.EPIC Photonics has named the winners of the EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award and the EPIC CEO Award.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Viacheslav Artyushenko, founder and CEO of art photonics GmbH

EPIC CEO Award: Axel Kupisiewicz, founder and CEO of LASEA
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Hamamatsu Photonics Europe has entered into a partnership with VUB-based photonics research group B-Phot to explore avenues for supporting companies in various stages of photonics development.

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.OptoSigma Europe SAS, a provider of photonics and optical components, has appointed Alain Schebath CEO of the newly established OptoSigma Germany GmbH.

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.Gentec-EO, a laser beam measurement company, appointed Charles Dumas vice president of sales and marketing.

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Defense technology company Shield AI has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sentient Vision Systems.

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MVTec has established a subsidiary in Hsinchu, Taiwan. MVTec Taiwan Co., Ltd., will primarily focus on the semiconductor industry and it will house MVTec's previously established sales office, which is relocating from Taichung, Taiwan.

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The photosensitive polymer, made from elemental sulfur and low-cost dienes, was discovered by researchers at Flinders University during a routine chemical analysis.

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Researchers from Harvard SEAS have developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity, and the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid.

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.SPIE' annual showcase for mission-critical sensing technology and innovation heads to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area for a five-day run from April 21-25.

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Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest has entered into a technical partnership with Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., a provider of engineering technology and equipment, to promote efficient production technology for mini- and microLED displays.

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.Coherent Corp. has secured $15 million in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors.

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.NACL has acquired Optical Filter Source, LLC. Both companies provide optical coating services to industry professionals working with optical components from UV to the FIR.

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Researchers at University of Rochester and University of Copenhagen Research developed a bioluminescence imaging technique that tracks the movement of oxygen in mice brains to reveal the level of oxygen present in the mice’s cortical tissue under different physiological conditions.

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An approach to deep brain imaging developed at University of Washington uses microprisms to provide stable tracking of neuronal activity over a large field of view.

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.IMPERX, a provider of ruggedized cameras for aerospace and machine vision, named David Head director of business development.

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#AllThingsPhotonics S9E4: Prof. Andrea Blanco Redondo of UCF CREOL focuses on some of the most exciting topics in photonics research.

Also, here from reps from ficonTEC Service GmbH.

Listen to the full episode here: photonics.com/Podcast/pce78

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New Jersey-based inTEST Corporation, a supplier of test and process technology solutions, has acquired Alfamation, a provider of test and measurement solutions for the automotive, life sciences, and specialty consumer electronics markets.

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A research team at Tohoku University investigated the use of radially polarized laser beams, also known as vector beams, to enhance processing accuracy and resolution in ultrafast laser processing.

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QED Technologies has appointed Michael Mohammadi, current vice president of global sales and business development at Thorlabs, president and CEO.

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.Fraunhofer_IAF has contributed to the BMBF funded project working on the realization of all necessary technologies to provide quantum frequency converters (QFK) with high efficiency and low noise for initial test tracks.

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