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24.07.2025 • News

Opto Opens Branch Office in California

In July 2025, Opto opened a new branch office in the United States. Thomas Spieker is the Managing Director of Opto Microscopy Solutions.

24.07.2025 • News

Thales and Hexagon Form a Strategic Partnership

Hexagon's manufacturing intelligence division becomes a technology partner for Thales' operations and quality assurance across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

19.05.2025 • News

Edmund Optics Trusted Optical Partnerships Program Grows

ASE Optics Europe and Photonics Precision Engineering join the program

16.05.2025 • News

Evosys Laser celebrates its 10th anniversary

The company develops and manufactures customized systems for the laser welding of plastics at its Erlangen site.

14.05.2025 • News

Emmanuel Macron inaugurates EssilorLuxottica’s Excellence Laboratory

The Excellence Rx Laboratory (“Labex”) in the Grand Paris area was inaugurated by the President of France on Monday

07.05.2025 • News

Official inauguration of the Jenoptik fab in Dresden

The company manufactures micro-optics for the semiconductor equipment industry in a state-of-the-art production environment.

05.05.2025 • News

Happy Birthday, Schäfter + Kirchhoff!

Hamburg company celebrates its 70th birthday.

15.04.2025 • News

Helukabel is expanding into Australia

The company has acquired the wire and cable business of DKSH Australia

15.04.2025 • News

Optimized production strategy for the US market

Fortec Group is expanding its production strategy to provide European companies with customers in the US with cost-effective and efficient delivery options.

24.03.2025 • News

Edmund Optics relies on renewable energies in Akita and Mainz

This measure reduces indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent through the use of renewable electricity

21.03.2025 • News

Schmersal founds subsidiary in South Korea

Uwe Seeger, Director Asia-Pacific & Middle East at Schmersal, heads the company

03.03.2025 • News

Technotrans invests for expected company growth

Company acquires neighboring property at its headquarters in Sassenberg for the construction of new production and logistics areas.

27.02.2025 • News

International Vision Standards Meeting in spring 2025

Visual standards experts from around the world will meet in Québec, Canada, from April 28 to May 2, 2025, for the Spring Meeting

27.02.2025 • News

Bachmann achieves record sales

The company is making strides in renewable energies and maritime applications

03.02.2025 • News

Quantum Science expands its manufacturing

UK headquartered expert in infrared quantum dot technology, opens its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

07.01.2025 • News

Exail acquires Leukos

High-tech industrial company expands its photonics expertise with the laser know-how from Limoges, France.

02.12.2024 • News

X-Fab and Smart Photonics enable multiterabit transceivers

The companies integrate their silicon photonics platform and InP chiplets using microtransfer printing for heterogeneous integration, enabling new capabilities for datacom and telecom applications.

20.11.2024 • News

Element Six invests in Lightsynq

Leveraging E6’s synthetic diamond technology, the US company develops interconnects to scale quantum computing.

13.11.2024 • News

PI expands electronics manufacturing

Improved ergonomics, higher production capacities, and shorter production cycles at Rosenheim facility.

12.11.2024 • News

Consolidation plans to strengthen Noblelight operations

New owner Excelitas intends to merge four production facilities into one expanded site by 2027.

08.11.2024 • News

Zeiss Microscopy opens Semiconductor Applications Lab

State-of-the-art innovation laboratory in Dresden, Germany, pushes the limits of advanced semiconductor applications.

08.11.2024 • News

Hamamatsu invests in SuperLight Photonics

Venture capital for laser developers to propel photonic innovation and global growth

08.11.2024 • News

NEO expands to Europe with new office in Berlin

Andreas Eisele and Maximilian Brell hail hyperspectral imaging customers from the German capital

23.10.2024 • News

Edevis celebrates its 20th anniversary

Far-reaching commitment to nondestructive testing – enhanced defect visualization at its best.

20.09.2024 • News

AMS Osram opens new design center in Valencia

New building marks a significant milestone in the trajectory of the company to lead innovation in medical imaging technology on a global scale.

19.08.2024 • News

Sick and Endress+Hauser enter into strategic partnership

Both companies sign a contract to jointly advance the decarbonization of the process industry

24.07.2024 • News

Optosurf becomes part of the Mahr Group

The global provider of dimensional metrology solutions Mahr today announced the acquisition of OptoSurf GmbH

18.07.2024 • News

EssilorLuxottica acquires majority stake in Heidelberg Engineering

Eyewear and eyecare group continues to make moves in the med-tech space, creates growth opportunities for OCT company.

15.07.2024 • News

Lasers with artificial intelligence

Trumpf and Sima-AI agree on strategic partnership.

11.07.2024 • News

Approaching Shannon’s Limit: KDPOF becomes KD

The opening of the new prototyping laboratory and assembly and test plant in Tres Cantos, Madrid, was accompanied by a rebranding.

02.07.2024 • News

Maxphotonics opens Business, Service & Innovation Center Europe

Hub near Munich offers customized tests for special welding processes and materials, faster delivery of spare parts thanks to on-site warehouse and logistics.