Winlight System and AIP (Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Postdam) announce that they are currently collaborating in a joint-project of technology transfer in order to deploy Winlight System’ spectroscopy tools used on the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) –...
Bertin Technologies, subsidiary of CNIM group, has signed a definite purchase agreement of 100% of Winlight System group capital. Operational Winlight System management remains unchanged and our customers will benefit from the synergy between Bertin and Winlight...
All Winlight System companies have obtained the ISO9001:2015 certification. The scope of this approval is applicable to: • Winlight System Finance: Management, general services for the group• Winlight System: Complex optical systems design and manufacturing for...
The first image slicer developed by Winlight System for the Spirou instrument that will be installed at the CFHT in 2018 has been successfully tested at IRAP-OMP at cold temperature. This slicer has been built with twelve optically contacted mirrors of 5×0,110mm...
Caltech (University of California) has published last photos of the KCWI instrument ready to be shipped to telescope site (Keck at Hawai). KCWI image slicer is the first image slicer that integrates an adjustable resolution slicer stack. Winlight System has supplied...
Airbus Defence and Space has awarded a contract to Winlight System for some critical components and optical sub-assemblies for MICROCARB mission. It is a CNES mission decided at the COP21 conference. Visit MICROCARB site (CNES) >>
Following the acceptance of the critical decision 2 by the DOE (department of Energy), DESI project (Dark Energy Instrument) has given the go-on for the construction of 9 spectrographs to complete the instrument. This comes after the realization of first spectrograph...
Winlight System was in Lyon on September 6, 2013, to attend the celebration of the completion of MUSE instrument. The instrument will be dismounted and shipped to Chili. It will be installed on Atacama desert, on one of the four VLT 8.2 meter telescope of ESO. The...
To face the workload and prepare the company for future big projetc, Winlight System has started the construction of a new factory close to the actual one in Pertuis. The new building will increase the assembly floor as well as the polishing workshop. Production...
Curiosity just lands this morning on Mars. The robot was lauched last November by NASA. Winlight System has supplied some of the optical elements , in particular the two mirrors of the CHEMCAM telescope mission which is embedded on Curiosity ! Visit CHEMCAM Website...
