
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.

Smart Vision Lights (SVL), a manufacturer of LED lighting, appoints Paul Powers as vice president, global sales and marketing.

The two Photonics Systems Group companies are combining forces

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.

Detailed view on the mechanism of droplet lasers when interacting with a droplet–solid interface.

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 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.
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.

Expertise allows creation of active optics department within PLX’s New York facility

Sales specialist transfers from Trumpf Lasertechnik

Top-notch 2PP 3D-printing system meets wide range of customer demands

Meeting increasing demand from partners for pyroelectric detectors

Researchers have detected some groups that show higher false positive or false negative rates.

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.

LZH board of directors member presides over German Scientific Laser Society

A cascaded dual deformable phase plate wavefront modulator doubles the aberration correction range.
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 is cooperating with Sartorius Data Analytics (formerly Umetrics) in the field of process analytics with immediate effect.

Edmund Optics is now a global distributor for Richardson Gratings' optical diffraction gratings.


The Zeiss Group closed fiscal year 2019/20 (balance sheet date: September 30, 2020) with a slight decline in revenue and operating profit.

Silica glass fibers manufactured under high pressure could cut signal loss in half.

Terry Arden, LMI’s Chief Executive Officer, will be stepping down from his full-time CEO role.

JAI opens a new office and production facility in Singapore to further strengthen its global sales, support and manufacturing activities.

Pioneer with 15 years of experience expands both its proposition and footprint

New approach could cut production costs and reduce the size of microelectronics.

Smart Vision Lights (SVL), manufacturer of LED lighting, appoints Miguel Sanchez as Regional Sales Representative for several U.S. states as well as Mexico and Central America. He was previously with CCS America, where he served as Regional Sales & Systems Engineering Specialist for seven years.


The prototypes are not only extremely compact and stable, but also color-tunable.

Ultrafast Innovations (UFI), a manufacturer of high-precision laser optics, and Edmund Optics are working more closely with immediate effect.

The newly founded company based in Göppingen plans, programs and integrates sophisticated system solutions for optical, sensory identification and inspection, including HMI design. A team of highly specialized employees brings together around 120 years of expertise in the areas of machine vision, ID, optics and lighting.

A new technique for a better signal quality for sensing and information technology.

Antares Vision acquires Applied Vision Corporation, a supplier of high-speed inspection systems based in Akron, Ohio, USA, for USD 45 million. Applied Vision's systems are used in particular for glass and metal containers in the food and beverage industry. With this acquisition, Antares is expanding its position in the food and beverage sector and also strengthening its geographical presence in the USA.

Teledyne Technologies plans to buy Flir Systems, a company known for its thermal imaging cameras, for around 8 billion US dollars in cash and shares.

CCS has opened CCS Europe Holding B.V. (CCSEH), strategically located near Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Sachsenkabel expands portfolio with specialty fiber optics solutions for industry and natural sciences