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CyberOptics Secures $800K Order for MRS-Enabled Sensors
MINNEAPOLIS, May 9, 2016 — Cyberoptics Corp. said it has received an $800,000 order for its 3D multireflection suppression-enabled sensors for use in a general metrology application. The OEM customer is new to Cyberoptics. The company said revenues from the order are anticipated later this year. Cyberoptics develops and manufactures high-precision sensing technology for use in metrology and 3D scanning, surface mount technology, and semiconductor markets.
Digi-Key to Distribute Excelitas Products Online
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., April 26, 2016 — Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Electronics will distribute over 100 select products from Excelitas Technologies Corp.’s portfolio of illumination, optoelectronic, and sensor and detection products worldwide through...
CyberOptics Announces $1.9M Order
MINNEAPOLIS, March 3, 2016 — CyberOptics Corp., a developer of high-precision sensing solutions, has announced a $1.9 million order for its SQ3000 automated optical inspection system. The company reported that since the start of last year’s fourth quarter and continuing...
Metal Labels Produce 3D Images of Neurons
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21, 2015 — Spectral confocal microscopy has been used to visualize neurons with the help of silver- and gold-based cell labeling. The development enables imaging of archived tissue samples, which could aid long-term clinical research efforts and diagnostics...
Grant Aids Introduction of Hybrid Upright-Inverted Microscope
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22, 2015 — With help from a rapid manufacturing firm, Echo Laboratories Inc. has introduced a combined upright and inverted microscope aimed at reducing lab equipment costs. Proto Labs Inc. of Maple Plain, Minn., recognized Echo Laboratories with its Cool...
Following Bankruptcy Application, Alphaform to be Acquired by Proto Labs
MAPLE PLAIN, Minn., Sept. 25, 2015 — Proto Labs Inc., a provider of additive manufacturing, CNC machining and injection molding services, has agreed to acquire certain assets and operations of Alphaform AG, a German laser additive manufacturing company. This acquisition follows...
Black Phosphorus Shows Promise in Optical Circuits
MINNEAPOLIS, March 5, 2015 — With a tunable bandgap, black phosphorus could be used to make better optical communications circuits than graphene and even germanium. Researchers at the University of Minnesota used black phosphorus, a 2-D, stable crystalline form of phosphorus,...
CyberOptics Looks to Break Even in 2015
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 19, 2015 — Optical metrology firm CyberOptics Corp. said it expects sales growth of at least 10 percent and a break-even operating result in the year ahead after introducing new products and cutting losses in 2014. Full-year revenues totaled $46.5 million, an...
Laser Method Approved to Test Bread Volume
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 16, 2014 — The American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI) has approved a laser topography method for determining bread volume. Developed by Perten Instruments of Stockholm, the bread volume measurement (BVM) method was assessed by a...
CyberOptics Continues to Whittle Down Losses
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 24, 2014 — Sensor firm CyberOptics Corp. decreased its net loss in the third quarter thanks in part to the acquisition of a 3-D metrology firm. Net loss totaled $448,000, compared to $774,000 in the third quarter of 2013. Meanwhile, revenues increased 34...
Medtronic Acquires Visualase for $105M
MINNEAPOLIS, July 28, 2014 — Medical device giant Medtronic Inc. has acquired Visualase Inc. of Houston for $105 million. Visualase, which had been privately held, is the creator of an FDA-approved MRI-guided laser and image-guided system for minimally invasive neurosurgery,...
CyberOptics Reports Significant First Quarter Growth
MINNEAPOLIS, May 5, 2014 — CyberOptics Corp. reports significant improvement in its first quarter operating results with a 46 percent increase in revenue, from $6.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 to $9.8 million in the first part of this year. The March acquisition of...
Generation Growth Capital Acquires Innovative Laser Technologies
MILWAUKEE, March 19, 2014— Generation Growth Capital (GGC) Inc., a private equity firm, has acquired Innovative Laser Technologies Inc. of Minneapolis, a designer and fabricator of laser workstations. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Laser Technologies’...
CyberOptics Acquires Laser Design
MINNEAPOLIS, March 17, 2014 — CyberOptics Corp., a provider of sensors and inspection systems for the global electronic assembly and semiconductor equipment markets, has acquired Laser Design Inc. for $2.7 million cash. The Bloomington-based Laser Design will be operated...
TSI Purchases Enwave Optronics
SHOREVIEW, Minn., March 4, 2014 — Precision metrology company TSI Inc. has acquired Irvine, Calif.-based Enwave Optronics for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition includes Enwave’s Raman spectroscopy technology, which adds to TSI’s existing ChemLogix group of...
Femtosecond Laser Processing Enhances Medical Device Applications
PLYMOUTH, Minn., Feb. 4, 2014 — LSA Laser now offers femtosecond laser processing capabilities for medical device manufacturing. This will prove particularly useful in micromachining applications for drilling and cutting high-precision holes and shapes without causing thermal...
People In The News
Nov 1, 2013 — Brad Little is the new vice president and general manager of the High Reliability Semiconductor Solutions business at e2v aerospace and defense in Milpitas, Calif. Little most recently served as enhanced industrial segment manager at Texas...
Collaborations
Apr 1, 2013 — DRS Technologies Inc. of Arlington, Va., will transfer its microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared detectors to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., for high-volume manufacturing. The proprietary production process, developed by...
DRS, Cypress to Make Uncooled Detectors
ARLINGTON, Va., and SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 20, 2013 — DRS Technologies Inc. has announced that it will transfer its state-of-the-art microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared detectors to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. for high-volume manufacturing.
Moves & Expansions
Jan 1, 2013 — In Lafayette, Colo., Rocky Mountain Instrument has formed a unit, RMI Infrared LLC, to manufacture and distribute high-grade zinc selenide (ZnSe) material and finished optics. The unit, which offers several fabrication options for its chemical vapor...
Signals amplified by light alone
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The discovery that the force of light in a nanoscale switch is strong enough to move an optical waveguide without having to rely on the device’s mechanical structure could dramatically increase Internet download speeds while also consuming...
Sick Inc. Relocates, Expands in Minnesota
SAVAGE, Minn., Nov. 12, 2012 — Sick Inc. has expanded and relocated all of its production and warehousing facilities in Minnesota to the Eagle Creek Industrial Park, the company announced Friday. Its North American headquarters will remain in Bloomington.
All-Optical Amplification of Signals
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Oct. 3, 2012 — The discovery that the force of light in a nanoscale switch is strong enough to move an optical waveguide without having to rely on the device’s mechanical structure could dramatically increase Internet download speeds while also consuming...
NIH Awards Vixar VCSEL Contract
PLYMOUTH, Minn., Sept.26, 2012 — Optoelectronic components and subassemblies supplier Vixar has received an SBIR Phase I contract from the National Institutes of Health to demonstrate the feasibility of a wavelength-tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser.
3M Completes Expansion of Solar Film Plant
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19, 2012 — The company completed manufacturing expansion for its 3M Ultra Barrier Solar Film in Columbia, Mo., a move that supports the increased demand for high-efficiency flexible photovoltaic modules.
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