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Smart Photonics Secures Investment from Dutch Consortium
SMART Photonics iannounced a €35M Series C investment from a Dutch consortium led by Innovation Industries. The company, founded in 2012, will use the funds to expand its capacity for wafer manufacturing at the High Tech... -
Sheaumann Laser Moving to State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility
Sheaumann Laser Inc, a U.S. manufacturer of semiconductor lasers, announced that its ownership has purchased a 57,800 square foot building located at 5 Federal Street in Billerica, Massachusetts (US). The facility will be... -
Jenoptik Acquires Trioptics, Strengthening Light & Optics Division
Jenoptik announced that it is acquiring 100% of the shares in TRIOPTICS GmbH. The enterprise value equates a combined 2021e EV/EBITDA multiple of 10.4. Both parties to the contract have agreed not to disclose details of the... -
Meyer Burger Sees Opportunity in Manufacturing Solar Cells and Modules
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd aims to transform itself from a supplier of production equipment to a technologically leading manufacturer of solar cells and modules. Capital increase targeting gross proceeds of CHF 165 million... -
Aircraft Lighting Market to Grow Nearly 6% through 2030
According to the new market research report "Aircraft Lighting Market by Aircraft Type (Commercial, Military, Business Jets & General Aviation, Helicopters), Light Source (LED, Fluorescent), Light Type (Interior... -
Lumentum to Exhibit Latest Advanced Solutions and Technologies
Lumentum Holdings Inc. today announced it will showcase its wide-ranging portfolio of innovative solutions and technologies for commercial lasers and 3D sensing markets at LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA 2020... -
Emerging Photovoltaics: Materials opportunity in new $38 billion market
The new IDTechEx report, "Materials Opportunities in Emerging Photovoltaics 2020-2040," is based on interviews by multi-lingual, PhD level IDTechEx analysts across the world and 20 years tracking the research and...
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Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Oliver Prochnow, VALO Innovations
In this interviews, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talks to Oliver Prochnow, CEO of VALO Innovations, a leader in the development and manufacture of unique ultra-fast, sub 50 fs, fibre laser systems. Early research After studying Physics at the... -
Insights from European CEOs: Caspar Clark of Helia Photonics
In this article, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talks to Caspar Clark, CEO of Helia Photonics, a leader in coatings for semiconductor devices, optical fibre ends and free space optical components. Early career After graduating with a BSc Physics... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Florian Emaury, Menhir Photonics
In this interview, Jose Pozo, EPICs CTO, talks to Florian Emaury, co-founder and CEO of Menhir Photonics AG, a Swiss company developing unique ultrafast lasers and photonics solutions. Early career After completing a BSc in Physics &... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Sam Rubin of LightPath Technologies
In this article, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talks to Sam Rubin, CEO of LightPath Technologies, a vertically integrated global manufacturer of proprietary optical and infrared components. Sam’s life has always revolved around optics. His... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Itai Vishnia, CEO of PLX
In this interview, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO talks to Itai Vishnia, CEO of PLX Inc., a leader in monolithic optics for the defence, aerospace, and commercial industries. PLX’s proprietary Monolithic Optical Structure Technology... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Aerotech CEO, Mark Botos
In this article, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talks to Mark Botos, President and CEO of Aerotech, a US company engaged in the design and manufacture of high-performance motion control and positioning systems for customers worldwide. Early days... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews MD of ASM Amicra Microtechnologies
In this article, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO talks to Dr. Johann Weinhaendler, Managing Director of ASM AMICRA Microtechnologies, a leading global supplier of ultra-high precision die attach equipment for the opto-electronics and silicon photonics...
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Vieworks Appoints Keith Russell New VP of Sales for America
Vieworks announced that Keith Russell has joined Vieworks as Vice President of Sales for Americas as of May 1st 2020. His job responsibilities will include sales and marketing activities in North America. Keith will help us... -
2020 EPIC CEO Award Goes to Hans van den Vlekkert, LioniX
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) announced that its 2020 EPIC Industry award winner for the best CEO goes to Hans van den Vlekkert. In the course of nearly 20 years, Hans has founded a series of successful photonics-related... -
DARPA Recognizes UMass Professor Hava Siegelmann for Major Advances in AI
Circumnavigating COVID-19 restrictions, nearly 100 colleagues recently joined an online celebration to honor DARPA Program Director, Professor Hava T. Siegelmann, on loan from the University of Massachusetts, College of Information and... -
Innovations in Optics Hires a Customer Success Engineer
Innovations in Optics, Inc. (IOI) is pleased to announce the addition of Karen Allardyce as Customer Success Engineer. Karen will report directly to the VP of Business Development, Kevin Carr. Karen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in... -
AIM Photonics Appoints Michael Cumbo CEO for Manufacturing Institute
NY CREATES (New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering and Science) announce the appointment of Dr. Michael J. Cumbo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics... -
Sean Shaheen Appointed Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Photonics for Energy
On 1 July, Sean Shaheen, associate professor of optics, nanostructures, and bioengineering in the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, will become the new editor-in-chief of... -
Bob Krysiak Joins GT Advanced Technologies Board of Directors
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Bob Krysiak to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Krysiak has more than 30 years of experience at STMicroelectronics (ST), a major semiconductor company and a leading...
