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Luxinar Welcomes Careers Collaboration on Day of Photonics
Careers Enterprise Co-ordinator and Women into Manufacturing (WiME) representative Kerrie Jaquest visited leading laser manufacturer Luxinar to explore opportunities to promote careers in the laser industry to schoolchildren.... -
October 21: Day of Photonics activities
Day of Photonics, taking place October 21, 2021, is an annual event that promotes “photonics” towards the general public. Companies, research organizations, and organizations involved in photonics reach out to their... -
Jenoptik to Acquire Berliner Glas Medical and SwissOptic
Jenoptik is set to acquire from Berliner Glas GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ASML Holding N.V., a 100% stake in BG Medical Applications GmbH, a supplier of high-precision, custom optical components for the medical... -
TriLite Raises Funds to Enable Augmented Vision for Consumer Eyewear
TriLite, developer of the world's smallest projection display, announced today that it has raised €8 million in a new round of funding, enabling its customers to bring mass market augmented reality eyewear to the... -
Hamamatsu Photonics Changes Tokyo Sales Office Location
Hamamatsu will change the location of its Tokyo Sales Office to the vicinity of Tokyo Station offering stakeholders convenient traffic and commuting benefits. Hamamatsu Photonics will furnish it with a fully-equipped showroom to... -
Flow Cytometry Market to Grow 8% CAGR; $6.3 billion by 2026
According to the new market research report "Flow Cytometry Market by Product (Analyzer, Sorter, Reagents, Consumables, Software), Technology, Application (Research, Clinical - Cancer Diagnostics, Hematology), End... -
Zyter Partners with Juganu to Deliver Digital Smart Lighting and Sensor Platform for Smart Cities
Zyter, Inc., a leading IoT-enablement platform, formed a strategic partnership with Juganu, an Israel-based, smart infrastructure company. Under the terms of the agreement, Zyter will leverage Juganu’s smart lighting...
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Bringing Medical Photonic Devices to Market
A spectroscopy probe developed at imec enabled surgeon Rutger Schols to compose the first live human surgery spectroscopy atlas. Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talked to Fokko Pieter Wieringa, Principal Scientist at imec, Netherlands, and learned... -
Startup Developing Chip-Scale Optical Sensors for Positioning & Navigation
Zero Point Motion is a UK-based start-up developing chip-scale optical sensors for precision positioning & navigation. In this interview, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, talked to CEO Dr Ying Lia Li about her experience building DPSS lasers... -
Pioneer in Nanoprinting Lithography Solutions
Stensborg has been a pioneer for 20 years in nanoimprinting lithography solutions for research institutions and industry. Jose Pozo, EPIC's CTO, interviewed CEO Jan Stensborg about the development of this privately held Danish company, its... -
Ultrafast Swept Lasers and OCT Pioneer
Improving lives through OCT has long been a goal of Thomas Klein, COE of Optores GmbH, a pioneer in ultrafast swept lasers and optical coherence tomography (OCT). This was a fascinating area of research for Thomas, because OCT was broad enough to... -
Developing Silicon Plasmo-Photonic Biochips
Bialoom is a Cyprus based start-up developing silicon plasmo-photonic biochips to enable rapid diagnosis and treatment of severe infections. Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO, interviewed Dimitris Tsiokos, CEO of Bialoom to learn about the development of... -
Swiss Optical Manufacturer Provides Super Polishing and Finishing
WZWOPTICAG is a world-leader in the manufacture of high-end optical components, superpolished parts and assemblies. EPIC's CTO, Jose Pozo, had the opportunity to interview Claudio Meli, CEO, to learn about the development of this highly... -
Femtoprint: Precise 3D printed microdevices in glass
FEMTOprint is a Swiss high-tech company dedicated to contract development and manufacturing of precise 3D printed microdevices in glass. It was founded in 2013 by Nicoletta Casanova after taking a very short sabbatical following the founding of...
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Christine Benz Named Head of TruServices and Smart Services at Trumpf
Christine Benz has been named Head of TruServices and Smart Services at TRUMPF Inc. effective October 1, 2021. In this role, Benz will report to Burke Doar, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TRUMPF Inc. Benz joined TRUMPF Inc. in... -
Heidi-Melanie Maier Trumpf National Service Director for Standard Machines
Heidi-Melanie Maier has been named National Service Director for Standard Machines within the TRUMPF Service Department effective October 1, 2021. In this role, Maier will report to Annette Doyle, Vice President of Technical Service for TRUMPF in... -
Shoichi Teshiba Named New CEO of Macnica ATD Europe
On the occasion of VISION 2021 in Stuttgart, Macnica ATD Europe officially introduced Mr. Shoichi Teshiba as the new CEO of all European Macnica operations. Shoichi Teshiba, who since June 2021 has been leading the former entities Macnica... -
Scholarship Honors Optics Pioneer Angus Macleod
Viavi Solutions Inc. made a $200,000 gift to The University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences to establish the “H. Angus Macleod Scholarship funded by VIAVI Solutions Inc.” VIAVI’s gift honors Dr. H. Angus... -
Vector Photonics CEO, Panelist at Photonex
Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, will be a guest panellist at the ‘Opening up Photonics’ initiative at the SPIE Photonex Exhibition and Conference, held in Glasgow at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) on 29th and 30th September. SPIE... -
Raptor Photonics Adds Two to its Sales Team
Raptor Photonics Ltd, a global manufacturer of digital cameras, welcomes two new members of staff to the sales team. Joe Graham joins the team as Sales Manager. As a key part of Raptor’s growth strategy to expand and pursue new markets, Joe... -
Bose-Einstein Condensation 2021 Award Winners Announced
The BEC Awards ceremony took place during this year’s conference Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) 2021. The winners of the TOPTICA BEC Awards are elected biannually by an independent scientific committee. The TOPTICA Senior and Junior BEC...
