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TUV Rheinland of North America: Excellence Centers for product testing
TUV Rheinland of North America, a leader in testing, inspection and certification, announced the expansion of its Excellence Center Program in the United States to support Product Testing. “Under One Roof” is being... -
FRAMOS Joins NVIDIA Partner Network: Advancing Edge AI-enabled applications
FRAMOS announced it has joined the NVIDIA Partner Network as a Preferred Service Delivery Partner. This collaboration will allow FRAMOS to offer camera solutions to customers using the NVIDIA Jetson Edge AI platform to... -
Automotive Lighting Market to Grow 5.3% through 2025
According to the new market research report "Automotive Lighting Market for ICE & EV by Technology (Halogen, LED, Xenon/HID), Position & Application (Head, Side, Tail, Fog, DRL, CHMSL, Dashboard, Glovebox,... -
VISION Will Not Take Place This Year
Messe Stuttgart has been involved in intensive talks with the exhibitors of VISION in recent weeks. "In the discussions held it became apparent that VISION cannot be held this year with the usual quality, particularly due... -
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...
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Spotlight on VIGO System: Specialist in MOCVD-based IR detectors
In this article, Jose Pozo, EPIC’s CTO talks to Adam Piotrowski, CEO of VIGO System, a world leader in the design and manufacture of electronic subassemblies for HgCdTe, IR photon detectors and mechanical accessories. Early career As the son... -
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...
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FISBA Names Guido Bonati CTO and Head of Research & Development
Guido Bonati has been the new CTO and Head of R&D at FISBA in St.Gallen (Switzerland) since the start of July. In this position, together with his team, he is responsible for decisions in the quotations, product development and technical... -
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...
