Boeing, Ball Aerospace Collaborate on Satellite Communications System
Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, a unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and Ball...
LEDs Will Become Pivotal to Optoelectronics Industry
New configurations of LEDs will be key to innovative optoelectronic applications, according to...
Ophir Moves, Establishes Optics Company
Ophir Optronics Inc. has relocated to an 18,000-sq-ft building in Wilmington, Mass., in support of...
Zygo Group Targets Defense and Aerospace
Zygo Corp. of Middlefield, Conn., has established a business development group, Zygo Applied...
Two Companies Ally for Customer Service
Matrix Inc., a precision injection molding company in East Providence, R.I., and Optical Alchemy,...
Nanosys Wins Grant for Nanotech Research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Nanosys Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., the first phase of...
Rofin-Sinar Licenses Lasers to Fanuc
Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. of Plymouth, and Fanuc Robotics North America Inc. of Rochester...
Andor Expands in Northern Ireland
Scientific camera developer Andor Technology of South Windsor, Conn., has invested more than...
Firm Acquires CVI's Laser Optics Business
Norwest Equity Partners of Minneapolis has acquired the laser optics business of CVI Laser Corp. of...
Companies to Develop OLED Deposition Systems
Kurt J. Lesker Co. of Clairton, Pa., and Imperial College London will cooperate to develop organic...
Optics Manufacturer Enlarges Operation
Liquid crystal optical device supplier Boulder Nonlinear Systems of Lafayette, Colo., has expanded...
Joint Venture Creates OLED Operation
Optrex Corp. of Tokyo and Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd. of Nagaoka, Japan, have created Adeon Co. Ltd.,...
Taliescent Moves to Technology Park
Taliescent Corp. has relocated to the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park in Tucson....
Physik Instrumente Buys Electronics Firm
Nanopositioning equipment manufacturer Physik Instrumente of Karlsruhe, has secured GSG Electronics...
Three Professors Win Laser Science Awards
For their contributions to the physics of fundamental and applied quantum electronics, Leon Cohen...
Industrial Laser Shipments Remain Steady
First-quarter 2003 shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems within North America and...
UK's Exitech Opens Facility in US
Exitech Ltd., a laser micromachining systems integrator based in Oxford, UK, has opened a...
Elbit Systems Subsidiary Wins Boeing Contract
Vision Systems International LLC (VSI) of San Jose, Calif., has been awarded a $60.1 million...
Cancer Research Funded at St. Andrews
Scientists at the University of St. Andrews in the UK have received a grant of more than $80,000 to...
Polaroid Sells Commercial Optics Div.
Polaroid Corp. of Waltham, Mass., has sold its Commercial Optics Div. in Norwood, Mass., to...
Veeco Opens Process-Integration Center
Veeco Instruments Inc. of Woodbury, N.Y., has opened a 15,000-sq-ft epitaxial process-integration...
Company to Enhance Manufacture of IR Sensors
To improve manufacturing technology for third-generation IR sensors under the Dual-Band Focal Plane...
Avanex Buys Corning, Alcatel Photonics Technologies
Corning Inc. will essentially be out of the photonic components manufacturing business with the...
Collaboration Results in Eye-Safe Microlaser
Quantum Group Inc. of San Diego has announced an eye-safe microlaser that can be used in...