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UKIVA Launches Technology Presentation Hub in Lieu of Conference
WALLINGTON, England, April 23, 2020 — In light of the postponement of the UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA) Machine Vision Conference & Exhibition (MVC) until spring 2021, UKIVA has announced a virtual Technology Presentation Hub, which will take place May 14. The virtual event will feature a number of 20- to 30-minute presentations on many topics in the field of machine vision, such as deep learning and embedded vision, vision in robotics, understanding vision technology, systems and applications, 3D vision,
Sense Photonics Names Shauna McIntyre CEO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17, 2020 — Sense Photonics, a 3D-perception systems manufacturer, has hired Shauna McIntyre as chief executive officer. McIntyre is a 25-year automotive industry veteran who most recently led Google’s automotive services program and Google Maps’...
Basil Garabet, CEO of NKT Photonics, Joins EPIC Board of Directors
PARIS, April 16, 2020 — Basil Garabet, president and CEO of NKT Photonics, has joined the EPIC board of directors. The announcement was made this month during the EPIC annual general meeting, which was held online. Basil holds an MSc in lasers and their applications and...
Integrated Optical System Helps Contain COVID-19 in Airports
STUTTGART, Germany, and SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2020 — Will automated infection tracking become standard procedure in airports around the world? Real-time thermal monitoring combined with biometric data that could be immediately extracted and analyzed would help airport personnel quickly identify...
Headwall Adds Directors Armstrong and Felsheim
BOLTON, Mass., April 15, 2020 — Headwall Photonics Inc. has hired Karen Armstrong as director of manufacturing and operations, and promoted Christian Felsheim to director of Headwall Photonics Europe. Armstrong most recently served as operations manager at IPG Photonics,...
COVID-19 Casts Shadow on IDL 2020 with Events Postponed
PARIS, April 14, 2020 — As photonics conferences worldwide begin to plan for virtual meetups in lieu of conference centers, the secretariat team for the International Day of Light (IDL) issued a statement guiding the public to other forms of celebrations for the event....
BIOLASE Partners with MEKICS to Respond to Pandemic
IRVINE, Calif., April 13, 2020 — Medical device manufacturer BIOLASE Inc. announced that it expects to join the fight against COVID-19 by teaming up with MEKICS Co. Ltd, an intensive care unit equipment manufacturer, to supply MEKICS’s MTV-1000 ICU-grade portable ventilator...
Paul Millman, Co-founder and CEO of Chroma Technology, Retires
BELLOW FALLS, Vt., April 13, 2020 — Paul Millman, who co-founded Chroma Technology Corp. in 1991 and helped build the firm into a successful worker-owned enterprise serving the photonics industry, is stepping down as CEO, effective April 30. Millman will be followed as CEO by current...
B-Con Shifts Workforce to Make Shields for Health Care Personnel
OTTAWA, Ontario, April 10, 2020 — B-Con Engineering Inc., an optics manufacturing company, is shifting its manufacturing focus to make face shields for medical staff and facilities. The company has previously designed and built optical systems for NASA’s Mars missions as well...
Power Technology Provides Sanitizer for Employees and Families
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 9, 2020 — Power Technology Inc., a designer and manufacturer of laser products, made the recent decision to use supplies on hand to create hand sanitizer for employees and their families to combat the spread of COVID-19. “As a 51-year-old company, Power...
Edmund Optics Teams Up with MiCo BioMed on COVID-19 Diagnostics
BARRINGTON, N.J., April 9, 2020 — Edmund Optics and MiCo BioMed Co. Ltd. have collaborated on a highly sensitive molecular diagnostic device, the VERI-Q PCR 316, that is capable of detecting COVID-19 within an hour. The device uses optical filters, beamsplitters, lenses, and mirrors...
BIO-key to Donate Portion of Scanner Sales to Support Pandemic Response
WALL, N.J., April 9, 2020 — BIO-key International, Inc. will donate to the American Red Cross a portion of the proceeds from the sale of its compact finger scanners, over the balance of 2020. The donations will be designated to support the American Red Cross’ COVID-19...
Coherent Appoints Andreas Mattes CEO
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 7, 2020 — Coherent Inc. and its board of directors has named Andreas “Andy” W. Mattes, previously senior adviser at McKinsey & Company and president and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf, as the company’s new president, CEO, and member of the board...
Coherent Creates Center of Excellence in Finland for Fiber Lasers
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 3, 2020 — Coherent Inc. has expanded its fiber laser operation in Tampere, Finland, designating the facility as a “Center of Excellence for Fiber Lasers.” Fiber lasers have been produced at the location since 2003. To further streamline the...
Jelle Hendrix Wins 2020 HORIBA Award
PISCATAWAY, N.J., April 2, 2020 — HORIBA Scientific, a manufacturer of fluorescence spectroscopy systems, presented Jelle Hendrix, assistant professor at the Biomedical Research Institute of Hasselt University in Belgium, with the annual Young Fluorescence Investigator Award. The...
NJIT Designers Fabricate Masks and Shields to Combat COVID-19
NEWARK, N.J., April 2, 2020 — As medical supplies dwindle in the face of increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, members of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) community are designing and fabricating devices using lasers to bolster supply. After consulting with emergency...
Fraunhofer Spin-Off Develops Silicon Micro-Loudspeaker
DRESDEN, Germany, April 1, 2020 — The Fraunhofer IPMS spin-off company Arioso Systems GmbH has completed its first round of financing for its sound transducer principle for miniaturized headphones. Known as hearables, the micro-loudspeaker technology made from 100% silicon is based...
French Startup Develops Neural Chip Technology for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
LYON, France, April 1, 2020 — Cambridge Consultants, a global product development and technology consultancy firm, and French startup Neuro Engineering Technologies Research Institute (NETRI) have achieved a brain-on-a-chip technology and lensless imaging approach that detects...
ZEISS Medical Technology Announces New Leadership
JENA, Germany, March 31, 2020 — Andrew Chang will be appointed president of Carl Zeiss Meditec, and effective May 1, Euan Thomson will assume the roles of president of Ophthalmic Devices and head of Ophthalmic Devices Strategic Business Unit for ZEISS, succeeding James Mazzo, who...
Olympus Announces Light Microscopy Image Awards
WALTHAM, Mass., March 27, 2020 — Olympus has announced the winners of its first Global Image of the Year Life Science Microscopy Award. The winning image, captured by Ainara Pintor of Spain using a superresolution confocal microscope system. The image shows the immunostaining of a...
RPI's Supercomputer to Combat COVID-19
TROY, N.Y., March 23, 2020 — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is enlisting AiMOS, one of the world’s top supercomputers, in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. RPI said it is reaching out to the research community, including government entities, universities,...
Hamamatsu Photonics Acquires 55% Share in Korean Branch
HAMAMATSU CITY, Japan, March 20, 2020 — Hamamatsu Photonics has acquired a 55% stock share in Hamamatsu Photonics Korea Co. Ltd., a new company where Hamamatsu Photonics has shifted its local sales distributor activities. Hamamatsu aims to increase sales in Asia by strengthening its sales...
Energy Department Labs Close to Thousands of Visitors
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has begun to restrict access and to ramp down activities at its national laboratories in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The labs serve more than 30,000 visiting researchers each year. Of the 10 Office of...
SPIE Cancels DCS In-Person Conference, COVID-19 Leads to Surge in Online Conferences
PITTSFIELD, Mass., March 17, 2020 — SPIE has announced that it is canceling the in-person format of April’s Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference and moving online in the wake of increased coronavirus awareness. With WHO officially declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, several optics...
Photonics Market Feels Impacts of COVID-19 at Many Levels
PITTSFIELD, Mass., March 17, 2020 — With COVID-19 now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and states of emergency declared around the globe, the photonics market is starting to feel the impacts of the virus — global supply chains are beginning to slow, and...

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