Jochen Trautmann Appointed Managing Director
27.04.2022 - Jochen Trautmann has been Managing Director of Rittal Automation Systems since April 1, 2022.
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Viscom appoints new Head of Central Service
As of May 1, 2022, Viscom will have a new Head of Central Service in Christian Schweizer (40). His predecessor, Henning Obloch, is retiring.
German Eaton sales gets new manager
In addition to managing sales, the graduate engineer will also promote the strategic initiatives of the energy management company in the field of renewable energy generation and distribution.
Annette Rinck appointed President of Leica Microsystems
Leica Microsystems, a leading manufacturer of microscopes and other scientific instruments, has announced the appointment of Dr Annette Rinck as its president, with effect from 1 April 2022.
Automation Technology gets new managing director
The co-founder of camera manufacturer Automation Technology, Michael Wandelt, handed over his duties as CEO to Daniel Seiler, the former CEO of IDS, on March 1, 2022. Among other things, he plans to expand the US business.
Christoph Leyens appointed to Acatech Executive Board
Effective March 25, Prof Leyens became a presidium member of Germany’s National Academy of Science and Engineering. He completes the body in which Reinhard Ploss, CEO Infineon, succeeds former president Karl-Heinz Streibich.
Nuburu names Brian Knaley as CFO
The three-time public company CFO joins Nuburu with deep experience in leading business transformation and optimization of financial processes on a global scale.
UpNano strengthens position at US market
Based on strong interest from the US market and a solid finance position, UpNano, a commercial-stage technology company and expert in 2-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D-printing, announced it will extend operations to the United States, adding Erika Bechtold as vice president of US operations.
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.
PhotonFirst appoints Nick Singh CTO
The Dutch photonics scale-up has appointed Fiji-born, Toulouse-educated, and Bristol-based Nick Singh its chief technology officer to succeed founder and CTO Pim Kat who retired in December.
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.
McElhinney appointed as CEO of PowerPhotonic Inc
PowerPhotonic, a manufacturer of wafer scale micro-optics from Dalgety Bay, Scotland, has appointed Mark McElhinney as CEO of its US subsidiary. His initial focus will be quickly establishing US engineering and manufacturing operations that will directly serve the North American defense market.
Sensopart expands management
Sensopart appointed Marius Westermann as Managing Director Marketing and Sales in October 2021. With his appointment, the management team grows to three members.
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.
Ulrike Helfferich joins EPIC as COO
EPIC strengthens its team by appointing Helfferich as chief operating officer, to supervise daily business operations lead, key initiatives, and implement organization-wide strategies.
Framos adds global chief marketing and sales officer to its management team
Since the beginning of February, Daniel Otto has been Chief Revenue Officer at Framos and thus responsible for all marketing and sales tasks of the machine vision provider worldwide.
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.
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.
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.
IIM hires additional sales manager for wire and cable measurement technology
With immediate effect, Daniel Höring is responsible for the international sales of cable measuring devices of the brand Visiocablepro from IIM. He thus forms the top sales team for this area of the measurement technology manufacturer together with Martin Hruška.
Generation change at Bicker Elektronik
Bicker Elektronik gets a dual leadership: From now on, founder Markus Bicker and his son Tom Bicker manage the business together.
Innovavent expands management
The company’s founder and managing director Hans-Juergen Kahlert transfers duties in 2022.
Aalen University: new president, new professor for optical engineering
A physicist at the university’s highest management position, and an appointment at Zentrum für Optische Technologien (ZOT) and the working group “Computation Optics & Light Matter Interaction“.
EPIC hires photonics technologies program managers
To address the needs of its members, EPIC strengthens its team by recruiting Dr Ivan Nikitski and Dr Jérémy Picot-Clémente to support the technical needs of the growing membership as well as the EU-funded initiatives.
Kiran Ramakrishnan new CEO at Z-Laser
Effective December 20th, 2021, the engineer has assumed the position of CEO at Z-Laser, the German manufacturer of laser sources for innovative customer applications.
GMA has a new chairman
Michael Weyrich has taken over the chairmanship of the VDI/VDE Society for Measurement and Automation Technology (GMA). He succeeds Atilla Bilgic, who was chairman of the GMA from 2018 to 2021.
Lutz Aschke elected new President of Photonics21
Managing director of Mahr Group to represent the European technology platform for photonics for the next years.
3D-Micromac appoints CTO
Hartmut Schubert was appointed by the management board of 3D-Micromac AG to the position of chief technology officer effective January 2022. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic management of the company’s technology division.
Lapp introduces new board member Sales & Marketing
The Supervisory Board of Lapp Holding appointed Dr. Christoph Hiller (56) appointed to the Management Board for Sales & Marketing. He takes over the area of responsibility from Andreas Lapp, CEO of Lapp Holding AG, who had taken over this task on an interim basis.
Change in management at Pfannenberg
Pfannenberg has Dr. Tobias Merl appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Pfannenberg Group. At the beginning of the year, Merl succeeded Andreas Pfannenberg, who has headed the company as managing partner since 1995 and is now moving to the supervisory board.
Milestones for Photonics Finland
Caroline Amiot has started December 1, 2021, as a project manager, she will work closely with Dr Ana Gebejes on the ongoing projects and with Tuukka Pakarinen on the organization of future Photonics Finland events.
3D-Micromac with a change in the management board
The management board of the Chemnitz, Germany, company for laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, medical device and electronics markets, has appointed Marko Gerlach to the role of chief financial officer effective December 1, 2021.
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.
Congatec changes top management
Congatec and Dr. Dirk Haft has announced a new management team as the new CEO and Daniel Jürgens as the new CFO. Gerhard Edi, currently CTO, will also take on the newly created position of CSO (Chief Strategy Officer). Konrad Garhammer, who previously acted as global director engineering, is moving up to the position of CTO.
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
Laserline Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Vertrieb von Diodenlasern mbH
SmarAct GmbH
Epolin, LLC
InnoLas Solutions GmbH
Carl Zeiss IMT GmbH
NKT Photonics A/S
Pixargus GmbH
Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen „Otto von Guericke“ e.V. (AiF)
Umicore Coating Services Ltd
Edmund Optics Inc.
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Lumics GmbH
Chroma Technology Corporation
Ziehl-Abegg SE
acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e.V.
Harmonic Drive AG
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
LASEA S.A.
Sigmatek GmbH & Co. KG
Technische Universität Darmstadt
ABB AG
Fisba Optik AG
AMS Technologies AG
Bia Analytical Ltd
OptiSense GmbH & Co. KG
iC-Haus GmbH
Lynred
Edmund Optics Europe
Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
Sick AG
ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co.KG
B&R Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
ALLTEC Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH – FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving
iiM GmbH
PhotonicNet GmbH
PhotonVentures
Fraunhofer Institut für Photonische Mikrosysteme IPMS
LEONI Kabel GmbH
Conextivity Group SA
PowerPhotonic Ltd.
Photoneo s.r.o.
EGIDE S.A.
Systemtechnik LEBER<GmbH & Co.KG
Atik Cameras Ltd.
Ximea GmbH
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Mahr GmbH