Brighter days ahead for LEDs in signage
Valued at $1.17 billion in 2008, the global consumption of packaged LED chips (component-level LED...
Changing of the guard
Michael T. Houk, co-founder and vice president of technology at Bristol Instruments Inc. in Victor,...
The Prism Awards Call for Entries
Laurin Publishing, producer of Photonics Spectra, and SPIE, the international society for optics...
Dome Award Optimax Systems Inc.
Dome Award Optimax Systems Inc., headquartered in Ontario, N.Y., a manufacturing company that...
Certification Received
In Pavilion, N.Y., Syntec Optics has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. The custom polymer...
Funding Optics
The Optical Society of America (OSA) Foundation has announced the programs it will be funding next...
Semiconductor Collaboration
An agreement to expand access to the 3M Wafer Support System equipment has been signed by 3M of St....
New View
In Ulm, Germany, WiTec GmbH has moved to its new headquarters. The facility provides about 1900 sq...
SSL Opportunities
The US Department of Energy (DoE) is seeking applications for three solid-state lighting (SSL)...
Million-Dollar Order
Ceramics and metals manufacturer SCI Engineered Materials Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, has received an...
Chapter 11
Citing the recession and a 2007 federal raid on the business, Rocky Mountain Instrument (RMI) Co....
Expanded Distribution
AMS Technologies AG of Munich, Germany, and Laser Operations LLC of Sylmar, Calif., have agreed to...
Large Hadron Collider Restart
According to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, repairs and upgrades...
More IR
ULIS of Veurey-Voroize, France, a manufacturer of infrared detectors for low-cost IR cameras, has...
Shifting Subsidiaries
Coastal Optical Systems Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Liebmann Optical Co. of Easthampton,...
Investment Funding
Pyreos Ltd. of Edinburgh, UK, a supplier of infrared components, has secured another round of...
Investing in Telecommunications
In France, 3S Photonics of Nozay has raised funds totaling nearly €13 million from three investment...
Metrology Research
FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., a provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, has joined the...
Energy-Harvesting Expansion
Nextreme Thermal Solutions of Durham, N.C., has raised another $8 million in Series B financing...
Applications Laboratory
BaySpec Inc. of Fremont, Calif., has established a Systems & Field Sales Div. to promote its...