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Glasstec 2018: Robots safely handle fragile glass
The handling of thin and ultra-thin glass between individual production steps is a real challenge. Alongside profitability, safety also plays a decisive role in a successful manufacturing process. Sensitive handling technology... -
Legrand and Lumileds Accelerate Adoption of Tunable White LED Lighting
Legrand, North & Central America and Lumileds have announced a partnership agreement that will bring to market a simple-to-integrate and easy-to-install plug-and-play solution that delivers high-quality tunable white light.... -
Global X-Ray Detectors Market Forecast to 2024: Rising demand for X-Ray imaging
The report "X-Ray Detectors Market By Product (FPD, CSI, GADOX, CR, CCD), FOV (Large, Medium, Small), Portability (Portable, Fix), System, And Application [Medical (Mammogram, Spine), Dental, Security, Industrial,... -
Optical Measurement Technology: Luna Innovations acquires Micron Optics
Luna Innovations, a provider of advanced fiber optic technology, has acquired Micron Optics, an Atlanta, Georgia (US)-based provider of optical components and laser-based measurement technology. Micron Optics’ sensing and... -
NiPro Optics Provides Advanced Diamond-Turned Optics for Industrial Applications
NiPro Optics, Inc. announces the expansion and upgrade of its Optical Diamond-Turning Center. Located in Southern California, the company offers a full spectrum of precision manufacturing options, including advanced... -
Framos Partners with Rhonda Software to Strengthen Embedded Vision Development
Framos completes its broad imaging portfolio from single sensors to complete embedded vision systems by worldwide partnering with Rhonda Software, one of the primary product development companies for Ambarella- based ISPs, SoCs... -
Stemmer Imaging Acquires Stake in Perception Park
Stemmer Imaging AG has acquired a strategic stake in Perception Park GmbH, based in Graz, Austria. The company is consolidated retroactively from 1 October 2018. Perception Park also operates in the field of machine vision, with...
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Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Zeiss Fellow, Dr. Michael Totzeck
Having worked for several years in optics as both a top academic and a Fellow at Zeiss, Michael argues for greater career switching between academia and industry and provides some pertinent and illuminating insights into different perspectives on... -
3D Imaging Market Trends
3D imaging is a technique to create the illusion of depth in an image. Moreover, it manipulates the 2D data into a three-dimensional format. The recent technological advances and specialized inspection techniques have boosted the growth of the 3D... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews NILT founder and CEO
In this interview, Jose Pozo, Director of Technology and Innovation at EPIC talks to Theodor Nielsen, founder and CEO of NIL Technology ApS (NILT), a company specializing in nanopatterning and nanoimprint lithography. Theodor's rapid rise to... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Raylase CEO Dr. Philipp Schon
Dr. Philipp Schön has a strong technical background much like other CEOs of technology companies in Europe. He finished his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 2002, and in 2006, earned his PhD... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Bright Photonics CEO
Much like the typical European executive running a photonics company, Ronald Broeke has a strong technical background. But aside from having know-how in photonic integrated circuits, Ronald also has a passion for programming and optimizing... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Admesy CEO
Unlike most CEOs of European photonics companies, Steven Goetstouwers is neither an engineer nor does he have a technical background. A native of Belgium, he studied at the University of Hasselt in Belgium and took a degree involving a mix of... -
Insights from European CEOs: EPIC interviews Teera Achariyapaopan, Focuz
After graduating from the University of Florida in 1983, Teera Achariyapaopan joined Bell Communications in New Jersey. He credits his time with Bell as giving him valuable experience that has enabled him to oversee Focuz today. In 1988, Teera...
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Trumpf Announces Passing of Berthold Leibinger, CEO and Chairman
Professor Berthold Leibinger, the former CRO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Trumpf GmbH + Co KG, passed away in Stuttgart on October 17, 2018 following a long illness. He would have been 88 on November 26th of this year. After... -
SciX 2018: Mike Angel, winner of Applied Spectroscopy award
Mike Angel is the 2018 recipient of the Applied Spectroscopy award. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of South Carolina where he has held the Fred M. Weissman Palmetto Chair in Chemical Ecology since 2005 and named a Carolina Trustee... -
Dr. Patrick Pertsch Appointed Managing Director, PI Ceramic GmbH
Dr. Pertsch's appointment as Managing Director was effective October 1, 2018. Dr Pertsch earned his doctorate degree from the Fraunhofer Institute in Jena, is an expert in piezo materials and also studied at Penn State's Materials... -
Dr. Hakan Karlsson Appointed Head of HUBNER Photonics
The management of HÜBNER Group announced that Dr. Håkan Karlsson has been appointed as Head of HÜBNER Photonics as of 1st September 2018. In this new role, Dr Karlsson will lead all the HÜBNER Group’s laser... -
IPO Education Foundation Awards David Hall 2018 Inventor of the Year
Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation has awarded David Hall, chief executive officer and founder of Velodyne LiDAR, as its 2018 Inventor of the Year. Hall created 3D lidar sensor technology that enables advanced vehicle safety and... -
Lumileds Appoints Brian Wilcox as VP Sales and Business Development
Lumileds has appointed Brian Wilcox as regional vice president of sales and business development for illumination in North and South America, effective immediately. Wilcox joins Lumileds from Samsung LED, where he was senior director of LED Sales.... -
Jenoptik Appoints Robin Swain Sr Director of Silicon Valley Application Center
Jenoptik, a provider of high-performance optical systems and healthcare and industry solutions, has announced the appointment of Robin Swain as senior director of the Silicon Valley Application Center, effective immediately. In Swain’s new...
