Photonics pioneer Pim Kat receives royal award
Upon his retirement, Pim Kat has been bestowed the royal honor of becoming Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Bedrijf: Technobis
Amazec recycles ASML technology to diagnose heart failure
Technology originally developed to measure vibrations in ASML equipment can also be used to diagnose heart failure. It got Technobis founder Pim Kat so excited that heâs postponing retirement to bring it to the market.
Technobis carves out its photonics activities as Photonfirst
As of 1 January, Technobisâ Integrated Photonic Sensing (IPS) business unit is continuing as an independent entity, called Photonfirst.
Daan Kersten to take Technobisâ photonics global
Technobis Group has appointed Daan Kersten as CEO.
Reducing an optical sensor interrogator to the size of a memory stick
Fiber-optic sensing is gaining traction for accurate strain, shape and temperature measurement in aircraft, civil structures, high-tech machines and medical catheters and endoscopes. To support a higher market penetration, a cost and size reduction is needed. Technobis and Bruco Integrated Circuits have developed a memory stick-sized fiber-optic measurement system.
Photondelta project takes PICs in space
Collaborating within the Photondelta Flagship project, the better part of the Dutch integrated photonics industry has started working with TNOâs Space and Semiconductor departments to qualify photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for space applications.
Technobis secures 7 million
Photondelta and ABN Amro bank are joining Active Capital Company (ACC) in funding Technobisâ efforts to scale up its integrated photonic sensing business.
Technobis hands majority stake to investment fund
Private equity fund Active Capital Company (ACC) has acquired a majority stake in Technobis, an Alkmaar-based group selling fiber-optic sensing equipment, among other things.
Building a billion dollar integrated photonics industry
Working in high tech for 35 years, RenĂ© Penning de Vries has never seen more potential waiting to come to fruition. The technology, the ideas, the means: itâs all there. But creating a billion euro integrated photonics industry in the Netherlands will require a lot more hard work and persistence. âOur biggest pitfall is complacency,â says the chairman of PhotonDelta, a collaboration founded to steer the effort.
De knop aan, up-rampen en de prijs naar beneden
Technobis in Alkmaar is klaar voor een groeispurt naar 160 miljoen euro omzet. âOnze systemen werken, we staan in klantenroadmaps en dit gaat gewoon gebeuren. Het is de knop aanzetten, up-rampen en de prijs naar beneden krijgenâ, zegt directeur Pim Kat.
