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Stemmer Imaging: Corona pushes operating result into the red
Stemmer Imaging clearly felt the effects of the Corona pandemic in fiscal 2020. The second quarter was hit the hardest. Subsequently, the business recovered. In the end, however, a negative operating result and a drop in sales of almost 13 percent remained.
A new optical sensor for acceleration
The optomechanical accelerometer could be used as a portable, high-accuracy reference device.
China live events close successfully
Review: Laser World of Photonics China 2021 & Vision China, Shanghai, China
Omron cooperates with Onrobot
Omron has signed a new distribution agreement with Onrobot, a Danish manufacturer of gripper tools for collaborative robot applications (cobots).
Turnkey solutions for the automotive industry
Manz: From the laboratory to the fully integrated production line
Thin-film LEDs for VR-technologies
Directional and polarized emissions from an organic LED without external optical elements.
Fugro’s technologies monitor Amsterdam’s bridges and quay walls
Mobile laser scanning technology for large-scale surveying of structural integrity
Chromatic photon effect for quantum networks
A novel photonic interference effect could pave the way to large-scale controllable quantum systems.
Research project aims to increase plastics recycling rate
The BMBF research project "Tasteful" combines tracer-based sorting with object recognition and artificial intelligence (AI). Two companies, two universities and a Fraunhofer Institute are joining forces to make plastics recycling more efficient by distinguishing types of plastic such as PET according to additional criteria.
Additive manufacturing for mass production
New 3D printer from Trumpf uses second laser to double productivity
Tofmotion contributes to pandemic research project
Tofmotion is participating in the Ligate project, which is funded by the European research and innovation program "Horizon 2020". The public-private consortium aims to promote the use of high-performance computing (HPC) in drug development.
Millimeter wave photonics with terahertz lasers
New approach for compact, low noise mmWave generation using THz frequency combs.
Physik Instrumente buys Japanese manufacturer of granite base plates
Physik Instrumente (PI) has acquired all shares in the Japanese company Precision Granite W Co. Ltd. (PGW). The acquisition was completed on February 25, 2021.
LiDAR systems based on integrated optical phased arrays
OPAs with solid-state beam steering can reduce the cost and size
An ultra-degree-of-freedom structured vector beam
Structured light with more controllable degrees-of-freedom offers versatile applications.
EMVA Business Conference 2021 takes place purely virtually
The EMVA is holding its annual Business Conference purely virtually this year, making it a "Special Edition 2021". Originally, it was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. It will now be taking place there from May 12 to 14, 2022.
€2.8M to develop next-generation infrared detectors
‘Made in France’ program provides support for Lynred’s small-pixel-pitch SWIR detectors
New optical switch for quantum computing
A new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat.
JePPIX and PULSATE Pilot Lines Open Calls
1st Technology Transfer Experiments, participation in Demonstrator Program
Twistoptics to control optical nonlinearity
First technique to exploit the tunable symmetry of 2D materials for nonlinear optical applications.
Datalogic acquires Italian sensor manufacturer for 37 million euros
Datalogic buys the Italian sensor manufacturer Micro Detectors for 37 million euros. With its 200 employees, it becomes part of the subsidiary Datalogic S.r.l. The previous owner was the industrial holding Finmasi Group.
Senswork opens development center for deep learning and AI
Senswork, an expert in machine vision, opens its Innovation Lab in Munich, where it researches solutions for optical inspection using deep learning and ai.
Salvo Technologies acquires Spectrecology
Takeover expands company’s spectral sensing offerings, adding complementary systems and components of modular spectroscopy
AMS invests in new imaging center of excellence
Rochester NY site to boost sensor-enabled consumer imaging expertise
Color blindness-correcting contact lenses
A rose-tinted gel with gold nanoparticles filtered light within 520 - 580 nanometers.
Fine pitch placement of flip-chip photonics devices
Cooperation between Bay Photonics, Palomar Technologies and EPIC Paignton
Light pretending to be a ferromagnet
An optical cavity filled with a liquid crystal enables to investigate exotic states of polarization of light.
Aerotech announces Robert Novotnak as President
New head to guide company through expansion and new era of growth
Laser pulses as subtle machining tools
Industrial-grade materials processing on the sub-micron scale is enabled by spatially structured ultrashort laser pulses.
Active Silicon acquired by Solid State Plc
The initial consideration of £6.3m is being settled out of Solid State’s existing cash resources and banking facilities.
