February 14th 2023 ‘Almost Dutch’ financial administrator Carl Whittaker talks about his work at PHIX and life in Enschede Although Carl has moved halfway across the globe to end up in Enschede, The Netherlands, few people can match the level of stability that he...
December 20th 2022 At the end of the year many of us enjoy some time off with loved ones and take a moment to reflect and express gratitude. At PHIX we look with fondness to all the connections we made and strengthened in 2022. In a literal sense, we connected...
October 26th 2022 Count the bats hidden on the PHIX website and win a $50 gift card! Let’s have a little Halloween themed fun! We hid some little pictures of bats all over our website. Can you tell us how many there are? From the people submitting the correct...
October 21st 2022 To celebrate the Day of Photonics, PHIX provided a guest lesson about photonics at a high school in Hengelo Building a fascination for photonics Although integrated photonics is taking big steps toward entering our households, it is still far from...
June 22nd 2022 Having recently arrived at PHIX from Turkey, sales manager Ebru Arslan has been settling in very well, both to the team and to life in The Netherlands. Why are some chemical reactions so violent? How exactly do electrons propagate in electrical wire?...
May 4th 2022 David Tiebout encountered many hurdles throughout his childhood education, but he is now thriving at PHIX as a production operator with plenty of talent for further growth. In primary school, the young David often appeared a little absent-minded and...
Project manager Zerihun Tegegne gathered his expertise in microwave photonics and optoelectronics in many places in the world. In this edition of In The Spotlight we discover why someone who has traveled so far can still feel right at home in Twente. It’s tempting to...
PHIX design engineer Nienke Nijenhuis is a self-proclaimed homebird within a very international team. In this column In The Spotlight we get to know her a bit better! Born and raised in the Twente region of The Netherlands, Nienke Nijenhuis never lived more than 6...
