Agilent Technologies Opens Optics Shop to External Customers
In response to customer requests, Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., has opened its...
Rofin-Sinar Gains Stake in H2B Photonics
Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. of Plymouth, Mich., has purchased a 40 percent stake in H2B Photonics...
Schott Plans Additional Facility in Germany
Schott Solar Inc. of Rocklin, Calif., will build a €60 million facility in Jena, Germany, for...
Coherent Opens Office in Seoul
Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea, to support local...
NASA Presents Phase 2 Tech Awards
NASA has selected 14 small high-technology businesses in eight states for Phase 2 of its 2004 Small...
Grand Challenge Scheduled for 2007
DARPA plans to hold its third Grand Challenge competition for autonomous ground vehicles Nov. 3,...
CVI Acquires Quality Laser Optics
CVI Technical Optics Ltd. of Onchan has announced the acquisition of Quality Laser Optics of...
Networking Groups Merge
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), a nonprofit organization including carriers, component...
Eye-Tracking Technologies Project
The five-year Communication by Gaze Interaction (COGAIN) project was established to extend the...
Researchers Receive DoD Award
Two researchers at the University of Central Florida in Orlando have won an award of $309,600 from...
Umicore Expands IR Glass Capabilities
L-3 Communications Corp.’s Infrared Products Div. of Dallas will sell intellectual property,...
NEC Tokin Transfers Optical Device Business
In Japan, NEC Tokin Corp. of Miyagi will transfer its optical device business to Seikoh Giken Co....
Moritex Opens Office on East Coast
Moritex USA Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has announced the opening of an East Coast office in Natick,...
Toyoda Gosei and Philips Share LED Patents
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. of Aichi, Japan, and Philips Lumileds Lighting Co. of San Jose, Calif., have...
OIDA Commissions Lumera, Duke University
Lumera Corp. of Bothell, Wash., has announced that it has received an order from the...
West Penn Power Invests in Plextronics
The West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund has provided $500,000 to Plextronics Inc. of...
PI Wins Contract for Positioning Systems
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP of Auburn, Mass., has received an order to supply 25 six-axis hexapod...
kSaria and DRS Announce Agreement
KSaria of Lawrence, Mass., and DRS Laurel Technologies plan to construct an automated center at...
Pacer Acquires Rocotech Distribution Business
In the UK, Pacer Components plc of Reading has acquired the distribution unit of Rocotech...
Comsol Names Distributor in China
Comsol Inc. of Burlington, Mass., has chosen ZhongFang Information Technology Ltd. of Shanghai,...
Veeco to Support Lighting Research
To develop materials and device technology for high-efficiency solid-state lighting, Veeco...
ASI/Silica to Supply Vapor Deposition Units
ASI/Silica Machinery LLC of North Hills, Calif., has received a multimillion-dollar order for 16...
DuPont and Fraunhofer Collaborate
DuPont Semiconductor Packaging & Circuit Materials of Research Triangle Park, N.C., has formed...
Ametek Creates Materials Analysis Div.
Ametek Inc. of Paoli, Pa., has combined recently acquired Spectro Analytical Instruments GmbH &...
Georgia Tech, Solvay Collaborate on OLEDs
Solvay of Brussels, Belgium, a chemical and pharmaceutical group, has signed a three-year...
Finetech Appoints Representatives
Arizona-based Finetech Inc. has chosen Hattas and Associates of Mundelein and Technology Plus of...
Optech Collaborates with Applied Imagery
Optech Inc.’s Industrial & 3D Imaging Div. in Toronto will incorporate its automated alignment...
Vistec Semiconductor Systems Is Launched
Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, unveiled its new corporate identity,...
Coastal Optical Systems Becomes Jenoptik Agent
Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH of Jena, Germany, has appointed Coastal Optical Systems Inc. as...
nm Laser Relocates
Laser shutter producer nm Laser Products Inc. has moved to a custom-designed facility in San Jose,...
Bodkin Awarded Navy Contract
Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC of Newton, Mass., has received a $70,000 contract from the US...
Bruker BioSciences Buys Bruker Optics
Bruker BioSciences Corp. has purchased molecular spectroscopy company Bruker Optics Inc., for $135...
LightWorks Optics Receives Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., has awarded a second infrared focus assembly contract to...
4D Technology Gets NASA Award
NASA’s Goddard Achievement in Excellence Award has been presented to 4D Technology of Tucson,...
LightPath Awarded Grant
The US Naval Air Warfare Center has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant to LightPath...
Rudolph Receives Multiple-System Order
Rudolph Technologies Inc. of Flanders, N.J., has been awarded a multiple-system order from a US...
DataLase Expands UK Headquarters
DataLase, a provider of patented laser marking solutions for product identification and...
OmniVision to Supply Image Sensors to Hella
OmniVision Technologies Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., has been selected to provide CMOS image sensors...
Konica Subsidiary Launched in Europe
Konica Minolta Sensing Inc. of Tokyo has formed a subsidiary, Konica Minolta Sensing Europe BV, to...
Daitron Purchases Chori America Unit
Daitron Inc. of Wilsonville, Ore., has acquired the CCD Camera Div. of Chori America Inc. of New...
Imago Purchases Oxford NanoScience
Imago Scientific Instruments Corp. of Madison, Wis., has acquired Oxford NanoScience Ltd., an atom...
MAC to Develop Spectrometer for Aircraft
Under a $1.5 million multiyear contract with Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University...
Alfalight to Produce Multiwatt Diodes
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $4.7 million to Alfalight Inc. of...
Sharp to Open Plant in Poland for LCD Screens
Sharp Electronics Corp., a global company, will build an LCD screen manufacturing facility in...
Fujitsu and Mitsui Launch Optical Device Venture
Fujitsu Ltd. and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Tokyo have provided venture capital to establish an...