New managing director for Trumpf Photonic Components
Dr Thomas Harrer will be the new head of the Trumpf subsidiary in Ulm, Germany, effective December 1, 2023.
personnel
Zebra Technologies appoints new CRO
Zebra Technologies has named Richard Hudson as its new Chief Revenue Officer
Excelitas appoints new CEO and CFO
New leadership for the 7,500-person worldwide enterprise include Ron Keating and Ben Stas.
Ewit Roos leaves PhotonDelta
Consortium CEO becomes a general partner in the deep-tech venture capital firm PhotonVentures effective January 1, 2024.
Shimura Masayuki joins Quantum Science
The new commercialization director will oversee the company’s activities to drive further growth for its quantum dot materials.
Quix Quantum completes its C-suite executives
Kathy Willing is appointed the new chief financial officer.
Bernhard Ohnesorge is the new Spectaris chairman
Mirjam Rösch becomes his deputy, Amily Guo now heads the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein regional group.
New CEO for the Diamond Light Source
Professor Gianluigi Botton has been appointed as the new chief executive officer for the UK’s national synchrotron.
Mark Sobey retires from Coherent
Head of the laser department left the corporation on September 1, 2023.
Laserlab-Europe AISBL elects new Executive Director
John Collier of CLF succeeds Jens Biegert of ICFO who has headed the organization since 2021.
Edmund Optics appointed new Chief Financial Officer
Edmund Optics appoints Linda Fonner as chief financial officer.
Epolin welcomes Konstantyn Ziabrev
Organic chemist joins manufacturer of NIR absorbing dyes and thermoplastic compounds as R&D director.
Conextivity: Peter Fischer hands over to Sabrina Brossard
Generational transition just a few months before the family group celebrates 70th anniversary
Hima introduces new General Manager for America
Jerry Duque has been General Manager of Hima's North American operations since July 2023.
Schmersal introduces new sales manager for Germany
Jörg Kraus is the new Head of Sales Germany at the Schmersal Group. With immediate effect, he will be responsible, among other things, for the further development and implementation of the sales strategy and the optimization of sales processes.
Vision Engineering: Sam Crossley takes over operational management
On July 1, 2023, Sam Crossley took over as managing director of Vision Engineering. As CEO, the previous company leader Mark Curtis will focus on the strategic direction.
Christopher Dorman to head Coherent’s lasers business
Expert in laser technology appointed executive vice president.
Coherent appoints Young-Kai Chen as Deputy CTO
The global player in materials, networking, and laser technology, appointed Dr “YK” Chen as deputy chief technology officer (DCTO) of Coherent, reporting to CTO Dr Julie Sheridan Eng.
Edmund Optics Appoints New Sales Director
Edmund Optics has appointed Alexis Liagre as Sales Director EMEA
EVK introduces new channel partner for Taiwan and China
EVK and Brisort, a Taiwanese solution provider for sorting applications, have entered into a distribution partner agreement for Taiwan and China.
Fisba expands its presence in Asia
Dynotech Instruments, now representing the St Gallen optics company, is a distributor for the world's leading manufacturers and specializes in the laser, photonics, and semiconductor industries.
Trumpf Photonic Components with new Managing Director
Dr Thomas Dobbertin succeeds Dr Berthold Schmidt, who becomes chief technology officer and member of the managing board of the Trumpf group.
Humboldt Professorship awarded to F. Ömer Ilday
Expert for ultrafast laser technology establishes a materials science research center at Ruhr University, Germany.
AMA elects new board
The general assembly of the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement Technology (AMA) has elected its board for the next two years as scheduled.
Markus Clement is new CEO of EMAG
Previous CEO of EMAG China and an employee for 24 years now heads the group.
New board of directors
Elections at the VDMA Working Group Laser and Laser Systems for Material Processing.
Contract extension ahead of time
Supervisory board affirms Volker Blank and Kolja Haberland as Laytec’s managing board.
III-V Epi CTO new professor of photonics at Aston University
Richard Hogg assumes non-teaching position at Aston Institute of Photonics Technology, CTO role with III-V Epi will be unchanged.
Lars Mechold elected chair of CEN/TC 123
European standards committee lasers and photonics to be headed by the Laser Components CTO.
AT - Automation Technology opens office in Boston
With the new branch in the USA, AT wants to expand its network in the USA and strengthen sales and support for its customers locally.
Overcoming the fundamental dispersion limit of optical interference
Alexander von Humboldt Professor Malte Gather at the University of Cologne receives 2.5 million euros funding from the European Research Council (ERC) over five years.
Change of baton at the IFSW
Christian Hagenlocher succeeds retiring Rudolf Weber as department head.
Hema introduces new development manager
Hema Electronic strengthens its team: Since the beginning of the year, Dr. Tony Albrecht responsible for hardware and software development
Change in the Management Board of Instrument Systems
Yasumasa Kuboyama takes over the position of Managing Director at Instrument Systems from Tsutomu Ogasawara and, together with Dr. Markus Ehbrecht, forms the new management team of the measurement technology manufacturer.
SPIE
EO Technics Co., Ltd.
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
Endress + Hauser AG
Edmund Optics Inc.
HGH Systems Infrarouges
PhotonicNet GmbH
JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC
PhotonVentures
Zebra Technologies (Headquarters)
Eckelmann AG
Hochschule Aalen – Technik und Wirtschaft
OptecNet Deutschland e.V.
Chr. Mayr GmbH + Co.KG
Pixargus GmbH
Quantum Science Ltd
Bte Bedampfungstechnik GmbH
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Schneider Electric GmbH
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Fraunhofer Institut für Photonische Mikrosysteme IPMS
Buehler / ITW Test & Measurement GmbH
AT - Automation Technology GmbH
Mahr GmbH
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Ximea GmbH
LASEA S.A.
Andritz AG
iC-Haus GmbH
Carl Zeiss IMT GmbH
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University
Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems – ASAM e.V.
Quantel USA
PhotonFirst International B.V.
MVTec Software GmbH
PowerPhotonic Ltd.
Eaton Technologies GmbH
SaxonQ GmbH
Active Silicon Ltd.
Captron Electronic GmbH
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Yaskawa Europa GmbH
Menlo Systems GmbH
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
Framos GmbH
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
HIMA Hildebrandt GmbH & Co. KG
Optica
Ziehl-Abegg SE