Photonics and optics technology firm Newport Corp. said it has completed a capacity expansion and upgrade of its Corion optical filter and replicated mirror manufacturing facility in Franklin, Mass. The renovation added new coating chambers and dedicated space for future technology upgrades, with the goal of providing rapid prototyping of new products for both end-user and OEM customers, and to provide space for manufacturing these critical components. The new coating chambers can provide fully dense thin-film coatings in prototype and production quantities. Further improvements to the facility are planned in 2016 and will focus on the upgrade of its optical assembly lab and product test areas, Newport said.