MEMS Optical, Inc. (Huntsville, AL) and JENOPTIK Polymer Systems, Inc. (Rochester, NY) have merged with JENOPTIK Optical Systems, Inc. (Jupiter, FL) effective January 1, 2010. The merger creates a single corporation for the US based manufacturing operations of Jenoptik Optical Systems division.

At Photonics West from January 26-28, 2010 in San Francisco, USA, Jenoptik´s Optical Systems division will be presenting numerous innovative products at booth #1422. At the beginning of 2010 Jenoptik amalgamated its entire US optics business within JENOPTIK Optical Systems, Inc.

The Lasers & Material Processing division of Jenoptik will be from January 26-28, 2010 at the trade fair Photonics West in San Francisco, USA, at booth 1422. In addition to the proven standard products, innovations and further developments in semiconductor materials as well as diode and disk lasers will be presented.

Jenoptik has optimized its LDM41/42/43 laser distance measurement product line for extended temperature capability and will be presenting these new models at stand 638 of hall 7A in Nuremberg.

Lumenova GmbH, Esslingen, a PSI Group company and JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH, Triptis, part of the Jenoptik Optical Systems division, have concluded a wide-ranging strategic alliance in the area of LED lighting.

The micro-optics business unit of Jenoptik's Optical Systems Division and the company LightTrans GmbH will work closely together in the field of development and commercialization of micro-optical solutions.

At „LASER World of Photonics“ from June 15 to 18, 2009 in Munich, the world´s leading trade fair for optical technologies, Jenoptik´s Optical Systems division will present numerous innovative products in hall C2 at booth #311.

The Lasers & Material Processing division will be representing Jenoptik from June 15-18 at the world’s leading optical technologies trade show, the LASER World of Photonics, in Munich at Booth 311 in Hall C2. In doing so, new developments in diode lasers, laser systems and laser processing machines will be presented along with the entire value chain of Laser Material Processing.

At the LASER World of Photonics from June 15 – 18 in Munich, Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing division will present worthwhile new developments as well as the entire added value chain in laser material processing - beginning with semiconductor material over to laser beam sources and laser systems up to system and automation technology for complex laser machines - in Hall C2 at Stand 311.

A new product line with USB Interface is added to the ProgRes® Camera family and sets a new era.

The new USB 2.0 based cameras in the ProgRes® CMOS and CCD Research camera line have been optimized according to customer wishes and will be available worldwide at authorized ProgRes® Resellers at the end of April 2009.

JENOPTIK OptiSys Ltd. will supply opto-mechanical modules to Israeli clients in the semiconductor and security industry.

With the acquisition of the Berlin-based company Three-Five Epitaxial Services Aktiengesellschaft Jenoptik has now integrated the area of epitaxial wafer manufacture in-house. At the Photonics West trade fair in the US the Jenoptik Lasers & Material Processing division will therefore be showcasing the complete technology chain for the manufacture of diode lasers as well as new developments from the world of optics, micro-optics and laser technology.

Following successful tests, Jenoptik will begin delivery of the first batch of an order of several hundred binocular thermal imaging systems in October. At the same time InfraTec, the party ordering and Jenoptik’s exclusive distribution partner, will present the new VarioVIEW™ 150 binocular thermal imaging system to the public for the first time at the SECURITY Essen 2008 trade fair.

Jenoptik publishes Version 2.6 of its CapturePro image acquisition software for ProgRes® microscope cameras.
New practical features make work with ProgRes® even more convenient.

Equipped with the new camera driver, ProgRes® microscope cameras by Jenoptik can be directly controlled via ImageJ image analysis software for the first time.

Comprehensive supply contract concluded for thermal imaging cameras.

The Dresden-based company InfraTec GmbH Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik and the Sensor Systems business unit of Jenoptik’s Defense and Civil Systems division have concluded an agreement for the manufacture and supply of Jenoptik thermal imaging camera technology in the upper single figure million euro range, thereby consolidating their distribution partnership.

ProgRes® C7, Jenoptik extends ProgRes® camera line with 7 megapixel resolution and instantaneous live image

JENOPTIK Laser Optik, Systeme GmbH publishes a new camera driver for direct integration of ProgRes® microscope cameras with Image-Pro image analysis software from Media Cybernetics.

Jenoptik will be showcasing numerous innovative products at booth 1027 on Photonics West in San Jose, California from January 22 to 24, 2008.

Photographers and the specialist photographic press are today going on a journey to "laser worlds" into Europe's largest tin mines at the showcase mine in Pöhla (Saxony). The Jenoptik Group is presenting its new Sinar Hy6 system to the specialist photo world and as such firing the starting shot to launch the sale of the new medium format camera for professional photographers.

With newly added functions and icons, Version 2.5 of CapturePro control and image acquisition software optimizes operation control of ProgRes® microscope cameras from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH presents a new Microscope Camera with CMOS Sensor Technology. The ProgRes® CT3 ranges at the same high proficiency level as other models of the ProgRes® family – combined with attractive acquisition costs.

High Resolution and good Color Reproduction

Best image quality is the speciality of ProgRes® cameras.

The acquisition of the remaining 49 percent of the shares in SINAR AG is a significant step in the expansion of the digital camera business.

The Jenoptik Group has purchased the remaining 49 percent of the shares in SINAR AG, making it a 100 percent owned subsidiary of the technology group’s Laser & Optics division.

With a new sales office in Israel the Jenoptik subsidiary JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is strengthening its international distribution structures for optics and at the same time providing support for market access for other areas of the Jenoptik Group.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH presents new digital IM 11CM-800 Imaging Module for application in science and industry.

An enhanced version of the proven Imaging Module 11C/M is released by JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH. The new module relies on a Kodak 11 megapixel CCD sensor of the latest generation, which is available as a monochrome or a color sensor alternatively.

Since series production began at the end of 1999, the sales figures for green thin-disk lasers have risen continuously. More than 1,000 lasers are now produced every year in Jena-Göschwitz. Jenoptik’s successful products are primarily used in medical applications.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH now delivering a new generation of thermography cameras.

With an image resolution up to 1.2 megapixel, the new VarioCAM® high resolution sets new benchmarks in mobile and stationary real-time thermography.

Photonics West, which is being staged from January 22 to 25, 2007, is one of the world’s most important headline trade fairs for photonics technologies and is held annually in San José, California. Jenoptik will be attending, displaying a wide range of innovative products and giving six technical presentations at the accompanying conference.

The task of Sinar has traditionally been the manufacture and distribution of analog and digital photo technology for professional photographers.

The Jenoptik Group rescinds the sale of its 51 percent of the shares in Sinar AG to Leica Camera AG.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH offers a complete macro-photography system for ProgRes® cameras with immediate effect.

Launched at the beginning of November, the new image documentation system is easy to operate and captures images of superior quality. Equipped with a first-class macro zoom objective lens, the system records objects of 6 x 4 mm² to 40 x 30 cm², producing fully sized pictures and exceeding even stereo microscopes in terms of the image field size.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH to Expand its Product Range of Light Modulators by Electro-Optical Modulators with Fiber Coupling

Jenoptik includes fiber-coupled light modulators for phase and amplitude modulation in its range of offerings with immediate effect. The new modulators have been developed for operation in the visible spectrum range and in infrared light applications with greater light power up to a level about 300 mW. In addition, they have been optimized for ultra-short-pulse operation.

Optical metrology equipment for climatologists and meteorologists

The newly designed laser ceilometer from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH measures such atmospheric parameters as cloud height, visibility and the height of a planetary boundary layer.

The first medium-format camera for professional photographers, the “Leaf AFi” from Leaf, part of Kodak Graphic Communications Group, comes from Jenoptik.

The Leaf AFi is the first medium-format digital camera system for professional photographers, based on a new camera unit, designed by Jenoptik.

Large reach, instant measuring results and comfortable equipment are what distinguish the LDM301 from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH.

Version 2.1 of the camera control and image capture software for ProgRes® microscope cameras by JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH comes with extended measurement functionality, optimized time-lapse image capturing and even more comfortable handling.

Jenoptik Group and Leaf, part of Kodak’s Graphics Communication Group and designer, manufacturer and marketer of digital backs for professional photographers jointly announce today plans for the development of a long term business and technology relationship in the field of medium-format digital cameras aimed at professional photographers.

With the sale by Jenoptik of 51 percent shareholding and consequently its entire stake in Sinar, to Leica Camera AG, the market for digital professional photography is being newly arranged.

At a press conference today Jenoptik boss Alexander von Witzleben announced details of future projects of the Jenoptik Group in the area of digital imaging.

The Jenoptik Group is now operating in Russia with its first production site for lasers and laser components. Seven employees of the Thuringia-based technology group have been manufacturing laser modules in St. Petersburg since July this year. In Jena, the lasers will be integrated into components and systems for civil and military applications.

A new camera driver is available for directly controlling ProgRes® microscope cameras from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH with Image-Pro® image analysis software from Media Cybernetics.

The f-theta scan lenses of Jenoptik are particularly remarkable because of the high stability of the spot size and the consistent spot power density over the entire scan field.

With its new semiconductor plant JENOPTIK Diode Lab GmbH will be operating close to its technology partner, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (Institute for High Frequency Technology). From autumn this year laser bars, the basis for high-power diode lasers, will be developed and manufactured at the new plant.

Following the strategic realignment Jenoptik has concentrated its group companies under one joint brand umbrella.
JENOPTIK JENA is to become JENOPTIK GERMANY.

All types of ProgRes® microscope cameras from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH can be controlled by computers with an Apple Macintosh™ operating system from now on.

Infrared images of extremely high 640 x 480 pixels resolution – optionally even up to 1.2 megapixels resolution – is what the new thermographic camera module IR-TCM 640 from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH gives you.

Coastal Optical Systems, Inc., headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, takes over responsibility as the North-America Distributor of infrared cameras and thermography systems from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Syteme GmbH, a leading German manufacturer of high-grade microscope cameras, is going to further increase its sales activities in the USA.

Distance measurement in industrial environments is getting still more easy: A Profibus® DP-V0 interface allows for easy integration of the compact LDM43 Laser Distance Measuring Module into field-bus-controlled process automation environments with the LDM43 itself functioning as “Slave“.

XTREME technologies GmbH, Göttingen and Jena, the technology joint venture between JENOPTIK AG and USHIO Inc., has received funding from Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s strategic investment arm, to accelerate development of its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source for photolithography applications.
A corresponding strategic investment agreement was signed in late December 2005.

High-power diode lasers generate their radiation from bar-shaped semiconductors based on GaAs. They are the most efficient sources of artificial light available. Their broad industrial use is still in the early stages and the potential of this type of laser is far from reaching its limits.

The two JENOPTIK companies — JENOPTIK Diode Lab GmbH in Berlin and JENOPTIK Laserdiode GmbH in Jena — work closely together to manufacture these lasers.

With a proven record in providing thermographic cameras, JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is now launching a diversified range of thermographic camera modules.

The Jenoptik subsidiary JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH has acquired a 51 percent stake in Sinar AG (Switzerland). The remaining 49 percent of the shares remain with Sinar Holding.

With the new monochrome camera ProgRes® MFcool JENOPTIK now offers a professional solution for the special tasks not just in fluorescence microscopy.

JENOPTIK Diode Lab GmbH lays the cornerstone for a modern production facility in Berlin. Scientific partner FBH inaugurates new research facilities.

New Capabilities in Terms of Precision and Speed.

The new ProgRes® C14plus and ProgRes® CFscan digital cameras provide the optimal solution to continuously growing demands in all fields of light microscopy.

The newly developed ProgRes® Capture Pro software for scientific camera systems expands the currently available ProgRes® Capture Basic software by a variety of new, useful functions.

The new „VarioTHERM™ head“ is the first reasonably priced real-time thermographic camera system for the 1.8 - 5 µm spectral range for challenging applications in industrial and scientific research and development. The camera is easy to use and of robust industrial design.

The German manufacturer JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH proudly announces the completion of the direct implementation of their ProgRes® digital microscope cameras in the image analysis software „ImageAccess“ made by Imagic Bildverarbeitung AG, Switzerland.

The combination of both the Know-how of camera and software specialists significantly increases the comfort in capturing and analyzing images in industrial as well as scientific microscopy. This is how powerful solutions evolve for different applications.

Improved access to high grade optical base materials germanium and silizium.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, a Jenoptik subsidiary in the Photonics business division, has acquired 51 percent of the stock in Eisenacher Photonic Sense GmbH. The company specializes in the manufacture and sale of raw material components comprising high grade optical germanium and silizium (see glossary).

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH acquires 33 percent stake in Krämer Scientific Instruments GmbH.

Jenoptik, the technology group, is strengthening its expertise in industrial measurement technology in the Photonics business division. JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, a subsidiary of JENTOPTIK AG (ISIN DE0006229107) acquired 33 percent of the shares in Krämer Scientific Instruments GmbH (KSI).

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH and SINAR AG merge their sales of professional digital camera backs.

As of now, the sales activities of the German company JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH and SINAR AG from Switzerland are to be merged with the aim of opening up the professional digital photography market.
In future, the Eyelike™ product range manufactured by JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH will be marketed worldwide exclusively by SINAR.

Jenoptik to manufacture optoelectronic semiconductor components at the new site.

JENOPTIK Diode Lab GmbH plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Berlin-Adlershof. The Jenoptik subsidiary will produce optoelectronic semiconductor components there, with particular emphasis on semiconductor materials for diode lasers. Construction on the project, which is to create 40 new jobs, will commence in spring of this year.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, the manufacturer of high quality digital microscope cameras, now provides the 'Turbo-Mode' for any user of either a ProgRes™ C10plus or a ProgRes™ C12plus.

The range of ProgRes™ Microscope Cameras provide desirable digital imaging solutions for scientists working in the fields of Life science and Material Research.

Patent issued to Coastal Optical Systems, Inc.

Coastal Optical Systems, Inc. has been awarded Patent US 6,831,680 for the invention of interior aircraft monitoring using fisheye lenses and a data system.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH begins sales offensive for infrared cameras.

A major order for the Jenoptik VarioCAM® infrared cameras brings the 2004 fiscal year to a successful end for the “Digital Imaging” area of expertise of JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH.

The companies InfraTec GmbH (Dresden) and JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH (Jena) have agreed on expanding their co-operation in the further tapping of the markets for infrared cameras.

The companies Japan Laser Corp. and JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH have decided to bundle their activities in the Japanese market for thermographic cameras.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH (Germany) und SINAR AG (Switzerland) entering into a partnership for the development, manufacture and sale of professional digital camera backs.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is pleased to announce a new sales partner in Mexico for its thermography cameras in the VarioCAM®, VarioTHERM® and VARIOSCAN families from October 2004.

Honored as an “exceptional Photokina highlight”.

Photokina, the world’s most important photography trade fair, has come to a successful close for Jenoptik today. Photographers and specialty retailers ordered an unexpectedly high number of the Eyelike™ eMotion²² mobile camera backs, which were introduced to the market at the trade fair.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH will present the new H1 adaptation for the Eyelike™ precision M22 at the Photokina in Cologne.

As already announced, JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is also presenting a new version of the Eyelike™ capture basic software for working with Windows®.

Eyelike™ eMotion expands on the range of digital cameras for professional photography at JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is expanding its Eyelike™ product range to include a mobile digital camera back for medium format cameras.

The Eyelike™ eMotion²² from JENOPTIK is the high quality digital back for untethered and tethered operation.

Fast, high resolution, lightweight and elegant are the key words describing the new Eyelike™ eMotion²².

Jenoptik subsidiary improves its position as a supplier for international aerospace companies and projects.

New record figures for Jena-Optronik.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is the sole shareholder of the Göttingen-based start-up company INNOVAVENT GmbH. The subsidiary, which forms part of the JENOPTIK Photonics business division, acquired all the shares in Innovavent on 1 July this year.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is launching a new camera system for image documentation in microscopy this month. Named ProgRes™ STAR (Sophisticated Technology for Advanced Research), this camera system mainly targets research institutions and laboratories.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH acquires LINOS AG’s optics unit in Giessen, Germany.

At this year’s Defense & Security Symposium (Orlando, 13 – 15 April 2004), JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH will for the first time present their radiometric infrared camera series VarioCAM® to the American market.

The "Eyelike™ precision M22" 22 megapixel digital back is available now with an added 16-shot capability. Photographers are thus able to obtain ultra-high-resolution still-life shots with files as big as 498 megabytes.

After the microscope camera manufacturer JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH was able to report monochrome reinforcement of its camera product line already a few weeks ago, this product segment has now been extended by a second monochrome microscope camera.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH will be running JENOPTIK LDT GmbH as a 100 percent owned subsidiary with immediate effect.
The Jenoptik subsidiary has acquired the remaining 40 percent of the shares in the Gera-based company from Schneider Laser Technologies AG (SLT), Gera, which has gone into insolvency.

This year’s "Best Of Digital Arts" photo contest once again had great response from users of Eyelike™ and ColorCam digital backs from all over the world. This was the fifth time JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, supplier of these digital camera backs, has invited entries to this popular contest.

Eyelike™ with new performance-plus: multi-shot functionality at 1-shot price level and other convenient upgrade options.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH has further extended its range of high-grade digital microscope cameras. The established line of ProgRes™ and MicroFire™ Color cameras has recently been complemented by a purely monochrome model.

With the new M22, the eyelike™ precision family is receiving top-class reinforcement. Another professional tool, it provides 22-million pixel resolution and complements the available choice of M6, M11 and M16 digital camera back models from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH. A perfectly matched camera system working in unison with a medium-format or professional camera is thus available for all standards and worktask requirements handled by professional photographers.

From October, JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH focuses all activities relating to the development, production and distribution of digital cameras for industrial and science applications ideally at the "Digital Imaging" Competence Center of in Jena.

Spectra-Physics has announced a long-term partnership with JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH to produce, sell, and service thin disk lasers.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH launches Eyelike Capture basic, a supplementary software to Eyelike Capture pro for digital backs of the Eyelike family.

The Eyelike precision M16 digital back from JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH is now available in the market.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH has concluded a distribution agreement with JOBO AG in Gummersbach. Under the new agreement, JOBO AG will handle the sale of"eyelike precision" line products in many countries of the world with immediate effect.

This year's "Best Of Digital Arts 2003" photo contest will continue until September 30, 2003.

JENOPTIK LDT GmbH has received the contract to supply a laser projection system to STN ATLAS Elektronik GmbH. A first Tornado flight simulator will be equipped with the new laser projection system. An RGB (red-green-blue) laser makes it possible for moving pictures to be projected onto a variety of different projection surfaces with the highest quality.

The Digital View Camera system introduced at Photokina by Jenoptik, Plaubel and Schneider Kreuznach will be available from August 2003. A specific target of the development was to ensure the perfect technical match of all components. This provides extremely high reliability of the Digital View Camera System and makes it simple and easy to handle for the user.

Recently, engineers at JENOPTIK have developed a diode-pumped solid-state laser with a total red-green-blue-output of 18 W. The laser operates in ZEISS planetarium projectors and advanced flight simulators.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH announces a new and unique digital Firewire camera for microscopy.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH announces new camera software for the ProgRes™ C10 digital camera. JENOPTIK’s latest digital camera features a 3 Megapixel CCD and Firewire interface, providing an affordable and easy-to-use camera for routine applications in microscopy and macroscopic photography. By summer 2003 new camera software supporting the Apple Macintosh OS X operating system will be available for ProgRes™ C10 users.

Coming up again! The popular "Best Of Digital Arts 2003" photo contest is going to take place another time this year. All users of Eyelike and ColorCam digital backs are therefore cordially invited to submit their photographs for the contest.

The slogan of this year's contest is "elements".

The Jenoptik subsidiary, JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, will combine its Digital Imaging division’s activities at the Jena site beginning April 1, 2003, thus tying that important business area more closely together with Jena-based development and distribution resources.

The Jenoptik subsidiary, JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, and Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Hilti) of Schaan, Liechtenstein, have founded a joint venture, HILLOS GmbH (HILLOS), retroactive to January 1, 2003.

JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH has expanded its sensor technology capacities, acquiring a majority of Jena-Optronik GmbH as of January 1, 2003. Jena-Optronik primarily develops and produces optical and optoelectronic sensors for aerospace applications.

Jenoptik assures the commercialization of the completely developed laser display technology.

The nanotechnology joint venture XTREME technologies GmbH between JENOPTIK AG (SIN 622 910) and Lambda Physik AG (SIN 549 427) received its first order for EUV light sources significantly earlier than originally expected. The customer is the British microstepper manufacturer Exitech Ltd.

Hommelwerke GmbH acquires Optische Sensorsysteme GmbH.

Laser measuring technology presents major growth opportunities to both companies in new, manifold fields of application.
The first joint generation of laser range meters is currently being launched onto the market.

Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH acquires a 100 percent interest in Coastal Optical Systems, Inc.

Measurement technology and digital camera business areas each with a strategic acquisition in the U.S.