At EUR 164.6 million, incoming orders in the Indus Engineering segment remained at a high level in the first quarter of 2026, albeit slightly below the previous year (EUR 171.2 million).
The company has completed a pre-A funding round, led by Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Gardens, supplemented by other business angels
Michael Fischer will speak on the topic of "Smart Factory 5.0 - From Digital Twin to Real Twin".
The trade fair (September 14-19, 2026) brings together around 86,000 visitors, 1,800 exhibitors and ten technology sectors.
3sae presented the Octapod microrobot for the alignment of silicon photonics components at Photonics West 2026.
The company has been represented on the Polish market with its own site since 2000 and supports customers from industry, science and research with optoelectronic solutions.
Indesmatech specializes in semiconductor manufacturer representation, design-in support, consulting and online sourcing.
The company is selling it to the US semiconductor manufacturer Indie Semiconductor for a total of EUR 40 million.
Stephan Volgmann will take over this role on the Group Management Board from May 15, 2026.
The company reports sales of EUR 796 million and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 16.5% for the first quarter of 2026.
Blockwise is designed as a toolbox for automated microscopy and primarily addresses applications in electron microscopy, for example in the semiconductor industry.
The international standardization community for image processing drew a positive balance after the IVSM Spring Meeting in Prague.
Modern production requires precise, fast, and fully automated inspection processes. The robot-assisted inline measurement system Flexscan meets this requirement with two 3D compact sensors
According to the VDMA Machine Vision department, sales are expected to increase by around 3%, following a decline of 2% in 2025.
Since April 1, 2026, Curtis has been responsible for the company's global technical strategy while retaining leadership of Vision Technology Partnerships, Vision Optics and Vision TriTeq.
Extech, a brand of Teledyne Flir, has launched an independent website on which the complete range of measuring and test equipment is centrally available.
The company closed the 2025 financial year with global sales of EUR 1.24 billion, which corresponds to an increase of 6% compared to 2024.
The company will remain with its team, management and location.
On April 22 and 23, 2026, experts from industry and research will meet for a two-day, technically focused exchange
Through this cooperation, Laser 2000 is expanding its portfolio in the areas of machine vision, metrology and smart sensor technologies.
The aim of the cooperation is to provide end-to-end computer vision solutions.
With the integration, the company is contributing its experience to the development of a European Polyworks organization.
The two companies aim to provide a fully integrated, standards-compliant GigE Vision 3.0 transmitter-to-receiver pipeline.
In the 2025 financial year, the export-oriented Engineering segment of Indus Holding generated sales of EUR 583 million, slightly below the previous year (EUR 596.7 million).
At Embedded World 2026, Macnica presented edge AI solutions based on the Ambarella N1 platform together with its partners ienso and Hellbender.
The cash and debt-free transaction value amounts to EUR 114 million.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS is expanding its range of analyses for monitoring wafer contamination
Since the end of January, spectrometers, spectroradiometers, radiometers, photometers, luxmeters and UV measuring devices have been recalibrated at the Herrsching site for customers throughout Europe.
An engineering office founded in 1990 has developed into a globally active provider with more than 240 employees in the sensor and infrared measurement technology divisions.
Balluff has developed the most compact cooled SWIR camera in the world. The sensor is cooled by a Peltier element, and the generated heat is transferred directly to the housing.
AI-based matching process for object-based recognition without prior training.
QM‑Fit is a compact, intuitively operated vision measuring system that uses automatic part and geometry recognition to begin measurements immediately after the workpiece is placed.
The 100GigE cameras in Emergent’s Zenith Series are pushing to higher resolutions and framerates using back-illuminated Sony sensors.
Midopt Silwir is a series of high-performance protective windows for thermal imaging systems in the long-wave infrared range (LWIR, 8–12 µm).
The Nion 3D time-of-flight camera combines high spatial resolution with precise depth perception for detailed 3D data, even with fast movements or in difficult environments.
