Program Seeks to Illuminate Poorer Regions with LEDs
Almost everyone in developed regions of the world has come to take artificial light for granted. It...
Optoelectronics Industry Accelerates in New Areas
Optimistic about the future, the Washington-based Optoelectronics Industry Development Association...
Companies to Develop Silicone Lenses
NuSil Technology LLC, a Carpinteria, Calif., manufacturer of silicone-based materials for health...
Companies Form Market Alliance in North America
Global distributor Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. of Melville, N.Y., and Osram Opto Semiconductors...
Time-Bandwidth Products Sets Up US Office
Time-Bandwidth Products AG of Zurich, Switzerland, has opened an office in Westfield, Mass., to...
Foresight Imaging Names International Distributor
In Massachusetts, Techexport Inc. of Burlington has been appointed international distributor of all...
Essex Acquires Adaptive Optics
Essex Corp. of Columbia, Md., has acquired Adaptive Optics Associates Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.,...
GfE Coating Materials Secures Agent in US
Advanced Glass Industries of Rochester, N.Y., and GfE Coating Materials, an R&D unit of GfE...
Company Gets Contract for Terahertz Source
Teraphysics Corp. of Cleveland has received a $730,000 Phase II contract from the US Army Research...
Newport Acquires Picarro Business
Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif., has acquired the Laser Products division of Picarro Inc. The...
Companies to Develop Systems to Aid Drivers
Tyzx Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., is working with I.M.A. of Rottbach, Germany, to develop a...
Ionatron Garners Added Funding
A developer of Laser Guided Energy and related products for defense and security applications,...
Lytron Expands Facilities
Lytron Inc. has announced the opening of a factory and corporate office next to its existing...
PSI-Tec Reports High Thermal Stability
PSI-Tec Corp. has announced that test results on the thermal stability of Perkinamine electro-optic...
Synova to Open Micromachining Centers
Synova of Lausanne, Switzerland, which specializes in water-jet-guided laser technology, plans to...
Dalsa Drops Coreco Logo and Brand
Dalsa Corp., a manufacturer of digital imaging products, has eliminated the Dalsa Coreco logo and...
USAF, Boeing Fire Laser with Recycled Chemicals
A laser using recycled fuel was fired recently in New Mexico by the US Air Force and the Boeing...
Optical Society of America Confers Honors
The Optical Society of America in Washington has honored 20 individuals with its annual awards,...
Labs to Develop Nanoplasmonic Devices
The European Commission Framework Programme 6 project, Polymer-Based Nanoplasmonic Components and...
BFi Optilas Signs Two Agreements
BFi Optilas International SAS of Evry, France, will serve as the exclusive distributor in the UK...
Gould Technology Buys Power Splitter Line
Gould Technology LLC of Millersville, Md., has purchased the PLC power splitter module product line...
Microvision Allies to Make Head-Up Displays
A supplier of light scanning technologies for display and imaging products, Microvision Inc. of...
Cascade, Lucent Sign Licensing Deal
Cascade Technologies of Stirling, UK, has signed a licensing deal regarding lasers developed and...
Contract Granted for UV Laser Drilling Systems
Electro Scientific Industries Inc. of Portland, Ore., will supply multiple orders of its new model...
New Wave Awarded Phase II Grant
New Wave Research, a Freemont, Calif.-based manufacturer of lasers and laser-based systems for the...
Marubeni to Market n&k Products
Products from n&k Technology Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., will be marketed and distributed in...
Axsun Technologies Expands in Europe
A manufacturer of MEMS-based micro-optoelectronic spectrometers and optical channel monitors, Axsun...
Companies Enter Into Microbolometer Production Agreement
AMI Semiconductor of Pocatello, Idaho, a supplier of integrated mixed-signal and structured digital...
Andor Appoints Distributor in UK
Andor Technology of Belfast has selected Gilden Photonics Ltd. of Helensburgh, both in the UK, to...
LabSmith and Micronit to Standardize Microfluidic Tools
LabSmith Inc. of Livermore, Calif., and Micronit Microfluidics BV of Enschede, the Netherlands,...
Avantes Opens Chinese Subsidiary
To meet growing demand in Asian markets, Avantes BV of Eerbeek, the Netherlands, has opened a...
Cedip Awarded Second Contract
Cedip Infrared Systems of Croissy-Beaubourg, France, through its US distributor, Electrophysics,...
DRS Technologies Receives Military Orders
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has received two military-related orders worth $42...
IMRA and SPI Announce Licensing Agreement
Imra America Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., a developer of ultrafast fiber lasers, has signed an...
Companies Reinforce Alliance for OLED Development
Konica Minolta Technology Center Inc. of Tokyo and Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., have...
Nikon and Brion Form Partnership
Nikon Corp. of Belmont, a supplier of lithography equipment for microelectronics manufacturing, and...
Zygo Receives Laser Contracts
Zygo Corp. has received $6.8 million in contracts to supply the optics for laser-initiated fusion...