
A cascaded dual deformable phase plate wavefront modulator doubles the aberration correction range.
Mechanical engineering: Sales decline in 2020 smaller than feared
Four out of five companies will close the 2020 financial year with a decline in sales. Nevertheless, the proportion of companies that have managed to avoid a minus has risen from 13 to 21 percent since the end of September. This is the result of the 9th VDMA flash survey.
Polytec partners with data analytics company on spectroscopy
Polytec is cooperating with Sartorius Data Analytics (formerly Umetrics) in the field of process analytics with immediate effect.
Edmund Optics offers optical gratings from Richardson Gratings
Edmund Optics is now a global distributor for Richardson Gratings' optical diffraction gratings.
