Dec 1, 2013 — Photonics industry representatives from throughout the US visited congressional offices on Capitol Hill this fall as part of the National Photonics Initiative, a collaborative alliance among industry, academia and government that was formed to stress the importance of photonics in the US in economic progress and global technology leadership. The 19 volunteers SPIE sponsored – representing mainly companies and photonics organizations – said their visits to approximately 45

Dec 1, 2013 — SPIE expects to welcome some 20,000 photonics industry professionals, from company representatives to engineers, researchers and students who will travel from around the world, to the Moscone Center in San Francisco from Feb. 1-6 for the annual...

Dec 1, 2013 — Pyreos Secures $4M for Expansion Pyreos Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland, is planning an international expansion now that it has secured $4 million through a funding round. The investment was led by Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, UK-based venture...

Dec 1, 2013 — Sofradir to Move HQ, Expand The need to enlarge its facilities and increase production has spurred IR detector maker Sofradir to begin moving its headquarters to a high-tech valley near Paris. As a result, the manufacturing and research facilities...

COLOGNE, Germany – The German Aerospace Center (DLR) will develop an instrument for Teledyne Technologies Inc.’s digital imaging platform for the International Space Station. Partnering with Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., a Teledyne subsidiary in Huntsville,...

Dec 1, 2013 — The UK photonics industry needs to make connections with the markets it enables if it wants to take advantage of the opportunities available today and grow into an even brighter tomorrow, according to executives speaking at a recent industry event....

Dec 1, 2013 — OLED technology developer Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., has been named Master Technology Company of the Year by the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC). The 2013 NJTC Awards recognize technology companies for business accomplishments in...

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 30, 2013 — The SPIE Women in Optics 18-month planner aims to inspire a new generation of girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The 2014-2015 planner is available for free from the international society for optics...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 28, 2013 — University of Rochester Institute of Optics director Xi-Cheng Zhang has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his contributions to the generation and detection of broadband terahertz waves. Zhang, M....

QUEENS VILLAGE, N.Y., Nov. 27, 2013 — Glass fabricator GrayGlass has named longtime employee William J. O’Bryan Jr. to succeed Christopher A. Viggiano as its president, the company announced last month. O’Bryan, a graduate of Marist College, has been with GrayGlass since...

DUNEDIN, Fla., Nov. 27, 2013 — Ocean Optics has launched a new version of its Spectroscopy 101 curriculum for high school and college teaching laboratories, the company said recently. Spectroscopy 101, written for use with the company’s Red Tide and ChemUSB...

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov 26, 2013 — Flir Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract by a Middle East customer valued at $25 million for gyro-stabilized multispectral sensor systems, the company said recently. The contract is from a US ally, the company said, and is for its StarSAFIRE...

CLIFTON, N.J., Nov. 26, 2013 — A monthlong evaluation of a high-speed, laser-based communications system funded by the Office of Naval Research was successfully tested by Exelis and its partner, the company said this week. Aerospace and defense communications and information...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25, 2013 — Aerotech has surpassed the $1 billion mark in products shipped since the company’s inception in 1970, the motion control and positioning systems maker said recently. “We are strongly positioned for continued growth in the future,”...

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 25, 2013 — Advanced Thin Films’ (ATF) laser optics manufacturing facilities in Boulder have been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 registration for meeting quality management system requirements of the internationally recognized standard, the company said this...

NEW MILFORD, Conn., Nov. 25, 2013 — Scott Monroe has joined Vision Engineering Inc. as vice president of sales and marketing, the ergonomic microscope manufacturer announced recently. Monroe, who previously held sales positions in the Microscopy and Digital Imaging markets at Nikon,...

STUTTGART & WALDBRONN, Germany, Nov. 24, 2013 — A new center of excellence for laser-Doppler vibrometry in biomechanics opened this week at the University of Stuttgart. The research conducted there is expected to be especially beneficial to those with hearing impairments. The center is supported...

LONDON & EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 22, 2013 — National Instruments (NI) is collaborating with the University of Edinburgh to dramatically improve indoor wireless communications capacity using optics. Professor Harald Haas, chair of mobile communications at the University of Edinburgh, is a...

SINGAPORE, Nov. 22, 2013 — Zecotek Photonics Inc.’s imaging subsidiary has received a $1.5 million order for scintillation crystals from partner Hamamatsu Photonics, the company said Thursday. As with the first, this second order will be used by a third party OEM of...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 21, 2013 — Melles Griot has hired Brian Hermes as vice president of sales for its Optical Systems business, the company said Wednesday. Hermes has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently with Topanga Technologies and PerkinElmer. He...

NUREMBERG, Germany, Nov. 21, 2013 — Leoni Fiber Optics GmbH will now be jointly managed by Dr. Michael Gawronski and Andreas Weinert, who has headed the business unit for years, the company said this week. Its management board was also recently expanded. The Fiber Optics unit of the...

AACHEN, Germany, Nov. 21, 2013 — A new project aims to bring industry and business together to speed the market launches of a variety of laser applications. The four-year, €15 million LASHARE project will give more than 30 small- and medium-sized enterprizes (SMEs) a helping...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 21, 2013 — Swiss chemist Michael Graetzel, noted for his discovery of a dye-sensitized solar cell that is easier and less costly to produce than silicon-based cells, has won the inaugural $50,000 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy from the University of...

TORQUAY, England, Nov. 20, 2013 — Gooch & Housego PLC recently marked the opening of new office and manufacturing facilities at its fiber optic component, photonic packaging and laser module division in Torquay. Attending the Nov. 14 opening of the expanded plant at Gooch &...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 20, 2013 — Dr. David Welch, Infinera co-founder, president and board member, has received the JJ Thomson Medal for Electronics from the Institution of Engineering and Technology in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of optical devices and optical...