NEWS
V-Optics and Optocraft/Micro-Epsilon join forces
April 2025. V-Optics and Optocraft/Micro-Epsilon are joining forces in the field of metrology for ophthalmic lenses and precision optics. This unique partnership of leading companies aims to offer customers worldwide the broadest, most powerful and innovative product portfolio in optical measurement technology. V-Optics is renowned for its high-performance products and technologies for defect detection on…
AI on the Edge: Rutronik System Solutions develops demo for AI control with radar-based gesture control using Infineon’s PSOC™ Edge E84
April 2025. With sense and reason – and a deep understanding of the requirements in the development of innovative applications for relevant future markets. This is how the experts at Rutronik System Solutions are working on the further development of existing base and adapter boards, as well as their integration into application-oriented demonstrations. The latest…
Edmund Optics® and Quartus Engineering Partner to Make Imaging System Calibration More Accessible Than Ever Before
April, 2025. New online service allows US customers to user-friendly source for custom-tailored solutions Edmund Optics, a leading supplier of optical and imaging components, is excited to announce the new PixelTraq camera calibration service in partnership with Quartus Engineering. US-Customers can now conveniently pair a camera with an imaging lens and have them precisely calibrated,…
Innovation and exchange: W3+ Fair 2025 connected trade visitors and companies in Wetzlar
This year, the high-tech trade fair and conference W3+ Fair in the German city of optics Wetzlar/ Middlehesse again attracted experts in optical and related technologies. Despite the tense global situation, the mood was upbeat. Many idea-generating lectures and accompanying events, new contacts thanks to the national and international exhibitors and the great commitment of…
The 20th anniversary of LASER World of Photonics in Shanghai kicked off with great success
March 2025. The 2025 Munich Shanghai Laser Expo, hosted by Munich Exhibition (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., opened grandly on March 11 amid great expectations and warm applause. 2025 is a glorious historical node of the Munich Shanghai Expo. After years of careful polishing, the exhibition finally ushered in the grand celebration of its 20th anniversary . To this end, this…
Top topics medical technology and automotive at the high-tech trade fair W3+ Fair in Wetzlar/ Germany
Setting the course for the future: On March 19 and 20, 2025, Wetzlar will once again become a source of innovations. In addition to optical and related technologies, this year the organizer is bringing the user sectors of medical technology and automotive to the trade fair, two industries in which the Hesse region is traditionally…
COMPANIES
Andover Corporation
Andover Corporation is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality optical filters and coatings for industries requiring absolute precision. With nearly 50 years of experience, our expertise extends from design engineering to final testing, ensuring each product meets the stringent standards demanded by defense, medical, environmental monitoring, and aerospace markets. Our Products…
Solutions from Materion Balzers Optics
Materion Balzers Optics is a global leader in optical thin film coating solutions. We are the preferred partner for providing innovative optical coatings and solutions for over 70 years. From the UV through the Far IR, we custom manufacturer and supply precision optical filters and coatings. As a high-tech company with 5 production sites worldwide, our focus…
mechOnics ag – Competence in micropositioning
mechOnics ag, a German company founded in 2003, is specialized in development, production and sales of systems for micro- and nano-positioning applications. These systems are driven by a new developed, innovative piezo inertial drive, which combines high resolution in the nm-range with large travels up to 50 mm. Together with piezo controllers with very low…
Pieplow & Brandt GmbH
The Pieplow & Brandt GmbH has been a manufacturer and distributor of products for the optical and glass processing industry for more than 60 years now. We are specialized and focused in the areas: Flat glass processing, fine- and precision optics, ophthalmic industry, electronics- and semiconductor industry as well as ceramic and metal industry. An…
CeramOptec® – the leading fiber optics specialist
CeramOptec specializes in the production of silica optical fibers, as well as assembled optical fiber cables and bundles. Founded 1988, CeramOptec is one of the world’s leading companies for specialty optical fibers. The product range includes preforms, fibers, cable and bundle assemblies for a wide variety of applications. CeramOptec brings value to customers in various…
ess Mikromechanik GmbH – simply precision
ess Mikromechanik GmbH, based in the German town of Stockach-Windegg, is in the excellent position of offering a wide range of airbearings. ess Mikromechanik GmbH was founded in 1990 with the aim of developing and manufacturing aerostatic airbearing components and devices for the manufacturing industry, and in the specialised area of measuring technology. The company’s…
Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), Sensors and Interrogators from Technica Optical Components
Technica is a leading developer, manufacturer, and provider of premium quality Fiber Bragg Gratings, FBG sensing arrays and cables, FBG sensors, and FBG tools and accessories. Femto Sensing International (FSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Technica, is a leading developer, manufacturer, and provider of premium quality Optical Sensing Interrogators for monitoring FBG Sensors. The company’s…
DD-Optik – Your partner for high quality optics
Your partner for high quality optics With more than 30 years of experience, DD-Optik knows by heart the demand of its customers. High quality optics, delivery on demand and reasonable prices are as important to us as the use and mastery of excellent equipment. Our main business is the realization of prototypes as well as…
INSION – THE SPECTRAL SENSING COMPANY Reliable and robust monolithic Microspectrometers
INSION is the leading manufacturer of monolithic micro spectrometers, specializing in the development, production and sales of miniaturized spectral sensors for new OEM applications. With over 25 years of experience in microsystem technology, optics and analytical technologies, the INSION core team supports customers in all application aspects. Unique design The INSION microspectrometer is a micro-molded…
Development & Production of Optoelectronics
AEMtec is a global acting specialist for the development and production of a variety of precision optoelectronic products, including components, subsystems, modules and complete systems. Precision optoelectronic products include Optical Assemblies, Micro-Optics, Imaging Arrays, VCSEL Assemblies, Sensor Systems, Optical MEMs, Hybrid Electronic Assemblies, Active and Passive Alignment. With our broad technology portfolio, we are the…
Larsen Equipment Design
Larsen Equipment Design was established in 1981 by a mechanical engineer with experience in optics manufacturing. The mission was to provide reliable optical fabrication machinery using readily available components, metric bearings, and redundant features to ensure reliability, accuracy and repeatability. Starting with the development of polishing machinery for single point diamond turned optics; the goal…
Customised Optical Coating Solutions from Bte Born
Bte Bedampfungstechnik GmbH and Born Coating GmbH, or Bte Born, are specialists in thin film coating solutions. We have been offering thin-film technology for challenging applications for over 30 years. Our core expertise is the custom coating of optical components for technical applications. With a broad portfolio of vacuum coating systems using a wide range…
Zünd Precision Optics AG – World class in micro-optics
Zünd covers the entire value chain which includes optical contact bonding, grinding, lapping, polishing, faceting, coating, as well as optical gluing and assembling modules, with Swiss precision down to the tiniest detail. Zünd Precision Optics AG has been a dependable partner since 1968, providing uncoated or coated planar optical single components and planar optical assemblies…
SPECTARIS – German Industry Association for Optics, Photonics, Analytical and Medical Technologies
SPECTARIS is the German industry association for the high-tech medium-sized business sector and representative body in the areas of Photonics, Medical Technology, Analytical, Bio and Laboratory Technology, and Consumer Optics. Innovation and growth characterise these industry sectors and their about 300,000 strong workforce. Technologies developed here are used in almost all branches of industry, making…
IMT – Where Optics meets Microfluidics
IMT Masken und Teilungen AG comprises profound experience in the design and manufacturing of micro- and nanostructures on and in glass. In close cooperation with our partners and customers we offer leading edge foundry services in the field of micro-optical components and microfluidic chips/consumables. We provide design support starting at the early development stage all…
Ultrasonic Cleaning Machines for Precision Optics
Increasing cleanliness requirements and consistent cleaning results are common demands for precision optics. The SBS Ecoclean Group with its brands Ecoclean and UCM (Ultrasonic Cleaning Machines) offers optimized solutions ranging from in-process to final cleaning prior to coating. With the broad spectrum from aqueous, multi-stage ultrasonic cleaning processes to ultra-pure water rinsing with subsequent drying…
HOYA – Advanced technology, Power of the development
HOYA Corporation Optics Section Europe Branch was founded in 2013 to support our global expansion initiative. Customers in EMEA demand rapid response for new product development and prototyping. HOYA has long adopted the necessary engineering and operation to meet today’s future requirements. HOYA operates around a worldwide network of research and development, precision manufacturing and…
Bühler Alzenau GmbH
As one of the world leaders in thin film technology, Bühler Leybold Optics, is developing and manufacturing vacuum deposition equipment for a broad range of applications. As part of Bühler Group, Bühler Leybold Optics is a globally active high-tech company, present in more than 40 countries with main production facilities in Alzenau (Germany), Beijng (China)…
advanced fiber tools GmbH
advanced fiber tools GmbH is a manufacturer of high quality fiberoptic products for the medical, industrial and scientific applications. Our core business is drawing of multimode, single mode and high NA fibers. Manufacturing of fiber optic devices for minimal invasive surgery, industrial cables, fiber bundles focusing and collimating handpieces, optics and OEM products are also…
LT Ultra Precision Technology GmbH
Tailor-made ultra-precision machines and the manufacturing of metal optic components are the strong core business of LT Ultra. With more than 25 years of experience in ultra precision machining today the company is a competence center for multi-axis diamond machining. The scope of metal optics ranges from injection molds for small lenses to automotive lights,…
FCC – FibreCableConnect GmbH
FCC FibreCableConnect GmbH is a manufacturer in the field of photonics and provides efficient, cost-effective and high-quality customer-specific solutions in the area of fiber optics. The range of products and services include development and production of optical fiber cables for laser beam transmission for industrial and medical applications. Moreover, fiber bundles and probes for spectroscopy,…
Lapmaster Wolters GmbH
Lapmaster Wolters GmbH, based in Rendsburg, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of machines and systems for the ultra-precision surface processing of a wide range of materials. The product portfolio includes innovative solutions for slicing as well as single and double-sided processing. Thanks to its many years of experience and extensive expertise, Lapmaster Wolters’ technologies are…
Non Standard Precision Optics Aspheres – Freeform Optics – Micro Structures
The Laboratory for Precision Machining LFM at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering IWT in Bremen is devoted to the application of precision engineering. The laboratory comprises a CNC workshop area and a 300 m² temperature controlled production and surface metrology area housing several state of the art ultraprecision machine tools with up to5 axes….
FILTROP GROUP – High-Tech Solutions made in Liechtenstein – Components for Medical Technology
Since more than 30 years, FILTROP GROUP is specialized in the design and manufacturing of components for OPTICS and FLUIDICS. In 2017 the two main competences have been divided into two companies, FILTROP and NANOSOL. FILTROP’s field of activity is in OPTICS. The product range compromises all kind of optical components, raw materials, coatings and…
Heritage of Innovation
Founded by William G. Fredrick in 1980, Laser Mechanisms originated in Detroit, Michigan, USA to pioneer in innovative solutions for industrial laser materials processing. The modular concept of providing easy to integrate laser beam delivery components to OEMs, system integrators, laser machine builders, production companies integrating lasers including medical system builders and medical device manufacturers,…
