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Optical component manufacturer TeraXion has opened a new manufacturing and production engineering facility in Quebec City.. . .Adept Technology announced that Protedyne of Ashland, Mass., has standardized on Adept controls, including Adept controllers, AdeptVision and AIM software systems, for its BioCube systems and CILA architecture.. . .Fischer Imaging, producer of digital mammography and medical imaging systems, has appointed J.P. Lemaitre director of international operations and Tom Ferentini Northeast regional sales manager.. . .Melles Griot has purchased the facility housing its laser manufacturing operations in Carlsbad, Calif., along with an adjacent 102,000-square-foot space. The company will relocate its Photonics Components Group, now in Irvine, Calif., to the new site in the second quarter of 2002. . . .Richard A. Morin has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and administration at Cognex Corp., in addition to his current positions of CFO and treasurer.