Background
17 Jul 2018

FANUC Corporation
FANUC are a multinational corporation that primarily manufacture factory automation products such as robots. FANUC have a laser business division and specialize in high-power fiber lasers and CO2 lasers.
Background
17 Jul 2018

Amplitude Systemes
Amplitude Systemes are a laser manufacturer that specialize in ultrafast fiber lasers. IDTechEx had a discussion with Amplitude at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA).
17 Jul 2018

Mass production of flexible displays at Royole campus
Royole Corporation announced that its massive 1.1-million-square-foot Quasi-G6 Mass Production Campus in Shenzhen, China is up and running for mass production of fully flexible displays.
External press release
6 Jul 2018

ABB solutions power Europe's greenest data center in Norway
With ABB technology Lefdal Mine Datacenter plans to become Europe's biggest, with the smallest environmental footprint.
20 Jun 2018

Ameren Microgrid earns PEER gold certification
Green Business Certification Inc has awarded the Ameren microgrid a PEER Gold certification, the first microgrid in the world to achieve such recognition for performance excellence under PEER v2. PEER, or Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal, is a certification program that provides a comprehensive framework for defining high-performing power systems.
19 Jun 2018

Why a trucking company built its own grid
At the Pitt Ohio trucking facility in Harmar, Pennsylvania, tractor trailers roll up to a depot where lights, computers, and electric forklifts are all powered by clean energy produced on-site.
Full profile interview
12 Jun 2018

IPG Photonics Corporation
IPG Photonics are the global leader of the fiber laser market. IDTechEx first had a discussion with IPG Photonics at Laser Manufacturing of Lightweight Structures 2017 (UK) in November 2017. This was followed by a second extended meeting at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA) in January 2018 and an interview in June 2018.
Background
12 Jun 2018

Shenzhen JPT Opto-electronics Co., Ltd.
JPT are a fiber laser manufacturer and are one of the key players in China. IDTechEx had a discussion with JPT at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA).
Full profile interview
11 Jun 2018

Novae Ltd
Novae are a fiber laser manufacturer. IDTechEx first had a discussion with Novae at SPIE Photonics West 2018 in January 2018; this was followed by a full interview in March 2018. The company specializes in ultrafast pulsed fiber lasers and supercontinuum generation. Applications include chemical sensing, medical imaging and micromachining.
External press release
22 May 2018

Finalist for Renewable Energy Project of the Year
Highview Power announced that its Liquid Air Energy Storage system at the Pilsworth Landfill Facility outside of Manchester, UK is a finalist for the BusinessGreen Renewable Energy Project of the Year.
4 May 2018

Autonomous mobile robots: automating the goods-to-person step
The robotic industry is looking for the next big opportunity that could one day rival the automotive sector in size. It may have found its answer in the logistic and material handling sector. In this article we will focus on the use of mobile robots in automating the goods-to-person step in logistics and material handling.
25 Apr 2018

BMW Group plans additive manufacturing campus
The BMW Group is to invest more than €10 million in a new Additive Manufacturing Campus. Located in Oberschleissheim, just north of Munich, the facility will allow the company to continue developing its expertise in this field of work.
12 Apr 2018

World's most powerful wind turbine successfully installed
A hat-trick of offshore wind industry firsts has been achieved within a fortnight in North-east Scotland after the world's most powerful single turbine was successfully installed.
Full profile interview
7 Apr 2018

Umicore Rechargeable Battery Materials
Umicore is a Belgian company with the largest market share of LCO for Li-ion batteries. The company is now operating facilities for recycling spent Li-ion batteries
6 Apr 2018

Guest Article from M-SOLV
M-Solv Ltd is a large area electronics manufacturing company with 50 people based in Oxford, UK and an Asian support facility in Hong Kong. The company has 3 main business activities: large area electronic device manufacturing; building functional inkjet printers and laser materials processing machines and, underpinning both of those, manufacturing process development, which has led to a wide IP portfolio.
5 Apr 2018

Ethiopian energy plant converts trash to power
Ethiopia is supporting a green energy plant that will convert waste into energy.
5 Apr 2018

Robot designed to defend factories against cyberthreats
It's small enough to fit inside a shoebox, yet this robot on four wheels has a big mission: keeping factories and other large facilities safe from hackers.
30 Mar 2018

€6.3m Irish drone research project
The programme will see researchers recreate flying environments for drones as digital models, taking into account a wide range of factors like air traffic, buildings and electricity lines, and then testing them in the real world at Waterford Airport and other selected locations around Ireland.
22 Mar 2018

Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facility
A pair of autonomous robots will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio, to identify uranium deposits on pipe walls.
External press release
20 Mar 2018

Creative materials introduces washable conductive inks, coatings
Creative Materials introduces new series of conductive Inks and coatings that are designed for manufacturing printed electroniccircuits on washable textiles.