US Government Initiatives Promote SSL
The US Department of Energy (DoE) hosted two workshops on solid-state lighting (SSL) to promote the...
Laser Program Targeted for Cuts
A 20-year-old medical laser research program could be cut by the US Department of Defense unless...
Carolinas Photonics Consortium Announces Funding for Projects
The Carolinas Photonics Consortium (CPC) Pilot Funding Program is set to award five projects with...
Smart Vision Lights Established to Create LED Lights
A company has been formed to manufacture LED lights for use in the machine vision industry,...
SensL Opens US Office
SensL, a provider of low-light detectors and modules based in Cork, Ireland, has opened an office...
Silicon Photonics Association Is Formed
The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) of Washington has formed the Silicon...
Adept and LMI Sign Pact on Software License
An agreement has been signed between Adept Technology Inc. of Livermore, Calif., a provider of...
Infrared Technologies Opens in New Jersey
Infrared Technologies Inc. has been formed in Franklin Lakes, N.J. The company will offer...
Omniprobe Buys Ascend
Omniprobe Inc. of Dallas, a supplier of nanoscale failure analysis and process control solutions...
Electro Scientific Acquires Company for $36 Million
Electro Scientific Industries Inc. of Portland, Ore., a provider of photonic microengineering...
New Scale Technologies Adds Distributors
Victor, N.Y.-based New Scale Technologies Inc. has added in Europe three new distributors for its...
Physik Instrumente Awards a $25,000 NanoInnovation Grant
Auburn, Mass.-based PI (Physik Instrumente) has awarded a $25,000 NanoInnovation Grant to Andrea...
Moritex Opens Office in Germany
Moritex Europe Ltd. of Cambridge, UK, has formed a subsidiary in Munich to serve the company’s...
OFS Donates Fiber Optics to University of West Georgia
OFS, a supplier of fiber optic products based in Norcross, Ga., has donated fiber optic cable...
Intematix Launches Technology Center in Taiwan
Intematix Corp. of Fremont, Calif., a supplier of phosphors for solid-state lighting applications,...
Applied Kilovolts Acquires Brandenburg
High-voltage power supply specialist Applied Kilovolts Ltd. of West Sussex, UK, has acquired...
LuminentOIC and Fiberxon Names Are Changed
Source Photonics will now be the joint company brand name for LuminentOIC Inc. and Fiberxon Inc.,...
Laird Technologies, Iteq Leverage Resources
Laird Technologies, a St. Louis-based supplier of components and systems for electronics and...
SKC, Rohm and Haas Form Joint Venture
In Pennsylvania, Rohm and Haas Co. of Philadelphia and SKC Inc. of Eighty Four have formed a...
RNT and Kurt J. Lesker Form Distribution Pact
Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc. (RNT) of Hunt Valley, Md., has joined with Kurt J. Lesker Co. of...
Intense to Develop Laser Diode Arrays for the
European Space Agency
A developer of semiconductor lasers, Intense Ltd. of Glasgow, UK, has signed a contract with the...
Goodrich to Develop Night-Vision Technology
Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects...
Photon Signs Distribution Agreement
Photon Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has signed an agreement with BFi Optilas of Evry, France, to...
University of Wisconsin Offers Laser Welding
Two laser welding certification programs are being offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
JPK Instruments Names Asia-Pacific Distributors
JPK Instruments AG of Berlin, a supplier of scanning probe technology for the soft matter and life...
Ionatron Receives Phase II Contract from US Army
Tucson, Ariz.-based Ionatron Inc., developer of Laser Guided Energy and related products for...
Schott to Close Auburn, N.Y., Facility
Schott North America Inc. has announced that its Auburn, N.Y., plant will cease fiber optic and LED...
Fogale nanotech Opens First US Office
Fogale nanotech Inc. of Nimes, France, has opened an office in Los Angeles, its first North...
StockerYale Subsidiary Is Awarded Contract
Photonic Products Ltd. of Hatfield Broad Oak, UK, a subsidiary of StockerYale Inc. of Salem, N.H.,...
Haas Laser Announces Distributor in China
Flanders, N.J.-based Haas Laser Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of custom laser beam delivery...
Hexagon Buys CogniTens
Hexagon AB of Stockholm, Sweden, and North Kingstown, R.I., a provider of metrology hardware,...
Camera Phones Dominate Image Sensor Market
In-Stat of Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of research on business, product and technology decisions,...
PhaseView of France Opens Office in the US
PhaseView of France has announced the opening of its office in San Diego. The new office is staffed...
L-3 to Provide Sensors to French Gendarmerie
Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH, based in Donauwörth, Germany, has selected L-3 Wescam, a subsidiary of...
ORA Announces Design Competition Results
Optical Research Associates of Pasadena, Calif., has announced the winners of its annual Student...
Companies Partner for Nanopositioning Systems
The Value Engineering Alliance of Cambridge, Mass., and the DTI-NanoTech division of Discovery...
DRS Technologies Awarded Navy Contract
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has received a $26 million contract, with the option of...
Northrop Grumman to Provide Laser Locators
Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles has been awarded a $17.5 million contract by the US Army to...