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Photonics.com - June 2000
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Corning Cable Systems Secures Contract with ARCOS1
HICKORY, N.C., June 30 -- Corning Cable Systems has agreed to install an 8,200 km fiber optic cable network linking 15 countries in three continents. The submarine cable contract was issued by the...
Kodak Licenses Organic LED Technology to Taiwan's Ritek
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 30 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has licensed its organic LED technology to Ritek Corp. of Taiwan for use in flat panel passive organic LED displays. Included in Ritek's royalty-bearing...
Nortel, Juniper Team-Up for Marketing Plan
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, June 30 -- Nortel Networks Corp. (Toronto) and Juniper Networks (Mountain View, Calif.) have agreed to join forces to furnish customers with an optical network that is...
Laser Power Picks II-VI for Merger Agreement
PITTSBURGH, June 29 -- Laser Power Corp. (San Diego) has concluded that II-VI Inc.'s (Saxonburg, Pa.) latest offer is superior to Union Minière SA's latest bid. Laser Power has terminated its...
Corning to Upgrade Photonic Technologies Plant
CORNING, N.Y., June 29 -- Corning Inc. will spend $50 million on its photonic technologies plant in Erwin, NY, the company said. The investment will go toward the creation of 700 new jobs and the...
Boeing Eyes SVS in Bid to Expand Laser and Optics Business
WEST HILLS, Calif., June 28 -- The Boeing Co. is looking to buy SVS Inc., a company that specializes in electro-optical systems and image processing solutions in Albuquerque, N.M. SVS would bring...
GSI Lumonics Wins $3 Million in Orders for Laser Drilling Systems
KANATA, Ontario, Canada, June 28 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has gotten more than $3 million in orders for its GS600 laser drilling system, the company said. Viasystems Group Inc., an international...
RVSI Announces $1.85 Million in Orders for Visionscape
CANTON, Mass., June 28 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RVSI) has received $1.85 million in orders from Intercon Technology Inc., a precision semiconductor tooling and systems manufacturer in...
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. Releases New Connectors and Adapters
Sunnyvale, Calif. June 28 -- Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. has released of a new line of fiber optic LC connectors and adapters for small form factor applications. The 731 series of LC...
Corning to Obtain Assets of Willow Systems Inc.
CORNING, N.Y., June 27 -- Corning Inc. is set to attain Willow Systems Inc., a designer and builder of prototype servo systems for mounting devices and other optical instruments in Albuquerque, N.M....
Maxoptix Obtains $16 Million Venture Capital Investment Technology
FREMONT, Calif., June 27 -- After round two of its venture-capital financing campaign, Maxoptix Corp. finished with $16 million, an increase of $6 million compared to its first venture in...
Global Crossing Orders Lucent's 80-Channel Equipment for Global Network Project
CAMPINAS, Brazil, June 27 -- Global Crossing Ltd., an international provider of fiber optic networks based in Hamilton, Bermuda, has chosen Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, N.J.) to provide optical...
Kopin's Board Authorizes Two-for-One Stock Split
TAUNTON, Mass., June 27 -- Kopin Corp., an innovator and manufacturer of flat panel display products and HBT wafers, is implementing a two-for-one stock split set to take place on June 30. The...
Advanced Photonix Reports Revenue Increase
CAMARILLO, Calif., June 26 -- Advanced Photonix Inc. reported fourth quarter revenues of $1.6 million for the final three months of fiscal 2000 ended March 26. This represents a 6 percent...
ChromaVision Introduces Automated Test for Cancer
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., June 26 -- ChromaVision Medical Systems Inc. has unveiled a new immunohistochemical (IHC) test to aid in the detection of micrometastases in patients' tissue that have...
Aerie Networks Picks Corning to Install 8.9 Million Fiber Miles
DENVER, June 26 -- Aerie Networks has signed a contract in which Corning Inc. will supply Corning LEAF optical fiber for Aerie's entire 20,000-mile national broadband network. The contract, worth...
CBL Systems Acquires Raytheon Fiber Solutions Unit
HOPKINTON, Mass., June 23 -- CBL Systems Corp. has acquired a business unit of Raytheon Co. that manufactures fiber optic automated control systems. In an additional move, CBL Systems has named Brian...
Williams Communications Signs $27 Million Agreement with Infonet
TULSA, Okla., June 22 -- Williams Communications has agreed to provide capacity on its nationwide fiber optic network to Infonet Services Corp in return for $27 million. The capacity will support...
Lucent Inaugurates Fiber Facility in Denmark
BRONDBY, Denmark, June 23 -- Lucent Technologies inaugurated a $20 million (US) optical fiber manufacturing facility at its main fiber production site in Brøndby, Denmark. The company will...
Tektronix's Measurement Business Tops $1 Billion
BEAVERTON, Ore., June 23 -- Tektronix Inc. has announced sales of over $1 billion for fiscal year 2000 for its measurement business. This represents a 20 percent growth over net sales of...
UDC Gets $1 Million for Flexible Display
EWING, N.J., June 23 -- Universal Display Corp. received a $1 million, 18-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a flexible organic LED flat panel...
JDS and E-TEK Merger Ok'd by Justice Department
NEPEAN, Ontario, Canada, June 23 -- A merger between JDS Uniphase Corp. and E-TEK Dynamics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has been approved by the US Department of Justice, giving the merger antitrust...
Cymer Gets More Funding for 193nm Research
SAN DIEGO, June 23 -- Cymer Inc. has received additional funding from International SEMATECH, an Austin, Texas-based semiconductor research consortium, to extend its study of 193nm lithography...
CoreComm Picks Corning for Fiber-to-the-Home Networks
CORNING, N.Y., June 22 -- CoreComm Ltd. has chosen Corning Inc. to furnish fiber, cable, hardware and fiber management systems throughout CoreComm's fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband services...
FiberCore Attains South American Manufacturing Facility
CHARLTON, Mass., June 22 -- FiberCore Inc. has purchased Xtal Fibras Opticas S.A. for $25 million, said FiberCore. The purchase will be finalized on June 1. With this acquisition, our ability...
Data Translation Inc. Sees Second Quarter Loss
MARLBORO, Mass., June 22 -- Data Translation Inc. reported $3.9 million in total sales for the second quarter ended May 31, a 3.0 percent decline from $4.1 million in the same 1999 period....
Tellabs to Set Up Center for Optical Networking, Switching Near Boston
LISLE, Ill., June 22 -- Tellabs will begin organization of a technology center for optical networking and next-generation switching in Chelmsford, Mass. on June 21, the company said. The two-building...
II-VI Ups Ante in Laser Power Tug-of-War
PITTSBURGH, June 21 -- II-VI Inc. has once again countered Union Miniere's bid to purchase Laser Power Corp. II-VI's offer now stands at .052 shares of its common stock and $2.89 in cash for each...
Ocean Optics Unveils New Filter Technology
DUNEDIN, Fla., June 21 -- Ocean Optics Inc. has announced initial shipments of optical network and digital imaging products. The products are based on the company's Dichroic Filter Array technology,...
Laser-Based Project Seeks Lighter Army Trucks
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 21 -- Ford Motor Co., the University of Louisville, the US Army and the American Iron and Steel Institute formally launched a laser-based research project for the development of...
Teligent to Test AirFiber's High-Bandwidth Wireless Optical Network
SAN DIEGO, June 21 -- Teligent will assess the equipment used in AirFiber Inc.'s new OptiMesh network. The network, which is based on wireless optical networking technology, will bring carrier grade,...
Lucent Buys Optical Device Supplier Herrmann Technology
MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 20 -- Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group has acquired Herrmann Technology Inc. Herrmann Technology, a privately owned company in Dallas, supplies devices for...
Alcatel to Triple Fiber Production Capacity
DALLAS, June 20 -- Alcatel plans to triple its fiber optics production volume by 2002, the company said. Alcatel anticipates the demand for solutions in the fiber market to grow by more than 30...
Corning Cable to Increase Manufacturing Capacity
HICKORY, N.C., June 20 -- Corning Cable Systems plans to build a manufacturing facility next to its Telecommunications Cable Plant in Hickory, N.C. The new 250,000 square foot facility will produce...
Coreco Acquiring Imaging Technology
MONTREAL, June 20 -- Coreco Inc. will buy all the shares of Imaging Technology Inc. on June 30, said Coreco. The company will purchase the shares from Fairey Group plc for about $14.5 million...
CTI Sells its First Breast Cancer Imaging Systems
LAYTON, Utah, June 20 -- Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc. (CTI) has sold its first 10 breast cancer imaging systems to a Latin American consortium based in Mexico City for $5 million. CTI's...
Elbit Subsidiary gets Contract from the Royal Danish Air Force
HAIFA, Israel, June 20 -- Vision Systems International LLC, which is owned by Elbit Systems Ltd.'s subsidiary EFW Inc. and by Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics Co., has been given a contract to supply...
KVH Gets $17 Million for Navigation Systems
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., June 20 -- KVH Industries Inc. has received a five-year $17 million contract from the US Army to supply TACNAV systems and components for Army, Marine Corps and foreign combat...
Integral Vision to Supply eMagin with Inspection System
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 19 -- Integral Vision Inc. has received its first order for the SharpEye display inspection system since introducing the system at the Society of Information Display...
Intevac to Develop Camera for Army
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 19 -- The Photonics Technology Division of Intevac Inc. has received a contract from the US Army to produce an integrated camera for surveillance and targeting. Funding for...
Zeiss Says Sales of Lasers Top 500
DUBLIN, Calif., June 19 -- More than 500 Visulas 690s lasers have been sold since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the use of the laser in the activation of Visudyne, the therapy...
Sun Microsystems and Metromedia Fiber Network to Provide Storage Service Solution
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 19 -- Sun Microsystems Inc. and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. are working on a plan that will allow customers to use bandwidth and storage services on a pay-as-you-go basis....
Laser Power's Board Backs II-VI's Offer
PITTSBURGH, June 16 -- Laser Power Corp.'s board of directors have said that II-VI Inc.'s offer is better than Union Miniere's offer. Laser Power has given Union Miniere two business days to make a...
Applied Imaging Obtains Rights to SmartCapture
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 16 -- Applied Imaging Corp. has entered a multiple-year distribution and product development agreement with Digital Scientific Ltd. Applied Imaging will be the sole...
SDL and SIEMENS Agree to Product Exchange
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 16 -- SDL Inc. has finalized a deal in which it will supply high-speed optical modulators in return for SIEMENS Information and Communication Networks Group's 10 Gb/s dense...
Allied Riser and AirFiber Tackle Local-Access Road Block
DALLAS, June 16 -- Allied Riser Communications Corp. (ARC) said that it would begin trials of a wireless optical network developed by AirFiber Inc. aimed at eliminating local-access barriers to...
US West Picks Lucent for Winter Olympics Network
SALT LAKE CITY, June 16 -- US West has named Lucent Technologies as the supplier of communications equipment for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Lucent will supply communications network...
Infinite's Laser and Photonics Group Wins Air Force Lab Contract
WARWICK, R.I., June 15 -- Infinite Group's Mound Laser and Photonics Center Inc. (MLPC), in Miamisburg, Ohio, has been awarded a $100,000 contract to work on the laser deposition of high...
Coherent, WaveLight Sign Laser Distribution Agreement
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15 -- Coherent Inc.'s Medical Group has made an international distribution agreement in which it obtained distribution rights for the Allegretto Refractive Laser System...
Varian Expanding European Facility
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 -- Varian Inc. has begun work on a 40,000-sq-ft manufacturing plant expansion at its Vacuum Technologies facility in Turin, Italy. The facility, along with a plant in...
FiberCore Signs $30 Million Agreement
CHARLTON, Mass., June 15 -- FiberCore Inc. has finalized a private placement agreement with an institutional investor that entails a $30 million financing commitment. FiberCore received proceeds...
MOEC Expands Variable Attenuator Manufacturing
WATERVLIET, N.Y., June 14 -- Molecular OptoElectronics Corp. has secured a new facility in which to manufacture its Shadow series of electronic variable optical attenuators (EVOA). The new 22,000 sq...
Global Crossing, PaeTec Sign $10 Million Strategic Alliance
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 14 -- Global Crossing North America's carrier services div. has signed a $10 million 15-year contract with PaeTec Communications Inc. Global Crossing has agreed to provide...
Photronics and ASML to Develop Reticles for 0.10-µm Imaging
JUPITER, Fla., June 14 -- Photronics Inc. and ASML have agreed to work together to develop advanced reticles to support the early characterization work of ASML's most advanced lithography systems....
QC Optics Expands Massachusetts Headquarters
WILMINGTON, Mass., June 14 -- QC Optics Inc. has added a two-tier demo lab to its Wilmington headquarters. The inspection systems manufacturer's new 1000-sq-ft demo lab is dedicated to the production...
Adaptive Optics Eyed for 'Super' Human Vision
ROCHESTER, N.Y, June 14 -- A University of Rochester scientist has developed a system based on adaptive optics that has provided research subjects with an unprecedented quality of eyesight. The work,...
Fiber Optic Start-up Draws $55 Million Investment
LOS GATOS, Calif., June 13--Southampton Photonics, a start-up manufacturer and designer of fiber-optic components, has received an initial investment totaling $55 million. During the next 18...
Fiber Technologies, Choice One Communications Sign 20-Year, $100 Million Agreement
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 13--Fiber Technologies LLC has signed a Master Facilities Agreement worth $100 million with Choice One Communications. Fiber Technologies designs, constructs and leases...
Increased Demand Fuels Gains at Optical Cable
ROANOKE, Va., June 13--Optical Cable Corp. reported sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2000 of $13.0 million a 5 percent increase from the same 1999 period. Net income increased 37 percent to...
Siros, Lucent Technologies Expand Laser Development Agreement
MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 13--Lucent Technologies and Siros Technologies Inc. have expanded their 1999 corporate partnership in which they agreed to develop and sell Very Small Aperture Laser (VSAL)...
Acuity Research Inc. Acquired by Schmitt Industries
PORTLAND, Ore., June 13--Schmitt Industries Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent for the acquisition of 100 percent of the stock of Acuity Research Inc. Schmitt industries will exchange about 275,000...
Welch Allyn Inc. to Sell Micro Imaging Group
SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. May 8--Welch Allyn Inc. has sold its Micro Imaging Devices (MID) group to Silent Witness Enterprises Ltd. (Surrey, British Columbia). The divestiture states that all assets...
BCI and Telmex Join in South American Telecom Project
MEXICO CITY June 12 -- Bell Canada International Inc. (BCI), a subsidiary of BCE Inc., and Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) have agreed to create a facilities-based communications company in order to...
Lucent Developing Plastic Optical Fiber for Specialty Applications
MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 12 -- Lucent Technologies said that it will use CYTOP material made by Asahi Glass Co. of Japan to develop a new line of graded index plastic optical fiber (GI-POF) products....
EXFO to go Public
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, June 12 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. EXFO has also filed a preliminary prospectus...
M/A-COM Expands Capacity
LOWELL, Mass., June 12 -- M/A-COM Inc. plans to increase its wafer fabrication capacity by 100 percent. The company is expanding its gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer fabrication capacity and adding a...
Planar Systems Moves, Boosts Production by 50 Percent
BEAVERTON, Ore., June 12 -- Planar Systems Inc. has moved to a new plant that will allow it to increase its manufacturing capacity by 50 percent. The new 70,000 sq-ft electroluminescent flat panel...
Siemens Optical Regenerators to be Re-sold by Hitachi
ATLANTA, June 8 -- Siemens Information and Communications Networks Inc. has approved an agreement between its subsidiary, Optisphere Networks Inc., and Hitachi Telecom (USA), in which Hitachi Telecom...
Alcatel Claims World Records for Ultra Long-haul Terabit Networks
ATLANTA, June 9 -- Alcatel has set two world records for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission capacity over ultra long-haul terabit networks, the company said. The first...
IBM And Multilink Technology Join Forces On High-Speed Networks
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y., June 9 -- IBM and Multilink Technology Corp. (Multilink) will develop high-speed components for data and telecommunications applications. The companies will combine Multilink's...
Lucent Signs $330 Million Fiber Contract With Metromedia Fiber
MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 9 -- Lucent Technologies has signed a $330 million contract to install its AllWave and TrueWave RS fiber for Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (MFN). This makes MFN Lucent's...
Agilent Expanding Fiber-Component Production
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 9 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. is expanding its manufacturing capacity for fiber-optic components. The company plans to quadruple worldwide capacity through expansions at each...
Cymer Ships First F2 Laser to Ultratech
SAN DIEGO, June 9 -- Cymer Inc. has shipped its first ELX-6500F2 fluorine laser to Ultratech Stepper Inc. The laser was delivered to Ultratech Stepper's facility in Wilmington, Mass., and then...
DALSA Receives $750,000 Contract from Du Pont
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, June 9 -- DALSA received a $750,000 contract to supply advanced imaging solutions to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. Inc. DALSA has agreed to integrate 19 of its...
GE Medical Acquires Equity Stake in Israeli Company
WAUKESHA, Wis., June 9 -- GE Medical Systems has acquired an equity position in Imarad Imaging Systems Ltd. The investment gives GE Medical a minority share in Imarad Imaging Systems and is expected...
GSI Lumonics Sells Xymark Laser Coding Unit
KANATA, Ontario, Canada, June 9 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. has sold its package coding business, based in Hull, UK, to Linx Printing Technologies plc. Linx Printing Technologies is a UK manufacturer of...
Coast City Picks Cable Tech for Fiber Optic Ring
BOCA RATON, Fla., June 8 -- Cable Tech, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorldCast Interactive, has landed an $800,000 contract to provide 40 miles of fiber optics for a power company in...
Lucent Orders $3.7-Million of Digital Lightwave's Network Computers
CLEARWATER, Fla., June 8 -- In order to bolster its field installation and testing capabilities, Lucent Technology has ordered $3.7 million-worth of Digital Lightwave Inc.'s OC-192 NIC 10G...
Tyco Electronics Terminates Voting Agreement
CHARLTON, Mass., June 8 -- Tyco Electronics Corp., and FiberCore Inc. have signed a contract in which Tyco will convert nearly $2.46 million into 3.4 million in FiberCore common stock. The...
Williams Communications Wins SUPERCOMM Award
TULSA, Okla., June 8 -- For the third time in a row Williams Communications has received a SUPERQuest Award for the best designed core network. The award, presented at this week's SUPERCOMM trade...
Laser Technology Announces Addition to Board of Directors
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 8 -- Eric Miller, president and CEO of Laser Technology, Inc. (LSR), has been selected as a member of the company's Board of Directors. Miller has worked at LSR since 1988...
OptiCare Health Systems Reports Positive First Quarter
WATERBURY, Conn., May 8 -- OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. (OPT), an integrated eye care services company, has released its financial reports for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. Net revenues...
US Report Says High-Tech Re-Shaping the Economy
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- According to a report done by the US Commerce Department the telecommunication and computer industries were responsible for nearly a third of the economic growth in the US last...
StockerYale Acquires Ireland's CorkOpt
SALEM, N.H., June 7 -- In return for $2.45 million, StockerYale Inc. acquired CorkOpt Ltd. of Cork, Ireland. StockerYale issued the privately held company 62,691 shares of common stock at $35...
SESCO Signs $5.3 Million in Contracts
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo., June 7 -- Harmon Industries Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, SESCO, has signed two contracts with a combined value of $5.3 million. The most significant contract came...
SDL Finalizes Acquisition of Photonic Integration Research
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7 -- SDL Inc. has completed its acquisition of Photonic Integration Research Inc. (PIRI). Adhering to the May 10, 2000 agreement, SDL issued 8,461,663 shares of its stock and...
C-COR.net, SilCom Plan HMS-Compatible Transponders
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 7 -- C-COR.net has reached a tentative agreement with SilCom Technology Inc. Under the plan, the companies would work together to develop a fiber-optic transponder for the...
Lucent Supplies Airtel With New Nationwide Optical Network
MADRID, June 6 -- Lucent Technologies has begun work on the first phase of an agreement to supply and build a high-capacity national optical network for Airtel Mo´vil. The agreement --...
Marconi Acquires Fiber on Viatel Network
LONDON, June 6 -- Fibreway, a subsidiary of Marconi plc., will increase its fiber-optic network in four countries thanks to its recent acquisition of fiber on Viatel's Pan-European Network. ...
II-VI Counters Union Miniere's Offer to Laser Power
PITTSBURGH, June 5 -- In a move to outbid Union Miniere, II-VI Inc. has offered to purchase all of Laser Power's outstanding stock: each share receiving .052 shares of II-VI common stock as well as...
Union Miniere and Laser Power Corp. Agree to All Cash Merger
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 6 -- Laser Power Corp. has agreed to an all-cash merger with Union Miniere S.A. (UM). The first step of the merger requires Union Miniere USA Inc. (UMI), a wholly-owned...
Sintek Opto-electronic to Join Color Filter Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 6 -- Sintek Opto-electronic Corp. has finalized its cooperation agreement Printing Co., the last of its two partners in a venture to develop color filters. Sintek has agreed to...
RVSI Gets $1 Million in Orders for Data Matrix Equipment
CANTON, Mass., June 5 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RSVI) has announced orders for reading equipment for Data Matrix codes totaling over $1 million. According to RSVI a large telecommunications...
Timken Wraps Up R&D on Laser-Gauging System
CANTON, Ohio, June 5 -- Making use of a $1.4-million grant from the US Dept. of Energy, The Timken Co., in conjunctions with the National Research council of Canada and the Oak Ridge National...
ADVA to Acquire First Fibre
MUNICH, June 5 -- In a plan designed to increase its presence in the optical networking markets, ADVA Optical Networking has set its sights on the acquisition of First Fibre Ltd. First Fibre is a...
CDT Buys Fiber Optic Component Company
PITTSBURGH, April 5 -- In order to bolster its position in the fiber-optic component marketplace, Cable Design Technologies (CDT) is acquiring BoseLAN. Based in Silicon Valley, Calif., BoseLAN...
Motorola Licenses Numerical's Phase-Shifting Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2 -- Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector has signed an agreement with Numerical Technologies Inc. to license Numerical's iN-Phase software and patented phase-shifting...
Team ABL Unveils Two Steering Mirrors
SEATTLE, June 2 -- Engineers have delivered two prototypes of steering mirrors designed for Lockheed Martin's Airborne Laser (ABL) theater-ballistic-missile defense system. The mirrors are part of...
CAFA Inducts Standard MEMS
BURLINGTON, Mass. June 2 -- Standard MEMS will join The Center for Advanced Fiberoptic Applications (CAFA) on June 16th at CAFA's offices, 50 Optical Drive, Southbridge Business Center, Southbridge,...
Aeroflex Wins $6.6 Million in Fiber Orders
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., June 2 -- Aeroflex Inc. will produce $6.6-million worth of microelectronic thin film subassemblies for use in fiber optic interfaces. The company expects to deliver the order...
SDL and JDS Uniphase Extend Contract
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2 -- SDL Inc. and JDS Uniphase have agreed to continue their existing contract until 2001; more than doubling the magnitude of the original contract. JDS Uniphase will continue...
Stocker & Yale Unveil Ultra-Thin-Line Laser
SALEM, N.H., June 1 -- Stocker & Yale Inc. has produced what it calls the world's thinnest laser line. Lasiris Inc., a Canadian based subsidiary of Stocker & Yale, has designed and tested a...
Alcon Set to Acquire Summit Autonomous
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 1 -- Alcon has reported a forthcoming agreement to purchase Summit Autonomous Inc. of Waltham Mass. for $19.00 per share. Summit Autonomous Inc. is a manufacturer of...
OptiMight Secures Another $32 Million for Systems Development
MT. VIEW, Calif., June 1 -- In a second round of financing from high-tech venture capital firms, OptiMight Communications Inc. has received $32 million in financing from high-tech venture capital...
Siecor Now Corning Cable Systems
HICKORY, N.C., June 1 -- In light of a recent acquisition, Siecor has a new name: Corning Cable Systems. As of today, facilities in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia will adopt the new...
Agilent Rolls Out 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel Controllers
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 1 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. said that it has begun production of the HPFC-5200: the industry's only highly integrated, single-chip 2-Gb/s Fibre Channel controller....
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