Press Releases

Varioptic Presents New Programmable OIS and AF Lens for SmartPhones at SPIE Photonics West

PALO ALTO, California & LYON, France, 18th October 2010 – Liquid Lens leader Varioptic announced today the appointment of Hamid Farzaneh as Chief Executive Officer of Varioptic. This assignment is a key step in the company's plans to commercialize its broadly applicable liquid lens technology. Farzaneh brings exceptional expertise in leading global high-growth technology start-ups as well as extensive high volume business experience to Varioptic.

Lyon, 25th January 2010 - Varioptic, the liquid lens company, today announced that it has developed its first liquid lens, A316S, offering Optical Image Stabilization functionality to mobile phones.

Lyon, 4th January 2010 - Varioptic, the liquid lens company, announced today a new partnership and licensing agreement with Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world leader in vision-based inspection, guidance and identification systems. Under the terms of the agreement, Cognex will use Varioptic’s liquid lens solutions to add auto-focus capability to its line of ID code readers.