Total sales of machine vision (MV) components and systems in North America increased 11% to $1.04 bn in the first half of 2014, according to new statistics issued by trade association the AIA. This is the best first half performance by the ...
Tags: Machine Vision, manufacturing sector, smart cameras, lighting
Pompeian Group, the Baltimore-based importer and distributor of olive oil and vinegar, is entering into a new equal partnership with the DCOOP Group of Spain, the largest olive oil cooperative in the world. Pompeian, through its group of ...
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French tire maker Michelin is set to supply tires for Ford’s performance vehicles including Ford GT, Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R Mustang, Fiesta ST, Focus ST and RS, and F-150 Raptor. Ford said that engineers from both the ...
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The global photonics market is worth at least $150bn, according to analysis by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (and owner of optics.org). The data were presented last week (4 September) by SPIE’s Industry and ...
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Last week Samsung became the latest big-hitter to change its strategy in the LED lighting sector, with the Korean technology conglomerate making a significant retreat. Having identified the emerging application as a key growth area just ...
Tags: Samsung, LED Lighting, luminaire markets
If current proposals by the European Commission are adopted, consumers will no longer be able to purchase any domestic halogen eco lamps after 2018, warns industry association Lighting Europe. The pressure group has published a ...
Tags: halogen eco lamps, LED lamps, CFL
UK-based API Laminates has commissioned a new module on Laminator 4 production line at its production plant in Poynton, England to ramp up Transmet laminate production capacity. API's Transmet offers print-receptive coating in a bright ...
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The emergence of applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiology and gastroenterology will help drive the market for clinical optical imaging to $2 billion by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new market report from the ...
Tags: Cancer Diagnostics, optical technologies, ultrasound technologies
The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a volume of US$ 11.6 billion in 2014. According to a preliminary analysis of 2014 data produced by Optech Consulting, based in Taegerwilen, Switzerland, that figure is up 8% ...
Tags: laser systems, fiber lasers, semiconductors
Now established in curing, UV LED technology is expected to find growth opportunities in disinfection, purification and other new applications by 2017, says a market analyst. Under its new technology and market report entitled UV LED ...
Tags: UV LEDs, New Markets, Disinfection, Purification
China International Industry Fair, an annual world-famous fair, takes place at National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) from November 3 – 7, 2015. Industrial robots manufactured by domestic companies, a prototype Mars ...
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Annual production of laser-based manufacturing systems made by companies at German locations for the first time exceed the billion euro mark, according to data compiled by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), Laser and Laser Systems ...
Tags: Laser Systems, solid-state lasers
The SEMA Show takes place November 3 - November 6, 2015 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For a few days, the auto industry's focus drifts away from reality and into a fantasy world of big, wild, extreme builds of all shapes and colors. ...
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New reports from two analyst companies have confirmed continued rapid growth in demand for solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, partly as a result of a looming tax credit deadline for utility-scale projects. The second reason is a sharp ...
Market research firm IHS Infonetics has published new vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its second quarter 2015 IHS Infonetics Optical Network Hardware report. According to the report, global optical network hardware ...
Tags: optical network hardware, WDM