Report Predicts Huge Growth for Nanophotonic Devices
The worldwide market for nanophotonic devices is expected to escalate from $420.7 million in 2004...
Companies Ally to Develop Thin-Film Processes
To advance thin-film processes for a new line of precision optics box coating systems, Advanced...
Carl Zeiss Meditec Secures Laser Diagnostic
Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. (CZM) of Dublin, Calif., has purchased Laser Diagnostic Technologies Inc....
Ball Aerospace Produces Camera for Mars Mission
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., has delivered the HiRise, or...
IPG Subsidiary Opens Kilowatt Laser Factory
IPG Laser GmbH of Burbach, Germany, has built a 20,000-sq-ft cleanroom facility there to house the...
JML to Distribute Scratch/Dig Standards
Under a signed distribution agreement, JML Optical Industries of Rochester, N.Y., will market and...
Highwave Optical Signs to Procure Northlight
Highwave Optical Technologies of Lannion, France, has signed a memorandum of understanding to...
DRS Technologies Buys Night-Vision Business
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has purchased certain assets and liabilities of Night...
Directed Energy Solutions Is Awarded Contracts
Directed Energy Solutions (DES) of Colorado Springs, Colo., has received a $4.8 million contract...
Advanced Photonix Buys Optoelectronics Company
In California, Advanced Photonix Inc. (API) of Camarillo, has purchased the outstanding capital...
Helix Technology Agrees to Purchase IGC Polycold
Vacuum and cryogenic product supplier Helix Technology Corp. of Mansfield, Mass., has agreed to...
Omega Optical Opens New Headquarters, Factory
Omega Optical Inc. has moved into a 30,000-sq-ft world headquarters and manufacturing facility in...
Andor Relocates, Benefits from IPO
Andor Technology Ltd. of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has moved into a 50,000-sq-ft facility,...
Bristol Instruments Commences Operation
A company has been formed to develop and market optically based instruments for use in engineering,...
Optimum Optical Provides Helicopter Sight System
Optimum Optical Systems Inc. of Camarillo, Calif., has received a follow-on contract from DRS...
Jenoptik Forges Marketing Agreements
Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH of Jena, Germany, has selected Tecnologia Avanzada Para...
JAI Obtains Share of Technology Company
A supplier of industrial vision CCD/CMOS cameras, JAI A/S of Copenhagen, Denmark, has acquired a 35...
II-VI Acquires Marlow Industries
In a cash transaction valued at approximately $31 million, II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., has...
Flir to Develop Maritime Surveillance System
The US Department of Defense has awarded Flir Systems Inc. of Portland, Ore., an indefinite...