Hema expands company management
Hema expands the management: Dr. Wolfram Kleuver is now supporting the longstanding managing director Steffen Walter.
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Luna Innovations acquires Lios Sensing
NKT Photonics has divested its Lios Sensing business to the American company Luna Innovations for a total consideration of 20 million euros.
“The art of making lenses”
Founded by Wilhelm Loh in 1922 in Wetzlar, Germany, Satisloh is a global provider in ophthalmic and precision optics manufacturing machines. The organization has played a key role in bringing innovations and technologies to both markets during the past one hundred years.
TKH Group: Significant organic growth in sales and earnings
Alexander van der Lof, CEO of the technology company TKH, is more than satisfied with the development of his company. Total sales increased by 30.7 percent to a total of €797.9 million in the second half of 2021, sales of smart vision systems by 9.4% to €429.8 million.
Lasea receives €10M investment from private equity fund
The Liège-based specialist in precision laser solutions for industry Lasea has received a 10 million euro financial injection from the M80 PE fund, with the support of Noshaq and SRIW.
30 years of Nabtesco Precision Europe, 30 years of cycloidal gears
In 2022, the cycloidal gear specialist Nabtesco Precision Europe GmbH is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Today, the Düsseldorf-based company is considered a strong automation partner for robotics and mechanical engineering.
Belden acquires Netmodule
Belden has taken over Netmodule AG and its employees. According to a company spokesman, Netmodule will be integrated into Belden's Industrial Automation division and is intended to expand competencies in the field of wireless technology.
Congatec and S.I.E. enter into a strategic value-added partnership
Congatec and System Industrie Electronic (S.I.E) enter into a strategic value-added partnership. The focus is on solution platforms for regulated industries such as healthcare and medical technology that require MDR-certified medical computers, and systems for critical infrastructure that require cybersecurity certification from federal agencies such as the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
Chairman of the European Executive Forum for Advanced Manufacturing introduced
The new Executive Forum for Advanced Manufacturing, EFAM, has a chair: Dr. Matthias Bölke, Vice President Strategy Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric, is taking over the leadership of the forum set up by the European industry association Orgalim with immediate effect.
Escha and Duotec take over production in Hungary
Escha and Duotec take over production capacities in Central Europe. To this end, the companies will jointly acquire 49 percent of the shares in SVI Hungary Kft., in Ajka (West Hungary) from the SVI Group.
Trumpf acquires a majority stake in fiber-laser specialists AFS
Active Fiber Systems and Trumpf target synergy effects in research and to further expand their companies' market shares. Trumpf plans to retain and expand the location in Jena, Germany, and the independence of the research-oriented company even after the takeover as majority stakeholder.
Zygo broadens European presence by opening office in Italy
Optical metrology and optical component manufacturer Zygo Corporation – a business unit of Ametek, Inc. – has established a new office in Italy, building upon its extensive network of offices and partnerships throughout Europe.
nLight acquires process monitoring expert Plasmo
The acquisition expands nLight’s industrial solutions into automated quality assurance products and adds additional scale in Europe.
Sigmatek receives new management
Two of Sigmatek's four managing directors are retiring from active company management. The Salzburg company is now managed by Marianne Kusejko and Alexander Melkus.
Keysight and Samsung want to work together on 6G
Keysight Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Research to advance research and development in 6G technology.
New Sales Manager Drive Technology at Ziehl-Abegg
Oliver Vahsen is now in charge of sales in the drive technology division at Ziehl-Abegg. The graduate engineer has more than ten years of sales experience at the Künzelsau engine builder.
Lapp closes financial year with strong growth
The company's turnover increased by 26.1 percent to 1,423 million euros. The number of employees worldwide increased by 7.2 percent to 4,586 employees and earnings before taxes (EBT) even improved by 177 percent to 82 million euros.
Schmersal: New managing director appointed for subsidiary in Bangkok
Passara Hongwisat is the name of the new managing director of Schmersal Thailand based in Bangkok. Born in Thailand, she has 18 years of professional experience in sales and channel management for IT and industrial products and worked in the automation industry for five years.
Thomas Berger becomes CEO at Harmonic Drive
Berger will take over the position of CEO of Harmonic Drive SE from the beginning of March. He is the successor to Norimitsu Ito, who has been on the board of Harmonic Drive SE since 2017.
Siemens joins the EDA Alliance program
Siemens Digital Industries Software is a founding member of the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator EDA Alliance. This is a program to build an ecosystem for the design and manufacture of System-on-Chips (SoCs) manufactured by IFS.
Schulz-Electronic with new investor and managing director
The previous managing director and shareholder Hubert Maier hands over the management to Stefan Dehn.
HMS builds European distribution center at Karlsruhe
HMS Networks is significantly expanding its Karlsruhe location. For this reason, the provider of industrial information and communication technology (ICT) is having a new European distribution center built, vis-à-vis the Karlsruhe Technology Park.
Statmath becomes 100 percent subsidiary of IFM Solutions
Statmath GmbH has already been part of the IFM group since January 01, 2019. Now, the majority shareholding by IFM Solutions GmbH will become a 100 percent shareholding.
Kuka signs major contract with Ford Otosan
Kuka and Ford Otosan in Turkey have signed a new framework agreement to supply more than 700 robots for Ford's next-generation electric and connected commercial vehicle projects at Ford's Kocaeli plants. The contract continues the partnership between the two companies that has lasted for more than 20 years.
The Schaeffler Group takes over Melior Motion
The automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Melior Motion GmbH. With the acquisition of the supplier of precision gears for robotics, the Schaeffler Group is expanding the portfolio in the field of robotics in its Industrial division.
Nuburu secures fresh funding, appoints COO, VP global sales
The provider of high power and high brightness industrial blue lasers has raised additional growth capital at a valuation of approximately 350 million dollars. The company has also brought on experienced technology executive, Brian Faircloth, as chief operating officer, and promoted Andrew Dodd to vice president of global sales to boost commercialization efforts for its revolutionary industrial blue laser technology.
Lenze once again honored as a good employer
For the 17th time in a row, the independent Top Employers Institute from Amsterdam has awarded Lenze the best employer in Germany as part of an extensive certification process. The automation company based in Hamelin feels that the certificate confirms that it can offer its employees good working conditions.
Schneider Electric places in four sustainability ratings for companies
Schneider Electric scores well in the area of environment, social affairs and corporate governance (ESG or Environmental Social Governance). This emerges from the 2021 ratings, which were awarded by independent and renowned experts for corporate sustainability.
Leoni sells fiber optics and plasma units to Weinert Industries
The international automotive supplier is selling its subsidiaries Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH, Leoni Fiber Optics Inc., and J-Plasma GmbH to a consortium of buyers to pursue its focus in the automotive and commercial vehicle industries.
Avnet Embedded opens new design center
Avnet Embedded has opened a new design center in Deggendorf. The aim of the company is to further strengthen and expand the design competence of standardized and customer-specific embedded products.
EVG takes over sales in Northern Germany for Binder
EVG has also taken over the northern German sales area (zip code area 20-28) for Binder. In this way, the already existing successful partnership between the two companies will be further expanded.
Ametek Surface Vision and Sensory Analytics form Strategic Alliance
The partnership provides benefits to global coil coating, converting, and packaging leaders who are processing flat-profile products. The benefits include a combination of best-in-class solutions for in-process thickness measurement as well as surface detection and classification.
Materialise exercises option to buy Link3D
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year, Materialise acquires 100 % of the Link3D equity interests for 33.5 million US dollars.
Femtoprint is going ‘Photonics’
As of February 1st, 2022, under the management of Dr Rolando Ferrini, a new business unit will pursue the company’s growth in photonics and specifically micro-optics.
3D-printing miniaturized optics on glass fibers
Scientists working on the BW Foundation project Hyazinth have developed a special 3D method that allows complex micro-optics, including apertures or other components, to be printed in a single step. This 3D microfabrication technology can be used to manufacture microendoscopes, for example.
Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) GmbH+Co. KG
Siemens AG
LEUKOS
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Vision Engineering Central Europe
Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH
Sick AG
Schneider Electric GmbH
TKH Group NV
Sill Optics GmbH
Xenics
Schaeffler Technologies
wenglor sensoric GmbH
Siko GmbH
Trotec Laser Automation GmbH
Palomar Technologies, Inc.
Haag-Streit UK
imec
Rose + Krieger GmbH
Zebra Technologies (Headquarters)
Endress + Hauser AG
Fortec Elektronik AG
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Wasatch Photonics, Inc.
GD Optical Competence GmbH
Trumpf Gruppe
Jenoptik AG
Luna Innovations Incorporated
InfraTec GmbH Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik
TOPTICA Photonics SE
Schott AG
Harting Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Deutsche Messe AG
FEMTOprint SA
Precitec GmbH & Co. KG
Balluff GmbH
LASEA S.A.
4PICO Litho B.V.
Leuze electronic GmbH & Co. KG
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Turck GmbH
Focuslight Technologies Inc.
Evosys North America Corporation
Stöber Antriebstechnik GmbH + Co. KG
Technologie-Lizenz-Büro (TLB) der Baden-Württembergischen Hochschulen GmbH
FSG Fernsteuergeräte Kurt Oelsch GmbH
iba AG
SAB Bröckskes GmbH & Co. KG
OFS Fitel, LLC
HySpex – Norsk Elektro Optikk AS