Thales Group Repositions Operations
In France, the international Thales Group, based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, has linked its subdivisions...
Companies Form Limited Distribution Agreement
Melles Griot of Carlsbad, Calif., has agreed to be the global distributor for a number of products...
CVI Augments Prototyping Capabilities with Acquisition
CVI Laser LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., has purchased Optical Components Inc., enabling it to better...
Quintessence Photonics Wins Contract
Quintessence Photonics Corp. of Sylmar, Calif., has received development and multiyear production...
Dalsa Licenses Philips CMOS Sensor Technology
Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has signed an agreement to license CMOS image sensor...
Bausch & Lomb Expands Rochester Plant
The fields of optics, imaging and photonics appear to be thriving in the city of Rochester, N.Y.,...
Custom Aspheric Manufacturing Unit Opens
Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has installed a custom aspheric manufacturing unit at its...
Coherent Acquires TuiLaser AG
Coherent Inc. has purchased the privately held TuiLaser AG for approximately $27.2 million, net of...
NP Photonics Continues Work on Image Amplifier
NP Photonics of Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 Small Business Innovation...
ILX Lightwave Will Donate $100,000 in Equipment
ILX Lightwave of Bozeman, Mont., plans to donate $100,000 in equipment to colleges and universities...
Harris Awarded Airborne Ladar Contract
Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Fla., has received a $6.6 million contract from the US Army...
Brysen Optical Integrated into Flir Systems
Brysen Optical Corp. of Safety Harbor, Fla., has become a unit of Flir Systems Inc., a commercial...
Axsys Receives Order for Thermal Weapons Sights
Axsys Technologies Inc. of Rocky Hill, Conn., has received its initial infrared lens production...
MEMS Industry Is Analyzed
Based on analysis of the 2004 sales figures of 30 manufacturers of microelectromechanical systems...
EO Technics Represents nLight
NLight has named EO Technics of Anyang, South Korea, as exclusive distributor in Korea of its CW...
First-Quarter Laser Shipments Climb 29%
Totaling $158.5 million, shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North America and...
Atmel and Tower to Develop CMOS Technology
Atmel Corp. and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will work together to develop CMOS image sensor-related...
Heimann Picks UDT as North American Agent
UDT Sensors Inc. has begun a partnership with Heimann Sensors GmbH of Dresden, Germany, in which it...
Photop and Pavilion Join to Develop Lasers
Photop Technologies Inc. and Pavilion Integration Corp. will jointly develop and manufacture red,...
Ocean Optics to Distribute Polychromix Spectrometers
Expanding its offerings of spectroscopy products, Ocean Optics of Dunedin, Fla., has reached an...
Danaher Acquires Motion Control Business
Danaher Motion of Wood Dale, Ill., has acquired G&L Motion Control Inc.'s operations in Fond du...
Alfalight Selects Agent in China
Alfalight Inc. of Madison, Wis., has appointed Sanetronic Co. Ltd. as its distributor in China....
Unaxis Licenses Color Management Technology
Unaxis Optics of Balzers, Liechtenstein, has licensed its patented ColorWheels technology to a...
Schott and Zett Optics to Advance Light Sources
In Germany, Schott AG's fiber optics unit in Mainz and Zett Optics GmbH of Braunschweig continue...
JDS Uniphase to Acquire Acterna
JDS Uniphase Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held Acterna...
Cedip Opens Company in the UK
Cedip Infrared Systems of Croissy-Beaubourg, France, has opened a subsidiary, Cedip Infrared...
M-Flex Acquires Assets of Applied Optics
Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. (M-Flex) of Anaheim, Calif., has entered into an agreement with...
Organizations to Develop AFM Probe Tips
Veeco Instruments of Woodbury, N.Y., CEA Leti of Grenoble, France, and Team Nanotec GmbH of...
Telops Augments Sales Network in Europe
Optronic test systems supplier Telops of Quebec City has selected ficonTec GmbH as a distributor in...
Cognex and DEK Join Forces
Under a multiyear OEM agreement, Cognex Inc. of Natick, Mass., will supply machine vision systems...
Machine Vision Companies Collaborate
PPT Vision Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn., will supply Automated Assemblies Corp. with its Impact...