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Laurin Publishing maintains additional editorial offices throughout the world. Press releases, news items and editorial inquiries should be directed to our main office.

Photonics Spectra

Since 1967, Photonics Spectra magazine has defined the science and industry of photonics, promoting an international dialogue among the engineers, scientists and end users who develop, commercialize and buy photonic products. Photonics Spectra is unique in that it provides both technical and practical information for every aspect of the global industry, integrating all segments of photonics: optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics, electro-optics, as well as photonic component manufacturing.

Photonics Directory

Since 1954, The Photonics Directory has been the most up-to-date international photonics buyers' guide and reference source for the optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics, electro-optics and photonic component manufacturing industries. This four-volume publication provides engineers, designers and purchasing decision-makers quick and easy access to information about companies and products. It continues to be the most trusted reference in the industry with the most detailed and accurate company database in the world.
 
A unique opportunity to influence buyers — the Photonics Directory is distributed to 25,000 individuals and companies. Besides individual and corporate readers, advertisers can select some of their customers to receive gift copies of the set, and highly qualified buyers in new markets are carefully selected as recipients. 

The PhotonicsWeb Directory is the first print guide to the photonics Web sites. It gives potential customers quick, easy access to information about the companies, products and services they seek. Web addresses appear for over 500 industry leaders, organized by the products and services they offer, and alphabetically by company name. Site snapshots promoting specific capabilities enable readers to further refine their search.

25,000 copies of The PhotonicsWeb Directory are distributed to selected subscribers of The Photonics Directory, Photonics Spectra, Biophotonics International and EuroPhotonics, as well as at major trade shows and conferences throughout the year, where they are always in high demand.

www.Photonics.com   — The Photonics Industry's Home Page

With 4.8 million page views annually, Photonics.com is clearly the first place industry professionals turn to when they need an authoritative, comprehensive source of photonics information.

Photonics.com reports on what's timely and of interest to the photonics community: news, technology advances, research, company changes and profiles, new products, feature articles and major industry events. The site also features the electronic editions (and archives) of the award-winning Photonics Spectra magazine; online versions of the Photonics Corporate and Buyers' Guides, the Photonics Handbook and the Photonics Dictionary; and trade show coverage along with a calendar of courses and events.

In 2007, we launched two new resources on the site: Biophotonics.com, a section devoted to the latest photonics news and research in the medical and biotechnology fields, including highlights from Biophotonics International magazine; and PhotonicsPays.com, with job postings, résumés and career tools to help you grow your company and maximize your earning potential.

Photonics.com also distributes four e-newsletters to keep industry professionals current on the latest news and product information.

Biophotonics International

Biophotonics International presents the latest global developments and techniques in the photonics industry to those in the medical and biotechnology fields. Photonics, the science of light, has a history of success in solving clinical and research problems in diverse applications through such products and techniques as spectroscopy, lasers, microscopy, imaging and fiber optics.

Biophotonics International provides a unique source of information to the medical field because photonics products and techniques reach across the various disciplines. Readers involved in cardiology, neurosurgery, pharmaceuticals and animal sciences can be reached in one magazine thanks to Biophotonics International's unique coverage of this cutting-edge science.
 
Biophotonics International's audience comprises professionals seeking to incorporate photonics technology into biotechnology, medical products, and medical procedures, as well as researchers looking to photonics techniques and products for solutions to problems. The magazine also is distributed at international trade shows attended by industry leaders in medicine and biotechnology.

EuroPhotonics

EuroPhotonics presents a uniquely European perspective on the photonics industry. Its coverage of the technology and business of optics, lasers, imaging, fibre optics, electro-optics and photonic component manufacturing is based on firsthand, on-the-spot observation of the European photonics community.

EuroPhotonics is the only publication that provides in-depth coverage of the European photonics industry, reporting on business and technology news, conferences and exhibitions -- the information readers need to stay competitive in today's marketplace annually.

The Photonics Showcase

The Photonics Showcase offers a bimonthly opportunity for advertisers to present products and information resources in standard-format ad units in a high-quality supplement to US subscribers of Photonics Spectra and attendees at major trade shows.

The first Optical Industry Directory was published in 1954 by Dr. Clifton Tuttle, an eminent retired Eastman Kodak physicist. At its inception the Directory was a small single volume with the large goal of establishing itself as the bible of the photonics industry. It succeeded notably, expanding over the years into the present four-volume compendium.

Teddi C. Laurin joined the company in 1962 and, as publisher, worked closely with Dr. Tuttle to define the industry for the first time. In 1967, in response to industry demands, she founded and launched Optical Spectra, which soon gained repute as the industry's leading trade magazine. In 1982 the magazine's name was changed to Photonics Spectra to reflect the growing influence of these new light-based technologies. Today, the worldwide distribution of Photonics Spectra is over 100,000 copies.

In 1964 Francis T. Laurin and Teddi C. Laurin purchased and incorporated the company, which later became known as Laurin Publishing Company.

The senior management team of Laurin Publishing Company today includes Teddi C. Laurin, chairman/ CEO ; Francis T. Laurin, president; Thomas F. Laurin, executive vice president/group publisher; and Diane M. Laurin, group publisher.

Laurin Publishing currently maintains a staff of over 80 employees at its headquarters in Pittsfield , Mass. and at its editorial and sales branch offices. The company also includes several contributing editors located around the world and an editorial advisory board of over 50 leaders in the photonics industry.

Since its founding in 1954, the company has adhered to a philosophy of editorial quality and integrity that ensures that advertisers reach the largest number of loyal readers. Because of this philosophy, the company has maintained an international reputation for leadership in Photonics.

Over the past five decades Laurin Publishing has fostered a tradition of innovation that has defined the industry. As our publications grew — following the technology into an ever widening range of applications — it became evident that the fields of optics, lasers, imaging, fiber optics, electro-optics and photonic component manufacturing had become so interrelated that a unifying name was needed. Thus was born the term "Photonics."

Through the years, our mission has remained unchanged: To actively encourage progress and not simply reflect it, for all of us in the photonics industry can best achieve success by sharing our knowledge, our insights, and our visions for the future.