European Group Develops Plasmonics
The Centre Suisse d’Électronique et de Microtechnique SA of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is leading the...
Lidar Elevation Mapping Requested for FEMA
A National Research Council report requested by Congress says that the Federal Emergency Management...
Companies Collaborate in Laser Production
Syntune AB of Kista, Sweden, a supplier of single-chip tunable lasers and transmitters, and...
Intevac to Supply Modules for NATO Use
Intevac Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has delivered the first pilot production quantities of its...
Newport Initiates Fiber Laser Business Group
Newport Corp. of Irvine, Calif., has established a fiber laser business group within its...
Florida Photonics Center to Establish Laser Technology Program
The Florida Photonics Center of Excellence, FPCE, was awarded $4.5 million in state funding to...
PI/Acton Expands in Canada, Asia
Princeton Instruments/Acton of Trenton, N.J., a supplier of cameras, spectrographs and optics-based...
Partnership Formed to Produce Liquid Lenses in China
Varioptic SA of Lyon, France, and Creative Sensor Inc. of Taiwan have formed a partnership to...
Cambridge Technology Moves to Larger Quarters
Cambridge Technology Inc. has relocated to a facility in Lexington, Mass., that is twice the size...
Halma Purchases Labsphere from X-Rite
Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma plc of Amersham, UK, has acquired Labsphere Inc....
Companies Develop Automotive Head-Up Displays
Microvision Inc. of Redmond, Wash., and Visteon Corp. of Van Buren Township, Mich., are...
Lancer Systems Buys Units from Greene Tweed
Lancer Systems LP has purchased the defense and fiber optics businesses of Greene Tweed & Co....
Companies to Develop Compact Projectors
SpatiaLight Inc. of Novato, Calif., SI InfoComm Inc. of Korea and Scram Technologies Inc. of Bowie,...
Agilent Acquires Product Line from GE
Agilent Technologies Inc. has acquired the chemiluminescence product line of GE Analytical...
Thorlabs Secures OFR
Optical technologies supplier Thorlabs Inc. of Newton, N.J., has acquired OFR Inc., a manufacturer...
RPI Licenses Microscope Technology to Thorlabs
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N.Y., has licensed its adaptive scanning optical...
Lighting Science, Philips Sign Distribution Pact
Lighting Science Group Corp. of Dallas, a provider of LEDs, has signed a distribution agreement...
Heptagon Establishes US Subsidiary
Heptagon Oy of Rüschlikon, Switzerland, has expanded its operation with the establishment of a US...
Oki Electric and ZyCube Agree to Market Image Sensors
Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with ZyCube Co. Ltd. to jointly...
Carlisle Enterprises Secures UVP
Carlisle Enterprises LLC, a private equity investment firm, has acquired UVP Inc. of Upland,...
Imagine Optic Opens US Office
Based in Orsay, France, Imagine Optic, a provider of Shack-Hartmann wavefront analysis and adaptive...
Companies to Partner on Precision Optics
Advanced Photonics Solutions LLC of Rocklin, Calif., has entered into a strategic alliance with...
Obzerv Technologies Wins Canadian Defense Contract
Quebec City-based Obzerv Technologies Inc. has announced a contract with Defense Research and...
FiconTec Secures Newport Business Units
FiconTec GmbH of Bremen, Germany, has acquired the automated fiber alignment and laser welding...
RSL Fiber Systems Gains Contract for Naval Project
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss., has contracted with RSL Fiber Systems LLC to...
Micralyne to Expand
Micralyne Inc. has broken ground for a 10,000-sq-ft expansion of its facility in Edmonton, Alberta,...
JAI Names Sales Representatives
JAI Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has appointed automated imaging specialist 1stVision Inc. of Andover,...
Photo-Sonics/IMC to Distribute for NAC
Instrumentation Marketing Corp. (IMC), a subsidiary of Photo-Sonics Inc., has been selected as the...
Ametek Forms New Division
Ametek Inc. of Paoli, Pa., has formed a new division, Ultra Precision Technologies, that combines...
NEC to Merge Subsidiaries
NEC Akita Ltd. and NEC Kagoshima Ltd. will merge with their parent company, NEC LCD Technologies...
J P Sercel Moves to New Facility
J P Sercel Associates Inc., a supplier of UV laser technology, has completed its move into a larger...
Adhesives Business Relocates
Dymax Corp., a manufacturer of solvent-free adhesives and light-curing equipment, has moved its...
CAO Group Selects Distributor
CAO Group Inc. of West Jordan, Utah, has selected Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group...
EV Group and GenISys Form Partnership
EV Group of St. Florian am Inn, Austria, has formed a partnership with GenISys GmbH of Munich,...
Plextronics Awarded Phase II Contract
Plextronics Inc. of Pittsburgh has been awarded a $1.8 million Phase II contract for the continued...
Mikron to be Acquired by LumaSense
LumaSense Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., is acquiring Mikron Infrared Inc. of Oakland,...
Companies Partner in Fusion Splicing
Furukawa America Inc. of Peachtree City, Ga., and 3SAE Technologies Inc. of Franklin, Tenn., have...
Safety Vision, Flir Systems Collaborate on IR Camera
Safety Vision LP, a Houston-based supplier of mobile digital video products, has entered into an...
Aculight Increases Manufacturing Space
Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., has relocated its corporate headquarters to a facility with 60...
NanoOpto and Sumitomo Form Partnership
NanoOpto Corp. of Somerset, N.J., and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. of Tokyo have formed a...