The two measurement technology companies V-Optics and Optocraft will cooperate even more closely in future under the umbrella of Micro-Epsilon. The companies will remain independent.
British manufacturer of coordinate measuring machines, LK Metrology, acquires Procon X-Ray, a German manufacturer of computed tomography (CT) systems.
This time, with two additional categories, “SMEs” and “Artificial Intelligence,” the selection was even larger than usual. But now they have been chosen: the machine vision products of the year 2025.
Collaboration enables high-volume mass production of ultracompact hardware for integration of face authentication into all kinds of consumer electronics.
Cooperation to transform manufacturing efficiency and accelerate the industrialization of new cars.
Patented device measures the optoelectronic properties of semiconductor materials over a broad spectral range.
New approach for the real-time characterization of large or rapidly moving samples.
Coherent has introduced new VCSEL-based devices for consumer electronics, robotics, and autonomous vehicles.
From a total of 20 nominations with just as many exciting innovations, the jury of the inspect award 2023, together with the readers of inspect, selected three winners in each category.
The President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is scheduled to open the Hannover Messe 2024 with her speech.
The industry generated sales growth of seven percent in the first quarter
The DPG Technology Transfer Prize was awarded to the Center for Applied Photonics at the University of Konstanz and Toptica at the 4th WTT Forum Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Dialog.
The Fraunhofer Vision Business Unit will be exhibiting numerous measuring and inspection systems for camera-based quality assurance in production at Control 2023.
With the new edition of Guideline VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632 Part 1 published in January 2023, the terminology described therein has been updated.
The application phase for the inspect award 2023 has begun. All machine vision companies can submit their products until April 30.
Precitec has acquired a majority stake in start-up Enovasense, which has developed sensors for measuring the thickness of all types of coatings on any substrate.
Physik Instrumente has taken over a total of 53 employees and the existing business of the engineering company IBS in a new company as of January 1, 2023.
The Lenso company will be part of Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions in the future
The 3D metrology manufacturer will leave sales in Eastern Europe to Lascam Systems in future.
The winners of the inspect award 2022 have been announced. Three products in each of the two categories received awards at the Vision trade show.
Partnership with Solidline to make Creaform's 3D scanning solutions for product development and manufacturing accessible to Solidworks customers and other industrial companies
Olympus is divesting its Evident subsidiary, which provides scientific and industrial solutions. The buyer is the private equity firm Bain Capital. According to the agreement concluded, all shares in Evident will be transferred to Bain Capital on January 4, 2023.
The official laying of the foundation stone for the expansion of Precitec's main site for laser cutting and welding heads in Gaggenau took place on July 25, 2022. The building is scheduled to be ready for move-in in the summer of 2023.
Visiconsult wants to acquire a majority stake in Diondo, a manufacturer of computer tomography devices. The company would thus significantly expand its competencies and capacities in this area.
The jury of the inspect award 2022 has nominated ten products each in the categories "Vision" and "Automation + Control". Now it's the turn of the readers of WileyIndustryNews to choose the best innovations in machine vision and optical metrology of 2022.
The application phase for the inspect award 2022 has begun. All machine vision and optical metrology companies are invited to submit their products by May 13. This year, the six winners of the two categories will receive a trophy in a completely new design.
Physik Instrumente achieved a 27 percent increase in sales in fiscal year 2021. The Karlsruhe-based company also started 2022 with the highest order intake in the company's history.
Olympus Corporation completed the separation of its scientific solutions business to a wholly-owned subsidiary, Evident Corporation.
GOM GmbH has been operating under the name Carl Zeiss GOM Metrology GmbH since the end of February. This is intended to clarify the unity almost three years after the takeover by Zeiss.
3D measurement technology from Creaform is now also being marketed by the Italian automation specialist QFP. It integrates it into its robotic 3D scanning solutions.
With immediate effect, Daniel Höring is responsible for the international sales of cable measuring devices of the brand Visiocablepro from IIM. He thus forms the top sales team for this area of the measurement technology manufacturer together with Martin Hruška.
Next Scan Technology (NST), which was acquired in 2015, now operates as Scanlab BV and was integrated into the Scanlab Group based in Puchheim at the beginning of the year. The group also takes over marketing, sales and customer service.
A&B KMG Service, a specialist in coordinate measuring technology, has taken over the distribution of Polyscan Surround 3D scanners from the Canadian manufacturer Polyrix for Germany and other European countries with immediate effect. The company has also opened a demo center in Ergolding near Landshut in Germany.
At the beginning of 2022, laser scanner manufacturer Scanlab added two new members to its management team. One left at the same time. In addition to long-time managing director Georg Hofner, the management board now includes Dirk Thomas and Christian Sonner.
Spectro Analytical Instruments appoints Michael Privik as Managing Director with effect from January 1, 2022. He succeeds Dr. Christoph Mätzig, who has taken over the management of the "Ultra Precision Technologies" division within the Ametek Group.
