New Degrees Grow Tomorrow's Photonics Work Force
As the photonics industry demands a larger work force, it faces a shortfall of skilled workers....
Advanced Photonix Buys Picometrix
A global supplier of silicon-based optoelectronic products to OEM customers, Advanced Photonix Inc....
Trimble Acquires Apache Technologies
Trimble of Sunnyvale, Calif., has purchased Apache Technologies Inc., a specialist in laser...
Tinsley Opens Optics Manufacturing Plant
Tinsley Laboratories Inc. has opened a 30,000-sq-ft facility in Richmond, Calif., to precisely...
Boeing Partners with RPI for Aircraft Lighting
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y., has...
NeoPhotonics Acquires Major Share of Photon Technology
A supplier of integrated optical, planar lightwave circuit modules for optical networks,...
Kyocera Endows Alfred University
Ceramics manufacturer Kyocera Corp. of Kyoto, Japan, will donate $10 million to Alfred University...
OIF Approves Compatibility Pact for 10-Gb/s Modules
Members of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) in Fremont, Calif., have approved an...
Alexima and Awaiba Collaborate on Sensors
Alexima of La Crescenta, Calif., and Awaiba Lda. of Funchal, Portugal, have partnered to focus on...
Chinese Company Opens Specialty Fiber Operation
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Co. Ltd. of Wuhan, China, has established its Specialty Fiber Div....
Santa Barbara IR Develops Radiometer for US Navy
Santa Barbara Infrared Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif., has delivered to the US Navy a spectral...
Axsys Technologies Purchases DiOp
Axsys Technologies Inc. of Rocky Hill, Conn., has purchased Diversified Optical Products Inc. for...
Riegl USA Expands
Riegl USA, a manufacturer of three-dimensional laser scanning devices and rangefinders, has...
Taos and Catalyst Form Marketing Pact
Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Texas Advanced Optoelectronics Solutions Inc....
Avantes Expands in North America
Avantes Inc. of Boulder, Colo., will expand its presence in North America by partnering with...
Matrox Imaging Secures Contract
Matrox Imaging Corp. of Dorval, Quebec, Canada, has received a $3.3 million order from a North...
Photron Supplies Digital Cameras to Missile Range
Photron USA Inc. of San Diego has received an initial contract of more than $2 million to supply...
Luxell Collaborates
on OLED Backlighting
Luxell Technologies Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and Organic Lighting Technologies (OLT)...
Avanex Opens Facility in Thailand
Avanex Corp. of Fremont, Calif., has opened its Operations Center near Bangkok, Thailand. By...
TeraXion Acquires
DiCos Technologies
In Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, TeraXion Inc., a developer of optical filters for industrial...
Optical Insights, Photometrics Join Forces
A supplier of CCD and electron-multiplying CCD cameras for the life sciences, Photometrics, a...
Faro Technologies Buys 3-D Imaging Company
With the purchase of iQvolution AG of Ludwigsburg, Germany, Faro Technologies Inc. of Lake Mary,...
DRS Technologies Secures Codem Systems
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has purchased Codem Systems Inc. of Merrimack, N.H., in...
Schott Glas Provides Mirror Mount for Telescope
Schott Glas AG of Mainz, Germany, has contracted to supply a mirror holder for a prototype...
GSI Lumonics Opens Offices in China
GSI Lumonics Inc. of Northville, Mich., has established regional sales offices in Beijing and...
Alliance Supports Development of Luxeon Technology
Lumileds Lighting LLC of San Jose, Calif., and its distributor Future Electronics of Pointe-Claire,...
Palomar Technologies Relocates
A supplier of automated precision assembly systems, Palomar Technologies Inc. has moved to a...
Companies Ally for Silicon Carbide Development
II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., SemiSouth Laboratories Inc. of Starkville, Miss., and neighboring...
Radiant Imaging, Philips Reach License Agreement
Radiant Imaging Inc. of Duvall, Wash., and Royal Philips Electronics of Eindhoven, the Netherlands,...
Optics Company Buys Celestron
Delaware-based SW Technology Corp., an affiliate of Synta Technology Corp. of Taiwan, has purchased...