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Newport Corp. announced it has opened its enhanced Systems Test & Metrology Lab at its headquarters for research and development in Irvine, Calif. The new lab, designed for measuring the performance of Newport Corp.'s motion control products, includes environmental controls that assure stable temperature, humidity, acoustics and vibration, and new test equipment technology such as a Zygo interferometer. The facility also meets clean-room requirements for metrology of nanometer-class precision measurements. . . . OLED technology developer eMagin Corp. announced that Ajmal Khan, a director of the company since 2000, has resigned to pursue other interests.