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TKH Group Executive Assumes Helm at Member Company SVS-Vistek
GILCHING, Germany, Jan. 25, 2024 — Robert Franz has been appointed CEO of machine vision company SVS-Vistek. Franz also serves as group CEO for the German 2D vision companies within the TKH Group, which includes SVS-Vistek. He was appointed CEO of Allied Vision last year.In the new role, Franz will aim to optimize the collaboration of the TKH 2D Vision companies, including industry leaders Allied Vision, Chromasens, Euresys, NET, and SVS-Vistek.
LaCroix Precision Optics Adds Assembly, Design Departments
BATESVILLE, Ark., Jan. 24, 2023 — LaCroix Precision Optics has added optical assembly and design departments, in a move that the company said solidifies it status as a vertically integrated optics firm. According to LaCroix president Kirk Warden, the added capabilities enable...
Menlo Systems Adds General Manager; Nanotec Shuffles Management Team: People in the News: 1/24/24
NEWTON, N.J., Jan. 24, 2024 — Menlo Systems Inc. has added Jens Schumacher as its general manager. Schumacher has more than 20 years’ experience in the photonics industry, including stints as engineering director of Coherent Inc. and program manager of Thor Labs. From...
Porotech Taps GaN-on-silicon Micro-LED Foundry Partner
CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 24, 2024 — Micro-LED technology developer Porotech has partnered with Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC) for the mass production of Micro-LEDs on 200mm GaN-on-Silicon for consumer display applications. The partnership comes after...
Headwall Acquires inno-spec GmbH
BOLTON, Mass., Jan. 23, 2024 — Headwall Photonics has acquired inno-spec GmbH, a fellow manufacturer of industrial hyperspectral imaging systems. According to Headwall, the acquisition will lead to the development of more advanced, efficient, and versatile hyperspectral imaging...
LioniX Appoints Ronald Dekker CTO
ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, Jan. 22, 2024 — LioniX International, a designer and manufacturer of silicon nitride PICs, has appointed Ronald Dekker CTO. Dekker previously led the company’s Module and Assembly group, following the 2016 merger of LioniX BV, XiO Photonics BV, and SatraX BV. He...
Kopin Details Shift in Corporate Direction
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2024 — Kopin Corporation has unveiled plans to transition its business away from the development of microdisplay solutions. The company said that it plans to focus on becoming an application-specific optical solutions provider. Kopin, currently a provider...
QphoX Raises $8M for Quantum Modem Tech
DELFT, Netherlands, Jan. 19, 2023 — Dutch quantum computing company QphoX has raised an €8 million ($8.7 million) funding round. The investment is reportedly the largest made in a quantum company in the Netherlands to date. QPhox is developing the core hardware required to allow...
VCSELence Torino Opens; QDI Systems Secures €5M in Series A: Week in Brief: 1/19/24
GRONINGEN, The Netherlands, Jan. 19, 2024 — QDI Systems, a developer of imaging devices for medical applications, has secured €5 million in Series A funding to scale up its quantum dots technology for the medical sector and new markets. The funding round was led by NOM, the Investment...
OIF Publishes Implementation Agreement
FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 18, 2024 — The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has published an implementation agreement (IA) for Common Electrical I/O (CEI) CEI-112G-XSR+-PAM4 Extended Extra Short Reach. The agreement, said Alphawave Semi's Matt Brown, who served as editor of the...
Quantinuum on Receiving End of $300M Investment Round from Honeywell
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 18, 2024 — Honeywell closed a $300 million equity fundraise for integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion. The round is anchored by Quantinuum's strategic partner JPMorgan Chase, with additional participation from...
Lynred Taps Executives; Ayar Adds Directors, CTO: People in the News: 1/17/24
GRENOBLE, France, Jan. 17, 2024 — Lynred, a provider of infrared detectors, has appointed Hervé Bouaziz as executive president and Xavier Caillouet as CEO. Bouaziz has 30 years’ aerospace, defense, and security experience and previously served as CEO for Europrop...
Synopsys Acquires Ansys in $35B Deal
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 16, 2024 — Software technology company Synopsys has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ansys for approximately $35 billion. The acquisition adds Ansys’ broad simulation and analysis portfolio to Synopsys’s design automation technology. Both...
Oxford Instruments Acquires First Light Imaging
ABINGDON, England, Jan. 16, 2024 — Oxford Instruments has acquired specialist camera provider First Light Imaging. Following the acquisition, the company will become part of Oxford Instruments Andor, complementing the company’s existing scientific camera portfolio and enabling...
ABB Acquires Real Tech; Kopin Receives $20.5M Weapon Optics Contract: Week in Brief: 1/12/24
ZÜRICH, Jan. 12, 2024 — ABB, an electrification and automation technology company, has agreed to acquire the Canadian based Real Tech, a supplier of optical sensor technology that enables real-time water monitoring and testing. Real Tech has more than 10,000 installed...
Photonics Tech Shines at CES 2024
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 12, 2024 — The Consumer Electronics Show, the flagship annual event of the Consumer Technology Association, opened its doors Tuesday and will close them later today. Photonics Media has tracked this year’s product demonstrations, partnerships, and...
AMS Technologies Acquires neoLASE
MARTINSRIED, Germany, Jan. 11, 2024 — AMS Technologies, a provider of lasers, optical components, lighting, power technologies, and thermal management systems, has enhanced its high-power laser engineering capabilities with the acquisition of neoLASE, a developer of high brilliance,...
SPIE Names 2024 Society Award Winners
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 11, 2024 — SPIE’s Awards Committee has named the recipients of its annual awards, recognizing achievements in photonics research, education, and industry. The awards span a broad range of technical and professional areas, including medicine,...
HPE Acquires Juniper Networks for $14B
HOUSTON, Jan. 10, 2024 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has agreed to acquire AI networking, cloud, and connected security solutions leader Juniper Networks. The all-cash acquisition, worth $40.00 per share, carries an equity value of approximately $14 billion. HPE...
Endress+Hauser Shuffles Executive Leadership: People in the News: 1/10/24
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 10, 2024 — Innoviz Technologies Ltd. hadded Stefan Jacoby and Alexander von Witzleben to its board of directors. Jacoby is the former executive vice president and head of international operations at General Motors and served as CEO and vice president of other...
Excelitas to Relocate Headquarters to Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 9, 2024 — Excelitas Technologies will relocate its operations to Pittsburgh, moving from its current headquarters in Waltham, Mass., outside of Boston. According to a release issued by Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro's press office, the company has committed...
LongPath Technologies' Methane Monitoring Tech to See Deployment in American Mid-, Southwest
DENVER, Jan. 8, 2024 — Colorado-based emissions monitoring technology provider LongPath Technologies has received a conditional commitment for an up to $189 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. The loan will support the scaling of LongPath methane...
Bruker Makes Acquisitions; LeddarTech Added to Nasdaq: Week in Brief: 1/5/24
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Jan. 5, 2024 — Bruker has acquired Canadian Raman instruments specialist Tornado Spectral Systems for an undisclosed sum. Tornado primarily makes technology for use in pharma and biotech quality control applications, and Bruker plans to add these solutions to its...
Cognex CFO Resigns
NATICK, Mass., Jan. 5, 2023 — Cognex CFO Paul Todgham has resigned from his position as senior vice president of finance and CFO, effective March 15. Todgham, who joiuned the company in 2020, will continue to serve in the role of CFO until the effective date and remain available...
Teledyne FLIR Partners with Valeo on Auto Safety Tech
PARIS, Jan. 5, 2023 — Teledyne FLIR and global automotive supplier Valeo have entered into a collaboration that will use thermal imaging technology to enhance road user safety. The companies said this week that the partnership follows a previously secured contract from a...

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