See what is moving and shaking in Wetzlar. In this resort, we cover groundbreaking innovations in optics, mechanics and electronics.
Hexagon Metrology
“Coffee, Cake, Innovation and R&D”: Hexagon Metrology has established an informal in-house gathering for the exchange of professional stances and trends.
Carl Zeiss Sports Optics
The launch of the Zeiss Dialyt 10x42 in 1968 revolutionized binocular design. Nearly forty-five years later, the Zeiss Victory HT rings in a new era.
Central Hessen
The new Newcomers’ Guide for Central Hessen is available. Central Hessen is the first economic region in Europe to offer the new edition as an iPhone and Android app.
Leica Microsystems
Leica Microsystems and TrueVision 3D Surgical announced the debut of surgical microscopes with a fully integrated, digital 3D system built inside.
OptoTech Optikmaschinen
On the Cerro Armazones in Northern Chile, the largest optical telescope worldwide is being built. The telescope mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope need to be equally large. The OptoTech company is building an unprecedented optical machine to produce these mirrors.
Leica Camera
100 years after the first Leitz camera was made, Leica Camera AG is now returning to its point of origin.
Institute of German Economic Research
A new portal for international personnel offers information on career opportunities in Germany.
Qioptiq
There cannot be many optic factories where the day production fits into a space the size of a shoebox. But this is the case at Qioptiq in Aßlar, where precision lenses, some measuring less than a millimeter in diameter, are manufactured and shipped all over the world.
Photonics Fund
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to fund research and development in the field of photonics with an annual amount of 100 million euros in the next 10 years. The new BMBF program formulates six guidelines for the research promotion.
Helmut Hund GmbH
The innovative pollen monitor of the Hund company is the world’s first commercially viable system for the fully automatic identification of biogenic particles.
