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Photonics.com - May 1999
News & Features
Korean Firm Orders Inspection System from RVSI
CANTON, Mass., May 21 -- Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (RVSI) announced that its Electronics division has received an order for its GS-7100 lead-scanning system from a major Korean electronics...
FDA Clears Laser Removal of Early Tooth Decay
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 21 -- American Dental Technologies Inc. has received clearance to market a laser device that removes the dark tissue evident during the early stages of tooth decay while...
Tyco to Buy Raychem in $2.87 Billion Deal
NEW YORK, NY, May 21 -- Tyco International Ltd., a manufacturer of undersea fiber-optic cables, reports that it will buy Menlo Park, California-based Raychem Corp., an electronic components maker, in...
Viratec Completes Expansion, to Begin Coating Production
FARIBAULT, Minn., May 21 -- Viratec Thin Films Inc. has completed a $15-million expansion and is soon to commence production of Infinity V, the largest known vertical anti-reflection coater in the...
BT, Nortel Team Up on Spanish Network
MADRID, Spain, May 20 -- British Telecommunications PLC's Spanish subsidiary and Nortel Networks Corp. are building what they claim will be the world's largest Internet voice and data network. The...
Firms Join To Push Light-Emitting Polymer Displays
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 -- Cambridge Display Technology and Covion, developers of Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) devices and materials, have formed the Polymer Display Alliance (PODIA). The goals of...
Joint Partnership to Build Precision Optics for NIF
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 -- Silicon Valley Group (SVG) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have established a precision optics manufacturing center for the US Department of Energy's...
Photon Dynamics Licenses Software to Photo Research
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 -- Photon Dynamics, Inc. will begin licensing its MuraLook display defect detection software to Photo Research, Inc., a manufacturer of photometry and colorimetry...
Toshiba's New LCD Facility Begins Operation in Japan
DEERFIELD, Ill., May 19 -- Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. reports that Toshiba Corp. of Japan has commenced operations at the newly completed poly-silicon TFT manufacturing facility at...
IRIS Reports Results for 1999 First Quarter
CHATSWORTH, Calif., May 19 -- International Remote Imaging Systems, Inc. announced net revenues of $6.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, which results were essentially unchanged from...
Coherent's Green Photocoagulator Approved by FDA
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 19 -- Coherent, Inc. reports that its Novus Verdi Diode Pumped Green Photocoagulator has been cleared by the US Food & Drug Administration for ophthalmic use. The laser was...
Raytheon Wins Navy Contract for Helicopter IR Systems
LEXINGTON, Mass., May 19 -- Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $38 million U.S. Navy follow-on production contract for helicopter infrared laser detecting-ranging-tracking systems. The contract--awarded...
Philips Invests in LCD Venture with LG Electronics
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 18 -- Royal Philips Electronics announced that it has signed a letter of intent with LG Electronics of Korea under which Philips will acquire a 50 percent share in LG...
BellSouth Awards DWDM Contract to CIENA
LINTHICUM, MD, May 18 -- CIENA Corporation has received a contract from BellSouth for its MultiWave Sentry dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical transport system, which will provide...
France Telecom Sues Deutsche Telekom over Merger
PARIS, France, May 18 -- France Telecom has launched arbitration proceedings against Deutsche Telekom, its strategic partner of less than one year. According to France Telecom, the proposed merger...
Spire Reports Results for First Quarter 1999
BEDFORD, Mass., May 18 -- Spire Corporation reported revenues of $3,818,000 for the first quarter of 1999, compared with $4,443,000 for the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. Net loss for the...
Lasertec Reports Results of Laser Cancer Treatment
ATLANTA, GA, May 17 -- Lasertec International announced the successful completion of the first phase of human clinical trials conducted in Paris using laser resonance to treat surface bladder polyps....
Thermo Vision to Buy Business from Corning's OCA
FRANKLIN, Mass., May 17 -- Thermo Vision Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of the non-telecommunications optical filter business of Optical Corporation of America (OCA), a wholly...
New UK Telescope to Study Southern Skies
LONDON, England, May 17 -- British astronomers report that their proposal for a special new telescope to survey southern skies has been approved. VISTA -- the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope...
US to Reach Tech Visa Limit Four Months Early
WASHINGTON, DC, May 17 -- The United States has almost run out of available visas for foreign workers with high-tech skills, despite Congress' nearly doubling the number available this year. The...
Nortel Sells Off Plants, Shifts Focus
TORONTO, Ontario, May 14 -- Nortel Networks Corp. is selling manufacturing facilities worldwide and trimming its workforce in a shift from telecommunications equipment to Internet-related networking....
IR Microscope Images Materials at nm-Scale
MARTINSRIED, Germany, May 14 -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry have developed a microscope to identify material composition on a nanoscale using infrared (IR) vibrational...
Lucent to Supply Components for Spanish Net
MADRID, Spain, May 13 -- Lucent Technologies will supply Telefonica de Espana with high-capacity optical networking systems in the cities of Galicia, Asturias, Leon and the Andalucia region, which...
Drexler Has Record Backlog, New Memory Card Order
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 13 -- Drexler Technology Corp. has received a $7.5 million, one-year contract for its LaserCard optical memory cards, which will be used in US government programs,...
Laser Baggage Scanner Project Receives Funding
TORONTO, Ontario, May 13 -- IDS has been granted funding for Phase II development of its computer-controlled laser rastering system designed to scan, sample and analyze baggage in conjunction with...
Newport Wins Laser Burn-in, Assembly Systems Orders
IRVINE, Calif., May 13 -- Newport Corp. has received orders totaling $1.3 million for its AutoAlign assembly and laser diode burn-in and characterization systems from a major manufacturer of fiber...
Cree, Microvision Partner on Blue Laser Development
DURHAM, NC, May 12 -- Cree Research, Inc. has joined with Microvision, Inc., the developer of Virtual Retinal Display technology, to develop blue and green laser diodes and edge-emitting LEDs for use...
Laserscope to Seek Approval for Laser Cancer Treatment
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 12 -- Laserscope will co-submit a Pre-Market Approval application to the US Food and Drug Administration for its Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Laser Systems, in conjunction with...
Cymer, Carl Zeiss Form Strategic Alliance
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 12 -- Cymer, Inc., a supplier of illumination sources for deep ultraviolet photolithography, and Carl Zeiss Lithos, a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss, have formed a strategic alliance...
IRIS Makes Offer for Poly U/A Systems
CHATSWORTH, Calif., May 12 -- International Remote Imaging Systems Inc. (IRIS), a manufacturer and marketer of automated in vitro diagnostic imaging systems, plans to make a tender offer for all of...
Advanced Machine Vision Patents Inspection Technology
MEDFORD, Ore., May 11 -- Advanced Machine Vision Corp. has received a US patent for an infrared optical method for inspecting peel-bearing potatoes. The illumination system enables AMV's proprietary...
Matrox to Supply Imaging Hardware to Adept
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 11 -- Adept Technology, Inc. has chosen Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. as the vendor for imaging hardware for Adept's next generation vision product. Matrox will provide a...
Newport Gets Order for Motion Stage Systems
IRVINE, Calif., May 11 -- Newport Corp. has received orders totaling $1.4 million from a European machine tool manufacturer of automotive production application systems. The three-dimensional motion...
Rofin-Sinar Reports Sales, Net Income
PLYMOUTH, Mich. and HAMBURG, Germany, May 11 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. announced net sales of $31 million and net income of $0.9 million for the second fiscal quarter of 1999. As noted by Dr....
LSI Logic to Incorporate LogicVision's Test Technology
MILPITAS, Calif., May 10 -- LSI Logic Corp. has agreed to incorporate LogicVision Inc.'s embedded test technology into the design methodology for LSI's very deep submicron and system-on-a-chip...
Greenspan Credits High Tech with Prosperity
WASHINGTON, DC, May 10 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gives credit to high tech advances for the nation's phenomenal economic performance and the unprecedented current climate of strong...
ECI Telecom to Supply Thai Network
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, May 10 -- ECI Telecom Ltd. announced that it will be the exclusive supplier of SDH solutions for the Communication Authority of Thailand's CAT2000 network . The network will form...
CyberOptics Acquires HAMA Laboratories
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7 -- CyberOptics Corp. has acquired the assets of HAMA Laboratories, Inc. (HAMA) for approximately $6.75 million, with additional consideration to follow. HAMA is a designer...
RVSI Unit Installs 50th Scanning Tunnel
CANTON, Mass., May 7 -- Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. reports that its Acuity CiMatrix division has installed its fiftieth laser-based scanning tunnel for high-speed material handling systems. Acuity...
Surgical Laser Reports Financial Results, Suit Settlement
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa., May 7 -- Surgical Laser Technologies Inc. announced that sales for the first quarter of 1999 were $2,262,000, compared to results of $2,367,000 for the first quarter of 1998....
ThermoTrex Gets $3.7 Million to Develop Image Sensors
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 7 -- ThermoTrex Corp. has received an additional $3.7 million in funding to develop active-pixel digital image sensors as part of a three-year, $15 million contract from the...
Bell Atlantic Deploys CIENA's Dense WDM Gear
LINTHICUM, MD, May 6 -- CIENA Corp. announced that its MultiWave Sentry dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system was approved for use in Bell Atlantic's core network. Bell Atlantic has...
Luxtec, German Partner Get FDA Approval for Camera
WORCESTER, Mass., May 6 -- Luxtec Corp. reports that its Fiber Imaging Technologies subsidiary and its German partner, Schoelly Fiberoptic GmbH, have received approval from the US Food and Drug...
Lasertec, Asian Group Continue Buyout Talks
ATLANTA, GA, May 6 -- Lasertec International, Inc. said today that its management is continuing discussions with the representative of the group of Hong Kong investors that made a preliminary offer...
GSI Lumonics Reports First Quarter Results
KANATA, Ontario, May 6 -- GSI Lumonics Inc. reported financial results for the three months ended April 2, 1999. In accordance with US accounting practices and in reflection of the merger of Lumonics...
Uniphase Added to NASDAQ-100 Index
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 5 -- Uniphase Corp. has become a member of the NASDAQ-100 Index, which the company describes as representing the largest and most active non-financial domestic and international...
NASA Scientists' Software Improves Video Quality
HUNTSVILLE, AL, May 5 -- NASA scientists have developed software technology that improves analysis of crime scene video. The technology also may prove useful in such applications as medical imaging,...
California Laser Acknowledges SEC Temporary Restraining Order
VAN NUYS, Calif., May 5 -- California Laser Co., a manufacturer of 3-D holographic video image projectors, confirmed that a temporary restraining order had been issued at the request of the...
Corning Acquires BICC Cable Businesses
CORNING, NY, May 4 -- Corning has completed the acquisition of BICC's telecommunications cable businesses. The new acquisition, called Corning Cables, will produce optical and metallic...
VLSI, Numerical Technologies Eye Optics for Chip Design
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 4 -- VLSI Technology, Inc. and Numerical Technologies, Inc. have formed a joint development relationship to focus on the design and manufacture of sub-0.15 micron circuits. VLSI...
Three-Five Systems Names New VP, Manufacturing Chief
TEMPE, Ariz., May 4 -- Liquid crystal display maker Three-Five Systems, Inc. has named Carl E. Derrington vice president and chief manufacturing officer. Derrington started with the company in 1986...
Laser Pioneer, Nobel Winner Schawlow Dies
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 3 -- Arthur L. Schawlow, one of the pioneers of laser technology and a Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 77. Stanford University said Schawlow, an emeritus professor...
Bell Labs Extends Limits of Optical Lithography
MURRAY HILL, NJ, May 3 -- Researchers at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have produced the smallest working electronic device ever made using optical lithography. The experimental device -- a silicon...
Orbotech Reports Income and Revenue Gains
YAVNE, ISRAEL, May 3 -- Orbotech Ltd. announced that revenues for the first quarter of 1999 totaled $64.2 million, an increase of 18% from the $54.2 million recorded in the first quarter a year ago....
Tyco Submarine Systems Wins Cable Contract
MORRISTOWN, NJ, May 3 -- Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd. has signed a contract, valued initially at over $700 million, to provide the South American Crossing (SAC) cable system for Global Crossing Ltd....
Scan-Optics Announces First Quarter Results
MANCHESTER, Conn., May 3 -- Scan-Optics, Inc. reported its fourteenth consecutive profitable quarter. Total revenues for the first quarter of 1999 were $13,232,000, up from recorded revenues of...
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