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AIM GmbH celebrated its 25 anniversary and 25 years of industrial manufacturing of IR devices in Germany by a festival in Heilbronn on November 29, 2001. The intense program turned out very instructive and pleasing when the guests got detailed insight of the development and production skills of AIM during their company tour with emphasis on
- AIM - a company survey
- Sensors
- Cryo-Coolers
- Linear Modules
- Matrix Modules
The speeches given by the General Manager of AIM, Dr. Herbert Korf, the Lord Mayor of Heilbronn, Helmut Himmelsbach, Prof. Dr. Hans Strack, Professor at Darmstadt university and previously the R&D Manager of the AEG Telefunken Semiconductor Division, HansPeter Reerink, Member of the board of BGT and Dr. Wolfgang Cabanski, Manager of the Matrix Modules Team at AIM, emphasized the significant status of AIM. Finally, an extended banquet topped the event.
Dr. Korf valued the different milestones during his summary of the AEG / AIM history and also expressed his gratefulness to many of the guest for their very special support to the company during so many years. The Lord Mayor Himmelsbach underlined the economic importance of such a high tech company and as an expanding employer in Heilbronn.
Prof. Dr. Strack, in his "tour d'horizon" of physics, gave insight into the achievements of the researchers Bell, Herz, Plank and Einstein and how their understanding of the physics of radiation and quantum physics still relates to today's tasks of AIM.
Hans-Peter Reerink emphasized the strategic importance of AIM for the Diehl / BGT business, and that the 50% share in AIM secures the availability of key components to BGT and strengthens the competitiveness of BGT seeker heads in the world market. Finally Dr. Cabanski demonstrated recent technical highlights of AIM including their industrial and medical applications, like inspection of solar cells or early detection of breast cancer.
This informative and outstanding event of AIM was attended by 57 national and international visitors from industry, research centers, universities and governments, like the Lord Mayor of Heilbronn, Helmut Himmelsbach; the previous member oft the board of AEG AG Walter Birkhan; the Vice President (T) BWB Dr. Manfred Schober, the retired UAL of Rui IV/4 of the DoD Dr. Manfred Hartl; the Director of the IAF...