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Guy Ear promoted to chairman of the US board, continues to head OptoSigma Europe
In the so-called IQ Lab, Framos offers sensor-specific tuning to increase image quality on the Nvidia Jetson platform.
Issue No. 1/2021 of inspect international is out now. The Cover Story, written by Richard Laepple for Volume Graphics, is about intelligent quality assurance for automotive batteries. Computed tomography detects defects in modern lithium-ion batteries. Another main topic of this issue is artificial intelligence in machine vision. Don't miss it, just read it.
Realization of a three-node remote quantum network based on solid-state spin qubits coupled by photons
On August 1, 2021, Dr. Stefan Häberle will become Chairman of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH. He succeeds Hellmuth Aeugle, who is retiring. Häberle will thus lead the subsidiary of Carl Zeiss AG together with Dr. Bernhardt Ohnesorge.
If you believe the pure numbers, the Hannover Messe Digital Edition from April 12 to 16, 2021 was a complete success: 90,000 registrations, 10,500 products from 1,800 exhibitors. In addition, the conference program featured 1,500 speakers who spoke about digitization, supply chain management, lightweight construction or hydrogen and electromobility. However, technical discussions that did not take place are less easy to count. Of course, the organizer also knows that these were missing out.
Omron Electronic Components Europe has appointed Tomonori Morimura as the new Chief Operating Officer with full responsibility for business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia. His new activity, based in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, began in early April 2021.
Technology for Medical Devices fair 2021 cancelled at the request of the industry
Effective April 8, 2021, VMT and Espace 6D GmbH will work under one roof. The company, which previously operated independently within the Pepper+Fuchs Group, is headquartered in Herten and specializes in mobile three-dimensional measurement technology and the digitization of industrial and robotic systems.
New switch that uses existing fabrication method is a step toward integration in data networks.
ALOhybrid system offers new opportunities, especially for job shop production
New method to create more efficient, next-gen LEDs covering the entire visible spectrum.
European Photonics Industry Consortium conducted its Annual General Meeting on 15 April
In March 2021, Cretec Cybernetics, solution provider for quality assurance, established its second foreign subsidiary in Turkey.
The machine vision and metrology company IIM appoints Jose Saiz as new sales manager for the LED lighting brand Lumimax. From the newly established sales office in Cologne, he is responsible with immediate effect for the region of Northwest Germany as well as the Benelux countries.
Basler announces an AI platform for Machine Vision based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) artificial intelligence and machine learning services. In addition to the hardware, this includes a fully integrated edge-to-cloud software stack including the AWS Panorama Device SDK.
Special light waves can penetrate even opaque materials as if the material was not even there.
As of April 1, 2021, Aries Embedded, a specialist for embedded services and products, has taken over distribution of Topic's Miami family of System-on-Modules for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The two metrology manufacturers Mitutoyo and Marposs have concluded a private label licensing agreement with global validity. Under this agreement, the two companies intend to release optical measurement solutions from each other's portfolio under their own brand in the second half of 2021.
Fraunhofer IOF announces young researcher award
The VDMA expects the machinery and plant engineering sector to make up for some of the Corona-related slump this year. The association forecasts growth in production in 2021 to plus 7 percent in real terms.
Light modulation via optical microshutter and micromirror arrays could provide huge energy savings.
Optical microresonators host quasiparticles made by two photons.
Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the photonics and new space industries
Guido Deutz has been Director Business Development at camera manufacturer Automation Technology since March 1, 2021.
Review: Laser Symposium on Electromobility LSE’21, 19 – 20 January 2021
JAI appoints Michael Lisby Jensen as its new CEO. His predecessor, Jorgen Andersen, moves to the top of the Board of Directors.
ICREA professor Jens Biegert elected Chair of the association’s General Assembly
Bionic optical sensor fits on a smartphone and is capable of hyperspectral and polarimetric imaging.
World’s smallest >200 µJ actively Q-switched UV laser, ideal for industrial manufacturing
Electroluminescence at terahertz frequencies from a silicon-germanium device.
First calibration reference materials available to companies worldwide
