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Global leader in precision motion control, nanopositioning stages, and automation subsystems. Technologies include hexapods, air bearings, and piezo drives. More than 50 years of experience and 1600 employees. Manufacturing sites in USA, Europe, Asia. PI's customers are leaders in photonics, life sciences, semiconductors, and aerospace.

Manufacturer of precision automation and motion control equipment ranging from component-level solutions (motors, drives, controllers, linear/rotary stages, gantries, piezos, and hexapods), custom-engineered motion subsystems and modules, and complete turnkey automation systems. We solve your toughest precision motion and automation challenges.

SmarAct develops and produces solutions in the field of high-precision positioning, automation, and metrology. Since its foundation, SmarAct has grown from a small team of engineers to a group of companies with 200 highly qualified employees. Today, SmarAct can draw on years of experience and a passionate, customer-focused team.

OEM manufacturer of high-performance galvanometer scanners and galvanometer-based scan systems for deflection and positioning of laser beams in three dimensions. Scan heads (more than 1200 cps), scan solutions for kW-range and USP lasers, customized systems, control electronics, and laser processing software.

Designs and manufactures dynamic laser interferometers and optical profilers, and surface defect gauges. Applications include precision machined surfaces, optics, astronomy, aerospace, space-based telescopes, flexible electronics, automotive, and in-line production measurement.

G&H provides design and manufacturing solutions to OEM customers around the world. We meet challenging specifications and offer long product lifetime and guaranteed performance in harsh environments. Our Group is comprised of three businesses: G&H Aerospace and Defense, G&H Industrial and Telecom, G&H Life Sciences and Biophotonics.

Manufactures catalog and custom/OEM optical components and assemblies including microscope objectives, motorized zoom beam expanders, high-resolution diffraction-limited lenses, telecentric scanning, focusing and imaging lenses, wave plates, polarizers; also mounting hardware, optical coatings, and lens design services for UV to CO2 wavelengths.

Designs and manufactures IR detectors for the 0.5 to 24 micron range. Products include InGaAs, Ext-InGaAs, InAs, InSb, PC&PV HgCdTe detectors, linear and 2D arrays with a wide range of detector cooling options for defense, security/safety, chemical and biological detection, semiconductor inspection, life science, and spectroscopy markets.