Edmund Optics Inc.

Optical components provider !%Edmund Optics Inc.%! of Barrington, N.J., has announced that Life Technologies Corp. has awarded its Supplier Excellence award for optics commodities to Edmund’s Singapore branch. The distinction acknowledges the division’s performance while providing molded lens arrays, lens components and lens assemblies to Life Technologies Singapore. It was cited for outstanding customer service and technical performance, consistency in meeting deadlines and resolution of manufacturing issues. Life Technologies, based in Carlsbad, Calif., is a biotechnology tools company formed when Invitrogen Corp. and Applied Biosystems Inc. combined.