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Messe Stuttgart Cuts Stand-Alone LASYS Industry Trade Fair
STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 4, 2023 — LASYS, the international trade fair devoted to laser materials processing advancements, will not be held as a stand-alone event, according to its organizers, Messe Stuttgart. The show, established in 2008, served as a premier showcase for industrial laser technology following the advent of fiber laser technology. In a statement posted online, Messe Stuttgart said technological development has advanced rapidly since the show’s debut, with EUV (extreme-ultraviolet) lasers increasingly
BeeOLED Emerges from Stealth to Develop Deep-Blue OLED Emitter Tech
DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 1, 2023 — Dresden, Germany-based startup beeOLED has raised €13.3 million ($14.4 million) in series A funding to further develop its high-efficiency deep-blue emitter technology and advance the emitters toward commercial availability. The company aims to...
Teledyne FLIR Defense Earns $31M Supply Contract: Week in Brief: 09/1/23
BOSTON, Sept. 1, 2023 — Teledyne FLIR Defense signed a $31 million contract with Norwegian defense supplier Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace to provide its Cerberus XL mobile counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) for Ukraine. Cerberus XL combines an advanced thermal/visual...
PhotonDelta-Backed Fund Raises €60M for European Photonics Startups
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Aug. 31, 2023 — A deep-tech venture capital firm backed by Netherlands-based photonics ecosystem PhotonDelta has raised €60 million ($65.5 million) in its debut funding round. The fund, launched by PhotonVentures, is aimed at early-stage photonic chip startups...
Cognex Acquires Machine Vision Optics Developer Moritex Corp.
NATICK, Mass., Aug. 30, 2023 — Cognex will acquire Yokohama, Japan-based Moritex Corp. in a deal worth ¥40 billion ($274.1 million). The deal, Cognex said, supports its penetration into what the company called the high-growth machine vision market in Japan. Moritex develops...
Trio Partners to Commercialize Encapsulation on Perovskite Solar Cells
DEKALB, Ill., Aug. 29, 2023 — Verde Technologies Inc., a pervoskite-focused thin-film solar company, has partnered with Northern Illinois University (NIU) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to bring its perovskite solar cells to...
Apollon, MIT Collaborate on Noninvasive Glucose-Monitoring Tech
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 28, 2023 — Seoul-based medical technology startup Apollon Inc. will collaborate with MIT’s Laser Biomedical Research Center (LBRC) to develop and conduct clinical trials of noninvasive continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) using Raman spectroscopy. Though...
Viewpointsystem, Printoptix Receive €2.5M: Week in Brief: 08/25/23
WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific completed the acquisition of CorEvitas LLC, a provider of regulatory-grade, real-world evidence for approved medical treatments and therapies, for $912.5 million in cash. CorEvitas will become part of Thermo Fisher’s...
Rockley Completes Human Studies of Blood Pressure Monitor
OXFORD, England, Aug. 24, 2023 — Rockley Photonics has completed two IRB-approved human studies using a first-generation Alpha prototype of their noninvasive laser-based cuffless blood pressure monitor. The device is currently in advanced development. The first study successfully...
SPIE Elects Rochester’s Julie Bentley into Presidential Chain
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 23, 2023 — University of Rochester professor Julie Bentley has been elected to serve as the 2024 vice president of SPIE. With her election, Bentley joins the SPIE presidential chain and will serve as president-elect in 2025 and as the society’s president...
Jenoptik Names Director of Corporate Identity, Communications; Ray Therapeutics Adds CDO: People in the News: 08/23/2023
JENA, Germany — Jenoptik named Sabine Klisch director of corporate identity and communications. Most recently, Klisch served as vice president of global marketing at MOSTLY AI, a startup in the field of AI-generated synthetic data based in Vienna. She spent most of...
TAU Systems Upgrades University of Texas Tabletop Laser to 40 TW
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22, 2023 — TAU Systems has upgraded the existing University of Texas Tabletop Terawatt Laser (UT3) to facilitate the powering of a compact particle accelerator. The upgraded UT3 driver laser now produces ultrashort pulses with a peak power of 40 TW. The...
Cognex Q2 Revenue Declines 12%, a Result of Shrinking Demand for Capital Equipment
NATICK, Mass., Aug. 21, 2023 — Machine vision company Cognex reported its financial results this month, posting $242 million in revenue for the second quarter of the year, a 12% decline compared to the same quarter last year. The company attributed this decline to ongoing...
Basler AG Reports 41% Decline in Incoming Orders for First Half 2023
AHRENSBURG, Germany, Aug. 18, 2023 — Basler, a leading manufacturer of cameras and accessories, reported that incoming orders decreased to €94 million ($102 million) in the first six months of 2023, a decrease of 41% from the same period last year, while sales for the same period...
Bruker Enters into New Research Space with PhenomeX Acquisition
BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 18, 2023 — Bruker has signed a definitive agreement to acquire functional cell biology company PhenomeX for $1 per share in an all-cash transaction. The proposed acquisition values PhenomeX at a total equity of approximately $108 million. PhenomeX provides...
Caelux, UbiQD Advance Solar Technology Pursuits: Week in Brief: 08/18/23
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 18, 2023 — Perovskite technology developer Caelux closed a $12 million series A3 funding round. The company’s series A total of $24 million will be allocated to support its factory ramp, R&D, and product launch. The Caltech spinout is building a...
BAE Systems to Acquire Ball Aerospace
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Aug. 17, 2023 — Ball Corp. has reached an agreement to sell its aerospace business to BAE Systems for $5.6 billion in cash. BAE Systems is a provider of high-tech solutions for defense markets, including imaging, sensors, and optical displays, among others. Ball...
Intel and Tower Semiconductor Terminate Acquisition Deal
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 17, 2023 — Intel Corp. and Tower Semiconductor have mutually agreed to terminate Intel’s previously disclosed agreement to acquire Tower due to the inability to receive regulatory approvals required under the merger agreement. It has been widely reported...
Comptek Secures $8.7M Series A Funding
TURKU, Finland, Aug. 16, 2023 — University of Turku spinout Comptek Solutions has secured an €8 million ($8.7 million) series A funding round that will allow the company to expand its team and technology portfolio. The company is focused on passivation for compound...
Evident Corp. Appoints Leadership Team
TOKYO, Aug. 16, 2023 — Evident Corp. appointed William Wesley “Wes” Pringle CEO and Hiroyuki Yoshimoto president and COO as the life science and industrial microscopes manufacturer reworks its leadership group. Olympus, which held Evident as a subsidiary and...
SuperLight Photonics Names CEO; Diamond Light Source Taps Leader: People in the News: 08/16/2023
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands — SuperLight Photonics, a developer of supercontinuum generation lasers, named Cees Links CEO. The University of Twente spinout is focused on applications spectrometry, OCT, crop management, surface inspection, and pollution detection enabled by PIC...
Edmund Opens Florida Laser Optics Center: Week in Brief: 8/11/23
BARRINGTON, N.J., Aug. 11, 2023 — Edmund Optics established a 34,000-sq-ft laser optics center in Oldsmar, Fla. The center is dedicated to manufacturing optical components with high laser damage thresholds from the ultraviolet to the far infrared, and it expands Edmund’s laser...
Implementation Agreement Builds on OIF's Co-Packaging Standard
FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 11, 2023 — The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has unveiled the External Laser Small Form-Factor Pluggable (ELSFP) Implementation Agreement (IA). The IA introduces a multisourced future-proof front panel pluggable external laser source form factor, which...
Edmund Optics Appoints CFO; Luminus, LightRiver Name CEOs: People in the News: 08/09/2023
BARRINGTON, N.J., Aug. 9, 2023 — Edmund Optics named Linda Fonner CFO. Fonner has more than 30 years of global management experience at companies including Phillips & Cohen Associates, Atotech (an MKS brand), and Bristol Myers Squibb. She has led financial and operational...
NASA to Test Deep-Space Laser Communication on Psyche Mission
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 9, 2023 — NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications project will test the use of near-infrared lasers as potential replacements for the current radio frequency systems. The technology demonstration, scheduled to piggyback on the Psyche mission launching...

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