Zebra Technologies acquires stake in Apera AI
The aim is to enable robots in dynamic, unstructured production environments to recognize, analyze and handle objects in real time.
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Advanced Vision & AI Conference seeks presentations on machine vision
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) is now accepting presentation submissions for the Advanced Vision & AI Conference, which will take place on September 23 and 24, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.
Hummel strengthens global sales network for connection technology
The company is realigning its Global Account & Industry Management division.
High order backlog and selective acquisitions in the first quarter
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).
Optatec 2026 comes to a successful end
265 exhibitors from 25 countries presented solutions for the technical use of light.
Habia with a new management team
Axel Barnekow Widmark has taken over the position of CEO.
Fotonation develops energy-efficient perception AI chip
The company has completed a pre-A funding round, led by Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Gardens, supplemented by other business angels
EMVA Business Conference: Another speaker introduced
Michael Fischer will speak on the topic of "Smart Factory 5.0 - From Digital Twin to Real Twin".
IMTS 2026 shows ways to increase productivity in manufacturing
The trade fair (September 14-19, 2026) brings together around 86,000 visitors, 1,800 exhibitors and ten technology sectors.
Scalable alignment solution for silicon photonics
3sae presented the Octapod microrobot for the alignment of silicon photonics components at Photonics West 2026.
25 years of Hamamatsu Photonics in Poland
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.
Macnica ATD Europe takes over Indesmatech
Indesmatech specializes in semiconductor manufacturer representation, design-in support, consulting and online sourcing.
Ams Osram sells its CMOS image sensor business
The company is selling it to the US semiconductor manufacturer Indie Semiconductor for a total of EUR 40 million.
Ifm restructures technical management: Dr. Volker Frey becomes CTO
The long-standing CTO Benno Kathan has retired after around 35 years with the company.
Phoenix Contact establishes Chief Sales Officer in the Group Management Board
Stephan Volgmann will take over this role on the Group Management Board from May 15, 2026.
ams Osram strengthens Digital Photonics business and addresses AI data centers
The company reports sales of EUR 796 million and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 16.5% for the first quarter of 2026.
World of Quantum becomes the world's leading trade fair for quantum technologies
With 160 exhibitors from 16 countries and over 24,200 trade visitors (2025), the event is currently the largest trade fair for quantum technologies
Zeiss Blockwise integrates Halcon for automated microscopy
Blockwise is designed as a toolbox for automated microscopy and primarily addresses applications in electron microscopy, for example in the semiconductor industry.
Results of the IVSM Spring Meeting in Prague presented
The international standardization community for image processing drew a positive balance after the IVSM Spring Meeting in Prague.
European machine vision expects slight recovery and growth in 2026
According to the VDMA Machine Vision department, sales are expected to increase by around 3%, following a decline of 2% in 2025.
Epic CEO Award 2026 for head of light conversion
The European Photonics Industry Consortium (Epic) has honored Martynas Barkauskas with the Epic CEO Award 2026.
EPIC Sustainability Award 2026 for Jenoptik
The organization thus recognizes sustainability as a central component of its corporate strategy.
Digikey expands its product range
387,000 new components were added to the range in the first quarter of 2026.
Sick increases sales in 2025
In the 2025 financial year, the company increased its turnover to 1.85 billion euros, an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous year.
Edge-to-Cloud platform for the industry from Hilscher
The company is cooperating with Schwarz Digits on a European edge-to-cloud platform for industrial applications.
Peak Metrology and Jumavis combine sales expertise
The two companies have agreed an exclusive sales partnership for positioning platforms in 3D measurement technology.
Zwickroell strengthens qualification with new training center in Ulm
The three-storey building with around 2,100 square meters of floor space houses mechanical and electrical training workshops, materials testing training and international training for sales and service.
Mitsubishi Electric appoints Mario Poltronieri as President of the German subsidiary
He succeeds Andreas Wagner, who took over the management of the Italian branch at the same time.
Vision Engineering appoints Harry Curtis as Technical Director
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 bundles measuring device portfolio on new website
Extech, a brand of Teledyne Flir, has launched an independent website on which the complete range of measuring and test equipment is centrally available.
Industrial AI and defense electronics: ZVEI sees growth opportunities and need for action
According to a ZVEI member survey, almost half of companies use AI applications productively.
BPA-free plain bearing material for food processing machinery
Igus has developed the lubrication-free high-performance plastic Iglidur A351.
Schaeffler strengthens humanoid robotics with Hexagon Robotics and VinDynamics
Schaeffler is expanding its involvement in humanoid robotics with two strategic partnerships.
Sieb & Meyer expands production capacities for control and drive electronics in Lüneburg
The company is responding to the continuing high capacity utilization by expanding its production space in Lüneburg by a total of 1,800 m².
Ethercat passes the 100 million mark
With 105.2 million installed nodes, Ethercat has further expanded its leading role among industrial real-time Ethernet systems.
