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TrendForce Analysis of COVID-19 Impact on Global High-Tech Industry
The following analysis shows TrendForce investigations of key component and other downstream technology industries, under the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the latest data as of February 14, 2020. Semiconductors Compared... -
SA Photonics Delivers First PilotVision Augmented Reality Display
SA Photonics, a designer and manufacturer of augmented reality (AR) head mounted displays, is pleased to announce the first commercial sale of its PilotVision AR display. The headset-mounted system, designed for commercial... -
Continuing Professional Development Service from Lighting Industry Association
The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) have launched a lighting specific Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Recognition service. The CPD for training and seminars has always been important to the lighting industry, but... -
Palomar Technologies Expands Manufacturing and Facilities
Palomar Technologies, a specialist in total process solutions for advanced photonics and microelectronic device packaging announced that to meet growing customer demand for its solutions around the world, it has moved to a new... -
New Design Challenge: The OFC Hackathon Device Challenge
At Photonics West last week in San Francisco, Califormia (US) Lumerical announced the culmination of their inaugural Photonic Inverse Design Challenge and the immediate start of their next design competition. Throughout the... -
Prisma Photonics Wins Prism Award in Energy Category
Prisma Photonics, a provider of smart monitoring solutions for physical infrastructures, that its next-generation, sensor-free grid monitoring platform was recognized by the 12th annual Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation... -
Vision China Postponed Due to Coronavirus
The organizers of Vision China announced that the trade show has been postponed. The Shanghai government initiated a first-level response, due to the fierce outbreak of the coronavirus. Show organizers are following the Shanghai...
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Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews CEO of SUSS MicroOptics
In this interview, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO talks to Reinhard Völkel, CEO of SUSS MicroOptics a Swiss producer of high-quality refractive and diffractive micro-optics for fibre coupling, collimation and beam homogenizing. Early career In... -
Trends in the Photonics Industry
Last week at Photonics West, the conference rooms and exhibit halls were busy as usual, despite the coronavirus threat. However, many, many Chinese companies were not present. Lumentum had its booth in place, but a sign indicated that it... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews CEO of Eksma Optics
In this interview, Jose Pozo, EPIC´s CTO, talks to Dainius Tumosa, CEO of Eksma Optics, a global supplier of precision optical components and optical systems for high power laser applications. Early career After graduating with a... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews CEO of Class 5 Photonics
Class 5 Photonics offers the most powerful femtosecond lasers on the market, pushing lasers to extreme wavelengths at extreme average power. The company positions itself as experts in ultrafast with 10 years of experience in high power lasers,... -
Top Ten Most-Read Novus Light Articles in 2019
With so many different technologies making up the photonics or light technologies industry, it’s not possible to be an expert on all of them. That’s why, each year Novus Light’s feature articles provide an in-depth look at all the... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Founder and CEO of Asphericon
In 1999, Sven Kiontke graduated from Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (Germany) with a degree in computer sciences and an interested in software design for the correction polishing of aspheres. Aspheres are made by modifying the contour of a... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews CEO of Optoman
In this interview, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talks to Remigijus Šliupas, co-founder and CEO of Optoman, a company specialising in the development, design and manufacture of thin film coatings and laser optics Early career With a love of...
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MVTec Fills New Positions with Mario Bohnacker and Christian Eckstein
MVTec Software GmbH, the leading international provider of machine vision software, has filled two leading positions. In his capacity as the new Technical Product Manager, Mario Bohnacker has been responsible for the technical enhancement... -
Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders Elected as Fellow of SPIE
One of our TOPTICA founders, Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders was recognized during this year’s BiOS/Photonics West 2020 for his contributions to the laser world and the company’s community engagement with the SPIE Fellow award. David Andrews,... -
Daniel J. Blumenthal Named 2020 C.E.K. Mees Medal Recipient
The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to name Daniel J. Blumenthal, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA, the 2020 C.E.K. Mees Medal recipient. Blumenthal is honored for innovation in ultra-low loss photonic integrated... -
Velodyne Lidar Appoints Mathew Rekow New CTO
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced Mathew Rekow as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Rekow assumes the CTO role following Anand Gopalan, who was recently named Velodyne’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As CTO, Rekow leads... -
PI Appoints Dave Rego President of North American Operations
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a worldwide specialist and solution provider in motion control and precision automation systems, announces Dave Rego as the new President of PI’s North American Operations. Rego has been with PI for 19 years,... -
Synopsys Engineer Dr. John R. Rogers Recipient of SPIE Award
Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Dr. John R. Rogers, principal engineer of imaging optics in the Optical Solutions Group at Synopsys, has been named the 2020 recipient of the -
NVIDIA: Keynote Speaker for 2020 UKIVA machine vision conference
UKIVA announced that the Keynote address at the 2020 UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will be given by Richard Love from NVIDIA. Richard is EMEA Marketing Manager for the NVIDIA's Jetson Embedded Processor Family. The Keynote...
