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MANCEF Announces Collaboration with Sensors Global Summit 2019

The President of the Micro, Nano and Emerging Technologies Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF) has announced the successful signing of an agreement with Cambridge Innovation Institute Read more

Integra Devices is now Xidas, the New Face of Miniaturization

Integra Devices is now Xidas, a powerful new representation of their evolution into one of the world’s leading companies for miniaturization and micro-devices Read more

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Controlling Hexapods via EtherCAT® - Easy Integration of Six-Axis Robots into the Process Environment

A new whitepaper from PI (Physik Instrumente) explains how the integration of the hexapod controller with an EtherCAT® interface works. Read more

Swiss Effort to Develop a Machine to Bio-engineer Skin-grafts

Swiss researchers want to develop the first-ever automated machine to bioengineer personalised skin grafts for therapy. Read more

New Mitsui Seiki HMC Features Higher Rapid Feed Rates

Mitsui Seiki’s HPX63 II 4-axis horizontal machining center, an improved version of the company’s proven HPX63 unit, Read more

Etching Specialist to Expand Capacity with Seven-Figure Process Automation Investment

Precision Micro is gearing up for a busy summer of expansion. In 2020, the UK-based photochemical etching company aims to fully automate the front-end of its manufacturing process Read more

18th EPHJ Trade Show the Best Yet

Against the backdrop of a thriving watchmaking industry, the 18th EPHJ Trade Show ended with really good news on visitor numbers, which were slightly up, and positive feedback from the 820 exhibitor companies. Read more

Rofin-Sinar UK Rebrands as Luxinar

Global leader in laser technology, Rofin-Sinar UK has rebranded as Luxinar, marking a new chapter in the company’s 20-year history. Read more

Features

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Bruker’s PeakForce Tapping is Fastest Growing AFM Mode

At the 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, Bruker announced the 10-year anniversary of PeakForce Tapping, its proprietary atomic force microscopy (AFM) mode. Read more

Dec 4, 2019 9:14 AM metrology

International Precision Fair Draws Record Number of Visitors

On the 13th and 14th of November, the 19th edition of the Precision fair was held at Koningshof Conference Centre in the Netherlands. Read more

Nov 25, 2019 2:09 PM micro manufacturing

Plan Optik is Driving Connectivity to the Next Level

Plan Optik AG, the leading manufacturer of customised wafers from glass, quartz or glass-silicon compound materials has launched its new Cu-Interposer technology at SEMICON Europa 2019. Read more

Nov 21, 2019 9:36 AM mems

Jenoptik Secures Long-Term Contract in the Automotive Industry

Jenoptik has been chosen to supply a laser-optical subsystem for the PM2.5 particle sensor, developed by HELLA. Read more

Nov 20, 2019 10:11 AM lasers

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Nanoscribe’s 3D Microfabrication Systems Enable Rapid Small Series Production

At Formnext, the leading additive manufacturing conference and trade fair, Nanoscribe presents high-precision 3D printing capabilities for small series production of components in the millimeter scale. Read more

Nov 18, 2019 3:33 PM micro manufacturing

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Expansion of Materials Capabilities for Wafer-level Optics and Nanoimprint Lithography

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, announces that it is partnering with DELO Read more

Nov 11, 2019 4:53 PM mems