Foreign weekly news briefing: OSRAM, Hamamatsu Hikaruko, Sofradir

The Jenoptik received 5 million euros of orders from the German Aerospace Center, to develop the next generation of METimage camera. METimage used in meteorological satellite EPS system, able to capture nearly 3000 km wide image with a resolution of up to 500m or higher. Currently the highest resolution of the camera used on the satellite is only 1100m, the duration of the project may continue until around 2015.

The OSRAM and Traxon Technologie set up a joint venture in Hongkong, mainly to the fusion of OSRAM lighting technology to Traxon lighting control technology. The new company's name is Traxon Technologies - An Osram Company. The joint venture is headquartered in Hongkong, Traxon R & D activities in Germany and Hongkong.

The photoelectric element and system manufacturer Hamamatsu Hikaruko (Hamamatsu Photonics) the company announced the expansion of electronic tube factory in Yantian city in japan. The new building will be four times larger, and the capacity of the new plant will increase by a factor of 2, according to the company, which will be completed in January 2010.

It is headquartered in France's senior developer and manufacturer of Sofradir infrared detectors infrared acquisition of U.S. manufacturers ELectrophysics company, which was named after the acquisition of EC Sofradir. Electrophysics's original shareholders Frank Vallese, served as president of the new company, Sofradir's CEO Bensussan will serve as chairman of the new company, Philippe.

The Kollmorgen photoelectric company from the U. S. naval $9 million 300 thousand contract, the installation and maintenance of the Navy submarine imaging system, including photonics camera, more complex set of photoelectric sensor, laser rangefinder and other imaging techniques to replace the original optics periscope.

The Adelaide university received the Australian government $28 million 800 thousand to assist in the establishment of a photoelectric sensor technology and Research Institute, the study will be located in the north of the school. The university will provide $1 million 300 thousand in infrastructure costs, $2 million 500 thousand from the cooperative. The agency will be led by Professor Tanya Monro, including fiber optics, lasers, cold light sources, proteomics and virology.

The Danish FOSS company A/S Ibsen Photonics holdings of shares to 12.5%, FOSS A/S is an analytical solution for the developers, the application areas include agriculture, chemical and other industrial fields. This collaboration helps to develop advanced spectral modules for FOSS's next generation analytics solutions. Both companies have seen the potential of the combination of FOSS analysis techniques and Ibsen expertise, which are used in spectroscopic systems and spectral diffraction gratings.