June 2025 – Today, opdo announces the launch of its AI-powered optics co-pilot: a platform that enables engineers to generate advanced, manufacturable optical systems from a simple prompt—in minutes. The platform combines AI-driven simulation and optimization with integrated manufacturing, starting with volumetric lens fabrication and soon expanding to catalog optics and all major production technologies….

June 5, 2025. With GANTX, OWIS presents an XYZ gantry system that is as flexible as your requirements. Travel distances, degrees of freedom, design, interfaces – GANTX knows no fixed limits. Two synchronized gantry axes in the X direction and a Z axis on the bridge axis enable precise, overhead positioning, which is particularly advantageous…

Distortion has long been the unwelcome companion of welding—especially when working with thick sections of high-value materials like stainless steel. Fabricators, welders, and engineers alike have had to accept it as part of the process, spending significant time and resources trying to manage it. But with the arrival of pure laser welding enabled by Dynamic…

May 2025. With the new Modular Beam Splitting System (MBSS), the photonics group enables time-saving and high-precision laser structuring, which is used, for example, in the production of solar cells. The MBSS will be presented for the first time in Europe at the LASER World of Photonics trade fair in Munich in June 2025. Jenoptik,…

May 2025. Up to three times shorter assembly times, six times more cost-effective production processes and twelve times lower error rates can be achieved. Many start-ups are characterized by a high level of innovation and the development of new products and technologies. The implementation of prototypes and small series production is often possible without any…

Making SWIR imaging more accessible than ever before May 2025. Edmund Optics® is proud to announce their C Series Fixed Focal Length SWIR Lenses have won the Silver-Level 2024 Vision Systems Design (VSD) Innovators Award. These lenses drastically reduce costs compared to traditional short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging lenses, enabling a new generation of cost-effective SWIR machine vision applications….

ALD enables lead-free MCP production with precise thin-film deposition, enhancing manufacturing yields, device performance, and lifetime value. Exosens chose Beneq’s P400A batch and TFS 500 ALD systems for their scalability, precision, and ability to support development from R&D to production. Espoo, Finland, 06-Mar 2025 – Beneq and Photonis Scientific, part of the Exosens Group, have announced a significant advancement in…

May 1st 2025 – Photonics Industries International Inc., one of the largest solid-state laser manufacturers in the world, proudly announced today the establishment of its European subsidiary, PHOTONICS INDUSTRIES EUROPE, BV, further expanding the company’s global footprint to better serve customers across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. This strategic expansion builds upon…

April 2025. Answers to the transformation processes in the industry The economy is undergoing a transformation that poses challenges for many areas of industry. New products and various megatrends require adjustments to manufacturing technologies as well as to the range of products and services. Ecoclean GmbH is proactively addressing this change through greater diversification of…

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…