21st Century Optics manufacturing unites with recognized optics expert to accelerate LUXeXeL's growth.
LUXeXceL Group, the Inventor of Printoptical® Technology and service
provider for 3D printed lenses and optical components, announced today the appointment of
Prof. Jyrki Saarinen as a Member of the Supervisory Board of the LUXeXceL Group.
Professor Jyrki Saarinen of the University of Eastern Finland is the founder of Heptagon Advanced
Micro Optics and executive director of the European Optical Society. Through founding Heptagon -
today the market leader in wafer-level fabricated micro optics - professor Saarinen proved to be able
to recognize and establish a business for winning technologies. Prof. Jyrki Saarinen is very
enthusiastic about LUXeXceL's digital Additive Manufacturing process and stated: "I believe that the
unique LUXeXceL technology provides the optics and photonics industries virtually unlimited
opportunities. The process allows designers to think out of the box whilst developing new optical
components and functions for our future generation of products. I am proud to join the highly skilled
team at LUXeXceL and am looking forward to support them with my experience".
LUXeXceL's President and Founder Richard van de Vrie, is very excited that Prof. Saarinen will join
the supervisory board: "The addition of Prof. Jyrki Saarinen states that the digitization of optics
manufacturing has started. I am convinced that the expertise and experience of such a recognized
scientist will become instrumental in the fast, ongoing development of LUXeXceL."
Eddy De Herdt, Chairman of LUXeXceL's Supervisory Board concluded: "With Jyrki on board we are
strengthening our team with a highly recognized entrepreneurial optics scientist. Unanimously the
team is looking forward to work with him!"
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