Growth Predicted for Process Spectroscopy Market
The value of the global market for process spectroscopy is projected to reach $1.2 billion in 2008,...
LCD TVs Drive Strong Panel Sales
With growing interest in large-screen flat panel televisions, the market for thin-film transistor...
DuPont, Dainipponto Collaborate
DuPont of Wilmington, Del., and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, will form...
Sole US Distributor Named for Nanoplus Diodes
Photonic Component Group of Little Rock, Ark., will serve as the sole US distributor of nanoplus...
DoE to Form Advisory Committee
The US Department of Energy plans to create an advisory committee for its solid-state lighting...
EV Group to Open Subsidiary in Korea
EV Group, a supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment that is based in St. Florian,...
LCD Association Gains Members
In Beaverton, Ore., LCD TV Association, a global not-for-profit marketing trade group, has accepted...
StockerYale to Pursue Virtek Vision Acquisition
StockerYale Inc. of Salem, N.H., has announced its intention to make an offer to acquire all issued...
Rapt Industries, Cranfield University Collaborate
Rapt Industries Inc. of Fremont, Calif., and Cranfield University’s Precision Engineering Centre in...
Shimadzu Partners with Thomas Scientific
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments of Kyoto, Japan, has partnered with Thomas Scientific of...
Teradyne Relocates Headquarters in Japan
Teradyne Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor testing systems for image sensors, has announced...
Modulight, Vaisala Extend Agreement
In Finland, Modulight Inc. of Tampere, a provider of solutions for optical applications, and...
Leica Acquires Bal-Tec
Leica Microsystems Inc. of Bannockburn, Ill., has acquired Bal-Tec AG of Liechtenstein, a...
Schawlow Winner Chosen
The 2008 Arthur L. Schawlow Award will be presented to Eckhard Beyer, a professor at the University...
Premier Acquires RDS
Minneapolis-based Premier Precision Group has acquired RDS Machine Inc. of Newport, N.H., a...
Veeco Acquires Mill Lane
Veeco Instruments Inc. of Plainview, N.Y., a provider of solutions for the solar, semiconductor and...
Ametek Acquires Vision Research
Vision Research Inc. of Wayne, N.J., a manufacturer of high-speed digital imaging systems for...
Bavarian Laser Centre, INO Plan Joint Research
Bavarian Laser Centre GmbH, a photonics microsystems research center in Erlangen, Germany, has...
Northrop Grumman Chooses AOptix
AOptix Technologies Inc. has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corp. to design and build free-space...
CDGM Opens Facility
CDGM Glass Co. USA of Rochester, N.Y., the exclusive distributor of optical glass products for CDGM...
Partner Network Expands
Initiated in 2006 by Osram Opto Semiconductors, the “LED Light for You” Internet-based network...
J.P. Sercel Expands into Malaysia
J.P. Sercel Associates of Manchester, N.H., has opened a customer service and support office in...
AMS, Siskiyou Enter into Agreement
Siskiyou Inc. of Grants Pass, Ore., a producer of precision mechanical components, has selected AMS...
AiDi Expands Offices Globally
AiDi Corp., which offers passive optical network products and services suitable for harsh...
Cognex, Pleora Integrate Products
Pleora Technologies Inc. of Ottawa, a supplier of Gigabit Ethernet video connectivity products, has...
Advanced Photonix Lands Navy Contract
A custom photodiode produced by Advanced Photonix Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., a supplier of...
Glimmerglass Joins AFCS
Glimmerglass of Hayward, Calif., a provider of intelligent optical switches, has become a charter...
Ciba, CSEM Sign Collaboration Agreement
Ciba Holding AG of Basel and CSEM (Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology) of Neuchâtel,...
Photline, AdLightec Merge
In France, Photline Technologies, a supplier of optical modulation solutions based in Besançon, has...
Point Grey Relocates,Expands German Office
Point Grey Research GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Point Grey Research Inc. of Vancouver,...
Sunovia Signs Volume Purchase Agreement
Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., has signed an agreement to provide the Varon...
Companies to Develop Cooled SWIR Sensor
Nextreme Thermal Solutions Inc. of Durham, N.C., has joined forces with Princeton Lightwave Inc. of...
Fox Group Licenses Patents
The Fox Group Inc. of Montreal has signed a nonexclusive license agreement with a European company...
Foundation Names Leibinger Award Winner
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH of Ditzingen, Germany, has selected the recipient of its Berthold...