11.04.2025 • News
Additive manufacturing industry optimistic despite challenges
VDMA spring survey: companies expect further growth, investments pick up speed again.
associations
03.04.2025 • News
DeepEn wins Leibniz Start-up Prize 2025
Spin-off of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena develops minimally invasive microendoscope systems for neuroscience and medicine.
28.03.2025 • News
EPIC welcomes new members to its board of directors
European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) appointed CSO of Exosens and the President of CNR.
28.03.2025 • News
FFL elects new board
Circle of Friends and Supporters of Laser Technology decides on pioneering measures to strengthen the association for the coming years.
27.03.2025 • News
EPIC honors members at its annual meeting
At the photonics association’s assembly in Barcelona, awards were presented to the CEOs of NIL Technology, IMM Photonics, and the founder of Amplitude Laser
27.02.2025 • News
German exhibitors report positive results from Photonics West
The German Pavilion was once again the largest booth at the San Francisco exhibition.
11.02.2025 • News
24,000 registered attendees filled the SPIE Photonics West halls
The largest annual optics and photonics event of the year highlighted exciting new research, networking, and the latest in photonics products and industry trends.
31.01.2025 • News
Prism Awards presented for new products in the photonics industry
The industry-focused awards recognized innovations in lasers, biomedical, quantum tech, sensors, and cameras and imaging.
29.01.2025 • News
The quantum year 2025 has started in Germany
The public event at Humboldt University Berlin kicked off on January 14 with 450 participants on site and a further 400 via livestream.
27.01.2025 • News
2025 Optica Ambassadors – 50 % from industry
Coherent – Edmund Optics – Jenoptik – Lightfinder – Zeiss: ambassadors provide mentorship and support student and early-career professional engagement worldwide.
10.01.2025 • News
OptecNet Germany: moving to the capital with a new board
Important decisions for the umbrella organization of nine German regional networks for optical technologies and photonics.
10.01.2025 • News
Spectaris welcomes Sylvi Claußnitzer as new Head of Regulatory Affairs
The graduate engineer for technical environmental protection took over from Corinna Mutter on January 1.
08.01.2025 • News
SPIE names its 2025 Fellows
The society is welcomes 47 new fellow members from across the globe, among them eight from industry.
09.12.2024 • News
IBM’s Heike Riel to head the DPG
At its last meeting, the German Physical Society DPG’s board of directors elected industrial physicist Heike Riel as the future president of the world’s largest physics society.
26.11.2024 • News
New board takes up work
The VDMA has elected a new board for the VDMA Machine Vision division. Dr. Olaf Munkelt succeeds Mark Williamson.
25.11.2024 • News
Trade association with new chairman
Dietmar Ley takes over as head of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association
22.11.2024 • News
ICO convenes in Africa for the first time
The 26th Congress of the International Commission for Optics marked a historic milestone, making a premiere appearance on African soil.
18.11.2024 • News
AM industry confident in a tense economic situation
Increasing reluctance to invest despite expected growth within the industry.
16.10.2024 • News
IFR appoints new president
The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Takayuki Ito as President. At the same time, Jane Heffner was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.
14.10.2024 • News
The optics and photonics community met in Naples
Review: EOSAM, 9 – 13 September 2024, Naples, Italy
11.10.2024 • News
Turan Erdogan and Christine Hendon elected to Optica Board of Directors
Optica’s membership selected the president of Plymouth Grating Lab and the Columbia University associate professor during the 2024 election.
25.09.2024 • News
Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA) comes to Vision
The Indian Machine Vision Association will be present with over 12 companies
20.09.2024 • News
PhotonicNet appoints Moritz Hinkelmann as Managing Director
Successor to long-standing managing director Thomas Fahlbusch introduced.
19.09.2024 • News
Spectaris general meeting sets course for future work
Fresh air in the re-elected and proven leadership team of the German industry association.
17.09.2024 • News
Jürgen Czarske receives Dennis Gabor Award
TU Dresden professor awarded for works on digital holography and related techniques for biomedicine, fiber communication, imaging, information processing, and laser metrology.
13.09.2024 • News
Andrés Lasagni elected to WLT
Admission to scientific society honors contributions to laser-based manufacturing and innovation.
12.09.2024 • News
Orbis Diagnostics CEO elected into SPIE presidential chain
Cather Simpson, the society’s next vice president, is a longtime participant in the society’s conference, publications, and outreach activities.
10.09.2024 • News
SPIE welcomes 107 new Senior Members
The recognition honors scientific excellence and technical achievements, as well as active participation in the optics community.
23.07.2024 • News
Sucessful kickoff of new QBN photonics working group
Assembly adopted a photonic quantum technologies strategy, elected WG heads Trevor Demille, Giulia Guarda.
16.07.2024 • News
PhotonDelta opens office in Silicon Valley
$1.2B-backed photonic chip accelerator seeks to speed up the creation and adoption of advanced semiconductors enabled by integrated photonics.
09.07.2024 • Contributions • Photonics
Shaping the future of photonics and quantum technologies in Germany
The opportunities and challenges of photonics and quantum technologies were addressed at the Photonics Germany Future Summit in Berlin.
28.06.2024 • News
Jeff Kimble recognized for contributions to quantum optics
Optica names inaugural Leonard Mandel Quantum Optics Award recipient.
10.06.2024 • News
Laserlab-Europe AISBL elected new management board
The integrated initiative of European laser research infrastructures held elections during its annual event.
16.05.2024 • News
Future of photonics under spotlight at annual meeting of Photonics21
Light technologies buck global trend, EU photonics shines.
15.05.2024 • News
Spectaris criticizes new US punitive tariffs on Chinese high-tech exports
Measures could lead to a destabilization of international trade relations
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