Posts tagged: photonics

This past March, I had the pleasure of attending the Asia Photonics Expo (APE) 2024 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. It was an incredible experience that brought together a vibrant community of industry professionals, companies, and enthusiasts. APE aims to become the leading photonics platform in the ASEAN region, and it truly showcased the latest technologies for emerging markets in Asia and beyond. The event fostered meaningful communication and collaboration within the entire photonics supply chain, making it a must-attend for anyone in the industry.

Chips 4 Light supports companies that have special requirements for optoelectronic components and are looking for specific solutions for small and medium quantities. The company is primarily a distributor for LED chips, detectors and laser products, but also develops LEDs and LED modules outside the usual market standards or manufactures prototypes on customer request.

Microtechnology forms the basis for the development of innovative technologies and smart systems that improve our daily lives and open up new possibilities for the future. Overall, miniaturization technologies are essential for digitization and smart applications as they offer space and resource efficiency, enable mobility and portability, create energy-efficient solutions, support connectivity and networking, and open up versatile application possibilities for a smart world.

Established in 1957, the family owned Swiss company FISBA has become a leading global supplier of high precision micro optical components and imaging systems to the medical and industrial markets. FISBA's reputation for quality and performance has grown along with our range of distinctive optical product offerings. FISBA offers clients with custom requirements a development path that extends from R&D and design services to prototype and full production capabilities.

Dr. Albert Hasper is CEO of PHIX B.V., a Dutch-based company, leading in assembling Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and electronics into a single package, both for prototyping and customized full-scale production runs. On the occasion of the kick-off of the IVAM Focus Group Photonics, we talked to Albert Hasper, who will act as the future chairperson of the group, about the current challenges of the European photonics industry.

In the medical market, the photonics industry is seeing new product launches that have specific requirements for health applications. Europe is a source of both application markets and innovative technologies. The session on laser and photonic applications, organized and carried out in cooperation with EPIC, shows examples from developers of photonic medical devices and their supply chains.

Optical components play a particularly important role in the field of diagnostic imaging technologies, like X-ray, ultrasound examinations, computer tomography or endoscopy but also in the quality assurance of manufacturing processes. High-quality optics are essential, not least in the field of laser technology. Optical components, systems and assemblies form a focal point in the field of medical technology components, which will be on display at COMPAMED.

Surely at first you think the same as Dr. Dietrich when I contacted him about two years ago: What should IVAM members do at the W3+ Fair in Wetzlar? Wetzlar "only" stands for optics. I got rejected but I don`t give up easily: I invited him to the trade fair in Wetzlar and he got convinced by the mix of over 200 companies which operate in the sectors of optics, mechanics, electronics and photonics.

We would like to introduce our board members to you: For this reason, we did short interviews with them about key technologies, technology trends and the relevance of networks. Dr. Lutz Aschke, Managing Director of TRUMPF Photonic Components, has been a member of IVAM's executive board since 2007 and chairman of the board since 2015. He contributes his expertise in optics, photonics and laser technology to his work on the board.