Daily News Briefs

APA Optics Inc., manufacturer of products for the fiber optic, optoelectronics and laser industries, said Michael Gort and William Franta have resigned from its board, and Ronald G. Roth and Stephen L. Zuckerman will fill the vacancies.. . .LifeSpex Inc., a biophotonics company developing light-based products for early cancer detection, has hired healthcare industry veteran Betty Spann as director of clinical and regulatory affairs.. . .Fairchild Semiconductor International has begun building a new 800,000-square-foot manufacturing and automated warehouse facility in Suzhou, China.