Menno Schuil holding the MICADO Pupil Wheel, fresh from the new NOVA-MAX milling facility at their premises in Dwingeloo, which was equipped specifically for making large-scale high-precision components such as those needed for ELT instrumentation.

The MICADO Relay Optics Bench completed by CarbonVision during acceptance by the MPIA MICADO team. 
From left to right: Alexander Deckert (Production Manager Carbon-Werke), Ralph Hofferbert (MPIA) , Franz Weißgerber (Company founder Carbon Werke), Wolfgang Thum (Assembly Carbon-Werke), Wolfram Schlossmacher (Managing Director CarbonVision), Santiago Barboza (MPIA), Friedrich Müller (MPIA), Ralf-Rainer Rohloff (MPIA), Helmut Espig (Design CarbonVision).

Installing Pupil Wheel Mechanim, built by NOVA, in the Test Cryostat for cold testing at MPE.
Left to right: Annemieke Janssen (NOVA), Derek van Winden (NOVA), Elfi Dijkstra (NOVA), Lenard Spallek (MPE)

Verification of the Central Flange of the MICADO Cryostat at Schwarz Systems GmbH in Dornstetten.
Left to Right: Kateryna Kravchenko (MPE), Andi Emslander (MPE), Federico Biondi (MPE), Andreas Blömeke (CryoVac), Florian Lang (MPE)

Assembly of the MICADO derotator at Blank Grossteile GmbH in Aschaffenburg, being assessed by Heinz Huber (MPE) and Andi Emslander (MPE), together with Adrian Mitzlaff [Thyssenkrupp] in the background.

Successful vacuum testing of the MICADO cryostat at Schwarz Systems GmbH in Dornstetten. Discussing the outcome of the test are Michael Krzyzowski (Cryovac) and Marcus Haug (ESO).

Delivery of the MICADO Derotator to MPE (June 2024)

Visit of the participants of the MICADO consortium meeting #20 (October 2024) to ESO's Large Integration Hall (LIH) in Garching, where the final Assembly and PAE testing of MICADO will take place.
 

The MICADO Derotator with dummy masses (6 tons) ready for sub-system testing in the MPE integration hall (November 2024)