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October 2005
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
UCSD to Dedicate Research Facility
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 -- The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology's (Calit2) new research facility at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will be officially...
UCSD Dedicates Research Facility Friday
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 -- The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology's (Calit2) new research facility at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will be officially...
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Infotonics Technology Center Inc. and Medi-photonics Development Co. LLC are jointly developing an ingestible "photonic pill" that would enable physicians to detect early stage cancer of the digestive tract. The compact photonic explorer (CPE), a type of "pill camera" for medical applications using optical biopsy technology, is expected to be ready for delivery in 12 to 18 months; estimated...
Nobel Laureate, "Buckyball" Discoverer Dies
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 31 -- Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball and widely considered to be one of the fathers of nanotechnology, died Friday at the age of 62 after a long...
Lehigh Opens Optics Lab
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 31 -- Lehigh University has opened the Smith Family Laboratory for Optical Technologies, designed to contribute to the pursuit of optics innovation in telecommunications, among...
Level 3 Buys WilTel for $680M in Cash, Stock
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 31 -- IP fiber optic network provider Level 3 Communications Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Leucadia National Corp. to acquire its WilTel...
FCC Approves Verizon-MCI, SBC-AT&T Mergers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission today approved Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc.'s planned acquisitions of MCI and AT&T, respectively, giving...
Stanford Innovation Helps 'Enlighten' Silicon Chips
STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 28 -- Electrical engineers at Stanford University have invented a key component that can easily be built into chips to break up a laser beam into billions of bits of data...
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Albis Optoelectronics AG, a manufacturer of photodiodes for fiber optic datacom and telecom applications, has named Rene Regez, CEO of Coma Service AG, as president of its board. Franz Richter,...
Innovation Helps 'Enlighten' Silicon Chips
STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 28 -- Electrical engineers at Stanford University have invented a key component that can easily be built into chips to break up a laser beam into billions of bits of data...
Corning Posts $203M Profit
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 28 -- Corning Inc. attributed third-quarter sales of $1.188 billion -- up 18 percent from a year ago -- to an increase in its display technologies segment, which logged sales of...
MIT Professor Fired for Inventing Data
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 28 -- MIT has fired biology associate professor Luk Van Parijs for inventing data in a published scientific paper, in manuscripts and in grant applications. According to a...
Nanorods Could Improve Cancer Detection
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 28 -- Researchers at Purdue University have taken a step toward developing a new type of ultrasensitive medical imaging technique that works by shining a laser through the...
News Briefs
Candela Corp. of Wayland, Mass., a maker of aesthetic laser systems, announced that the SFDA (State Food and Drug Administration) of China has approved Candela's hair removal GentleYAG and GentleLASE...
UCSD to Dedicate Research Facility
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 -- The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology's (Calit2) new research facility at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will be officially...
Level 3 Sells IT Outsourcing Biz for $81.5M
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 27 -- International communications and information services company Level 3 Communications is selling its IT outsourcing company, (i)Structure LLC, to another outsourcing...
UCSD Dedicates Research Facility Friday
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 -- The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology's (Calit2) new research facility at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will be officially...
Verizon-MCI Merger OK'd by Justice Dept.
NEW YORK and ASHBURN, Va., Oct. 27 -- Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. today said they have received a consent decree from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for Verizon's acquisition of MCI....
Bruker AXS to Buy X-ray Unit
ROCKY HILL, N.J., Oct. 26 -- Bruker AXS Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire the x-ray microanalysis business of Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments Inc. (PGT). Terms were not disclosed, and the...
Newport to Sell Robotic Systems Ops
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 26 -- Newport Corp., a supplier of solid-state lasers, photonic instrumentation products and sub-micron positioning systems to the semiconductor, communications, electronics,...
News Briefs
PerkinElmer Inc., a Boston-based maker of technology for the health sciences and photonics industries, has named Robert F. Friel as its vice chairman and Jeffrey D. Capello as senior vice president...
News Briefs
Bookham Inc. said it has expanded an agreement with AMS Technologies AG to distribute its components to the telecommunications market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Munich-based AMS will now...
Nano Startups Win $75,000 for Big Ideas
CLEVELAND, Oct. 24 -- Two early-stage companies each won $75,000 in the second annual International and North Coast Nanotechnology Business Idea Competitions held on the campus of Case Western...
Illumina Challenges Rival's Patent
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25 -- Illumina Inc., a developer of technology and kits used in genetic research, has made a formal filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over a patent rival...
MTC Awarded Up to $8.8M for DoD Communications
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 25 -- Government contractor MTC Technologies Inc., a provider of systems engineering, information technology, intelligence and program management services, announced that the...
Ericsson Buys Out Rival for $2.1B, 1,000 Job Cuts Loom
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 25 -- Swedish wireless telecom giant Ericsson today announced that it is buying approximately 75 percent of Marconi Corp. plc's telecommunications business -- including...
News Briefs
Hong Kong-based Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. announced today that it has signed a franchise distribution agreement with CML Innovative Technologies (CML) of Hackensack, N.J., a manufacturer of LED and other...
NASA Telescope Uncovers Role of Brown Dwarfs in Forming Planets
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 24 -- A NASA telescope has detected for the first time the building blocks of planets around brown dwarfs, suggesting that these much colder and dimmer cousins to stars...
News Briefs
Evident Technologies Inc. of Troy, N.Y., a developer of advanced quantum dot nanomaterials with applications in life sciences, solid-state lighting, energy, security, telecommunications and...
OIDA Forecasts Growth Markets
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Growth in the optoelectronics market and opportunities for startups were forecast by Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) Executive Director Michael Lebby, a...
Former Cree Execs, Engineers Form New LED Company
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 21 -- Cree Inc. co-founder Neal Hunter today announced he has co-founded, with a group of former Cree scientists and engineers, a company to develop LED-based lighting fixtures....
Freescale Acquires CommASIC
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 21 -- Freescale Semiconductor, a manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets, has acquired CommASIC, a...
News Briefs
Tak Imaging, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of imaging technologies, semiconductors and software for the consumer photo printer market, has appointed high-tech industry veteran Jonathan Michael...
Iridex Sues Synergetics USA
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 20 -- Iridex Corp., a manufacturer of semiconductor-based laser systems for the ophthalmology and dermatology markets worldwide, filed suit yesterday against Synergetics...
Deshpande Center Awards Grants
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 20 -- The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT this week awarded first-time research grants that could result in new products such as new material enabling...
Corning Settles Suit with Picvue, Former Corning Worker Arrested
CORNING, N.Y. & TAINAN, Taiwan, Oct. 20 -- Corning Inc. and Picvue Electronics Ltd., a Taiwan manufacturer of components used in display devices such as TVs, laptops and mobile phones, have...
Positron Receives Phase II Funds for Aerospace Castings Inspection System
POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 19 -- Positron Systems, a provider of advanced nondestructive material characterization testing, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant...
News Briefs
Modulight Inc. of Finland and Lafayette, Calif., a maker of semiconductor laser diodes for telecommunications, defense, medical and industrial applications, has appointed a business advisory board of...
OSA Elects 2006 VP, Directors
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 19 -- Rod Alferness, senior vice president of optical networking research at Bell Laboratories, was elected 2006 vice president of the Optical Society of America (OSA), and Ken...
Kodak Loses $1B; Plans More Job Cuts
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 19 -- The big picture doesn't look good for Eastman Kodak Co., which reported a $1.029 billion loss -- $3.58 per share -- for the third quarter in a statement today. Kodak CEO...
Talk America to Acquire Network Telephone
NEW HOPE, Pa., Oct. 19 -- Communications company Talk America announced today that it will acquire privately held Network Telephone Corp. (NTC) of Pensalcola, Fla., a facilities-based communications...
Nanophotonics Discussion Dominates Frontiers in Optics Conference
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 18 -- The field of nanophotonics -- technology that uses light and matter interactions at the nanoscale to develop advances in areas such as high-speed telecommunications,...
News Briefs
Keithley Instruments Inc. of Cleveland has expanded its business presence in southeast Asia by enlarging its Singapore office and opening two new offices in Malaysia for direct sales and support of...
Summit to Explore Nanotech Apps
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 18 -- The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) of Cambridge, Mass., which has a mission to promote nano- and other advanced technologies, is presenting a one-day summit...
News Briefs
NP Photonics Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., a supplier of single-frequency fiber lasers for optical-sensing applications in the oil and gas and security/military markets as well as in medical imaging and...
STMicroelectronics Focuses on China
GENEVA, Oct. 17 -- STMicroelectronics, a developer of semiconductor solutions for automotive, communications, consumer, computer and industrial microelectronics applications, today announced the...
Rigaku Restructures Company
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 17 -- In a move the company says will better serve its customers outside of Japan, analytical and industrial instrumentation technology developer Rigaku has reorganized its...
Adaptive Optics Produce Ultrasharp Images of Sunspot
SUNSPOT, N.M., Oct. 17 -- Advanced technologies now available at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Dunn Solar Telescope at Sunspot, N.M., are revealing striking details inside sunspots and hint...
Pentair Buys APW Ltd.'s Thermal Management Businesses
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., Oct. 17 -- Diversified operating company Pentair today announced that it has agreed to acquire certain assets of APW Ltd., including the McLean Thermal Management, Aspen Motion...
Adva Acquires Covaro Networks
MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, German, Oct. 18 -- Adva Optical Networking announced today it will acquire Covaro Networks Inc., a private Ethernet solutions company based in Richardson, Texas. Covaro is a...
Verizon Demos FiOS, Signs Networks
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -- Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday announced separate programming distribution agreements with Gemstar-TV Guide's TV Guide Channel and TVG Network and with HDNet to carry the...
3 Museums to Head Nanoscale Network
BOSTON, Oct. 14 -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen The Museum of Science, Boston (MoS); the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Exploratorium in San Francisco as the core leadership...
News Briefs
Jmar Technologies Inc. of San Diego, Calif., a developer of laser-based equipment for imaging, analysis and fabrication at the nanoscale, has received a Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovative...
Bruker AXS to Acquire Roentec
MADISON, Wisc., Oct. 14 -- Bruker AXS Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire Roentec AG, an x-ray microanalysis instrumentation company with annual revenues of $6 to $7 million, based in...
LED Makers Team to Create Products
CARROLLTON, Texas, Oct. 14 -– Optek Technology, a supplier of optoelectronic products for sensing, illumination and indication applications, has signed a solid-state lighting research and...
New Products, Research Unveiled at ECOC 2005
GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 14 -- More than 3000 visitors and over 1000 conference delegates visited the 2005 ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communications) event at the Scottish Exhibition and...
News Briefs
Argon ST Inc., a maker of systems and sensors for military, communications, intelligence, surveillance and other applications, was awarded contract modifications totaling $9.1 million for engineering...
OSA Announces Engineer Awards
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Optical Society of America (OSA) announced that Michael G. Littman and Rene-Jean Essiambre will receive its 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards and that Joyce Poon will...
Samsung Settles DRAM Suit for $300M
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13 -- Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. (Samsung), a Korean manufacturer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and its US subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., have agreed to...
Amphenol Acquires Teradyne Division for $390M
WALLINGFORD, Conn., Oct. 13 -- Amphenol Corp., a producer of electronic and fiber optic connectors, cable and interconnect systems for communications, industrial/automotive and military/aerospace...
OSA to Present Engineer Awards, Scholarship
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Optical Society of America (OSA) announced that Michael G. Littman and Rene-Jean Essiambre will receive its 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards and that Joyce Poon will...
EU Says Telcoms Must Keep Records
LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 12 -- The European Union has agreed to legally require telecommunications companies to keep records of phone and e-mail traffic for up to a year as part of the bloc's antiterrorist...
Ford, Boeing and Northwestern Form Nanotechnology Alliance
EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 12 -- Ford Motor Co., The Boeing Co. and Northwestern University have big plans to work together to make the future very small. The two companies and the university are in final...
News Briefs
Global photonics products supplier Melles Griot announced that Bruce Capron has joined Melles Griot Optics Group in Rochester, N.Y., as director of sales and marketing. Capron will manage all North...
SAIC Acquires GIS Provider
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 12 -- San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced this week it has completed the acquisition of IMAPS LLC, a Columbia, Ill., provider of...
Princeton Lightwave Licenses IBM's SPD Technology
CRANBURY, N.J., Oct. 12 -- Princeton Lightwave Inc. (PLI), a New Jersey manufacturer of optical semiconductor components, announced it has licensed IBM’s single-photon detection (SPD) technology. An...
Memorial Service Friday for Pioneering Solar Physicist
SUNSPOT, N.M., Oct. 12 -- A memorial service will be held on Friday to pay tribute to Richard B. Dunn, a pioneering solar physicist who developed advanced optical solar telescopes and whose work led...
Photomicrographer Zooms in on Common Fly
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 -- Bristling with sharp, sensitive antennae, bulbous eyes with 4000 lenses and a mouth that sucks up food using a bellows-like pump in its head, the common housefly is one of...
News Briefs
Fiberstars Inc., a Fremont, Calif., maker of fiber optic lighting systems, was awarded two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) phase I grants, totaling $200,000 over nine months, from the...
Raytheon Wins Laser Bomb Contract
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 11 -- Raytheon Co. announced today it was awarded a $45.5 million contract for the US Air Force's fiscal year 2005 procurement of Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits. The bomb kits...
Luna Innovations Buys Spinout
BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 11 -- Luna Innovations Inc., a technology development company focused on sensing, advanced materials and systems integration, has acquired Luna Technologies Inc., a maker of...
Stanford Wins Robot Race
PRIMM, Nev., Oct. 11 -- Stanley, a robotic Volkswagon Touareg built by Stanford University, beat other autonomous ground vehicles in the 2005 Grand Challenge race, sponsored by the Defense Advanced...
Teradyne to Sell Connection Systems
BOSTON, Oct. 11 -- Teradyne Inc. announced Monday it has reached an agreement to sell its Connection Systems division to Amphenol Corp. for $390 million in cash. Connection Systems, based in Nashua,...
Luna Innovations Buys Luna Technologies
BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 11 -- Luna Innovations Inc., a technology development company focused on sensing, advanced materials and systems integration, has acquired Luna Technologies Inc., a maker of...
Cabot Microelectronics Acquires Surface Finishes Co.
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 10 -- Cabot Microelectronics Corp., a supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, has purchased the assets of Surface...
Oxford Semiconductor Acquires TransDimension
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 5 -- Oxford Semiconductor Inc., a maker of high-performance connectivity controllers for the storage, multimedia communication, computing and industrial markets, has acquired...
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Germany's Aixtron AG, a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, has completed the installation and commissioning of a Thomas Swan 19-by-2-in. close-coupled showerhead GaN...
Eaton to Buy PerkinElmer's Aerospace Division for $333M
CLEVELAND, Oct. 7 -- Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. has reached an agreement with PerkinElmer Inc. to purchase its aerospace division for $333 million. The transaction is expected to close later...
Laurin Publishing Owners Inducted into Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Oct. 7, 2005 -- Teddi C. and Francis T. Laurin, owners of Laurin Publishing Co. Inc., have been inducted into the Western Massachusetts Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. Laurin...
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Accent Optical Technologies of Bend, Ore., a supplier of lattice engineering and photolithography process control tools, announced that its Web site, www.accentopto.com, is now available in Korean,...
DRS to Make Thermal Binoculars
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 6 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced it has received $46 million in initial funding to produce thermal binocular system tactical-range thermal imagers under a five-year...
Golden Gate Acquires Leica Unit
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 -- Golden Gate Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm, has acquired the Semiconductor Equipment Div. (SED) of Leica Microsystems AG, a subsidiary of Danaher Corp. Terms...
Corning to Expand LCD Glass Plant
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 6 -- Corning Inc. announced Wednesday it will spend $425 million to expand its new liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing facility in Taichung, Taiwan. Corning...
Broadcom to Acquire Athena Semiconductors
IRVINE, Calif. and FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 6 -- Broadcom Corp., a maker of wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to...
Corning to Invest $425M in LCD Glass Plant
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 6 -- Corning Inc. announced Wednesday it will spend $425 million to expand its new liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing facility in Taichung, Taiwan. Corning...
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Bethesda, Md.-based technology systems manufacturer Lockheed Martin and Italian military communications supplier Selex Communications are collaborating on a new obstacle detection and avoidance...
Army Uses SUI Camera Prototypes
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5 -- Sensors Unlimited Inc. (SUI), a supplier of shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras and detector systems based on indium gallium arsenide technology, announced it has developed...
Schafer Awarded Defense Contract
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 5 -- Defense and biotechnology research and development company Schafer Corp., based in Chelmsford, Mass., was recently awarded a $17 million contract by the US...
Purdue Researchers Use Mass Spectrometry to Detect Explosives Inside Luggage
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 5 -- Fast, highly reliable detection of residues that could indicate the presence of explosives and other hazardous materials inside luggage is now possible with technology...
Advance Nanotech, CAPE to Fund Biosensor Program to Detect Bird Flu
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- Nanotechnology acquisition and commercialization specialist Advance Nanotech Inc. is partnering with The Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) at the University of...
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The microelectronics division of San Diego-based Jmar Technologies Inc., a developer of laser-based equipment for imaging, analysis and fabrication at the nanoscale, has been awarded a $603,000...
3 Optics Researchers Win Nobels
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 4 -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics today to three scientists -- two Americans and a German -- working in the field of optics. One...
Synopsys Buys HPL Technologies, Announces Sematech OPC Partnership
AUSTIN, Texas and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 4 -- Synopsys Inc., a developer of semiconductor design software, announced yesterday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HPL Technologies...
Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Optics Research
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 4 -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics today to three scientists -- two Americans and a German -- working in the field of optics. One...
Bell Labs Reports First Transmission of 100-Gb/s Ethernet Over Optical
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Oct. 3 -- Bell Labs, the research and development division of Lucent Technologies, announced the first reported transmissions of 100-Gb/s Ethernet over optical, widely considered a...
Meriton Buys Mahi Networks
OTTAWA, Oct. 3 -- Optical networking solutions provider Meriton Networks today announced the acquisition of Mahi Networks Inc. of Piscataway, N.J.; terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined...
PPG Awarded Follow-On Contracts for Missile Warning Sensors
NORTHVALE, N.J., Oct. 3 -- Photonic Products Group Inc. announced that its Inrad business unit, which specializes in crystal-based optical components and devices, laser accessories and instruments,...
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Wilmington, Mass.-based Ksaria Corp., a manufacturer of fiber optic cables for military, aeronautical and harsh environment applications, has been awarded a Navy contract to develop two product...
UW Madison Center Funding Renewed
MADISON, Wisc., Oct. 3 -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) was awarded nearly $14.8 million by the National Science Foundation to continue...
ACQUISITIONS
Level 3 Buys WilTel for $680M in Cash, Stock
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 31 -- IP fiber optic network provider Level 3 Communications Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Leucadia National Corp. to acquire its WilTel...
FCC Approves Verizon-MCI, SBC-AT&T Mergers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission today approved Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc.'s planned acquisitions of MCI and AT&T, respectively, giving...
Freescale Acquires CommASIC
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 21 -- Freescale Semiconductor, a manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets, has acquired CommASIC, a...
Talk America to Acquire Network Telephone
NEW HOPE, Pa., Oct. 19 -- Communications company Talk America announced today that it will acquire privately held Network Telephone Corp. (NTC) of Pensalcola, Fla., a facilities-based communications...
Pentair Buys APW Ltd.'s Thermal Management Businesses
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., Oct. 17 -- Diversified operating company Pentair today announced that it has agreed to acquire certain assets of APW Ltd., including the McLean Thermal Management, Aspen Motion...
Oxford Semiconductor Acquires TransDimension
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 5 -- Oxford Semiconductor Inc., a maker of high-performance connectivity controllers for the storage, multimedia communication, computing and industrial markets, has acquired...
Eaton to Buy PerkinElmer's Aerospace Division for $333M
CLEVELAND, Oct. 7 -- Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. has reached an agreement with PerkinElmer Inc. to purchase its aerospace division for $333 million. The transaction is expected to close later...
Meriton Buys Mahi Networks
OTTAWA, Oct. 3 -- Optical networking solutions provider Meriton Networks today announced the acquisition of Mahi Networks Inc. of Piscataway, N.J.; terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined...
PRODUCTS
Abalase Series of Nitrogen Lasers and Replacement Cartridges
MELBOURNE, Fla., Oct. 28 -- Laser manufacturer Elk Industries has introduced a new line, the Abalase series of nitrogen lasers and form-fit replacement cartridges which retrofit entire nitrogen laser...
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Large-Format Lenses
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 18 -- Edmund Optics (EO), a manufacturer of multielement lenses, lens coatings, imaging systems and optomechanical equipment, has introduced its new large-format lenses...
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CODE V 9.6
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 14 -- Optical Research Associates (ORA) has introduced CODE V release 9.6, which it says adds powerful new capabilities in optical system modeling, tolerancing and optimization...
Synopsys Inc., Optical Solutions Group
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SilverFast Scanners
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla., Oct. 14 -- LaserSoft Imaging has released a SilverFast scanner with new features. The company said it has also introduced scan software for Heidelberg Topaz scanners. Automatic...
LaserSoft Imaging Inc.
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Blazed Holographic Gratings
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 4 -- Grating manufacturer Spectrum Scientific Inc. (SSI) has expanded its range of blazed holographic gratings with the introduction of additional standard ultraviolet (UV)...
Spectrum Scientific Inc. (SSI)
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LMC10 Transmitter Modules
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 6 -- Bookham Inc., a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, recently reported it record power performance with its new LMC10 line of transmitter modules. The...
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10 Gb/s Low-Noise Avalanche Photodiode
TOKYO, Oct. 13 -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment for home products and commercial and industrial systems and equipment, has developed an avalanche...
Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV, Semiconductor European Business Group
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PRL 425 Series Differential Receivers and Line Drivers
TORRANCE, Calif., October 21 -– Pulse Research Lab Inc. (PRL), a provider of signal buffering and translation modules for digital design, integration and testing, has launched the PRL 425 series...
Pulse Research Lab
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