ORLANDO, Fla., March 21, 2011 — The Laser Institute of America’s Third Annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop in Houston drew 170 attendees and 25 vendors last month. Since the workshop was introduced in 2009, attendance has risen each year. This year’s conference focused on laser-additive manufacturing in a broad range of applications: new cladding techniques for components repair and general manufacturing, powder specifications, turbine repair, selective laser melting technology, and maximizing...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 28, 2011 — Advanced materials provider NanoPhotonica announced the mass production commercialization for its breakthrough QLED display technology. NanoPhotonica’s S-QLED technology improves picture quality and power consumption achieved by recently...

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 8, 2011 — The Laser Institute of America (LIA) will hold its inaugural Lasers for Manufacturing Event (LME) on Sept. 27 and 28 in Chicago. In order to help US manufacturers to modernize and upgrade their technology and be competitive in the global...

DUNEDIN, Fla., Dec. 16, 2010 — Ocean Optics has chosen the winners of its annual video and photo contest. Winner of the $2500 Grand Prize in the video category, Cory Stinson, a student at San Diego State University, was chosen for his entry “Into the Ocean of Optics and...

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 15, 2010 — In a further expansion of its sales and service capabilities in the northeast, Olympus America Inc. has announced that it will begin selling and servicing scientific equipment directly in the region surrounding its headquarters in...

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 30, 2010 — As new lower-cost laser technology becomes more readily available to consumers, laser safety experts at the Laser Institute of America (LIA) are concerned for the public’s safety. Recently released to the public and promoted as the...

Jul 20, 2010 — For regenerative medicine leader Organogenesis Inc., there’s no place like home. For one thing, being based in the Boston area has made it easy for the MIT spinoff to access the latest research and attract top talent, said president and CEO...

Jul 1, 2010 — In St. Petersburg, Fla., the establishment of Labtec Sales Partners LLC has been announced. The company was formed to provide sales and marketing expertise to companies that provide processing equipment to the thin-film research and development and...

ST. LOUIS, June 30, 2010 — The Boeing Co. announced today that it will acquire Argon ST for $775 million ($34.50 per share) in an all-cash deal. The agreement to acquire Fairfax, Va.-based Argon, a developer of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence,...

ORLANDO, Florida, June 11, 2010 — The Laser Institute of America (LIA) will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award to laser pioneer Dr. Charles Townes at the 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), which takes place Sept. 26 to 30 in...

ORLANDO, Fla., May 27, 2010 — The Laser Institute of America’s (LIA) second-annual Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop in Houston drew 50 percent more attendees as well as more sponsors and vendors than the debut show of 2009. The May 11-12 conference gathered 137...

DUNEDIN, Fla., May 24, 2010 — Ocean Optics Inc. announced Thursday that it acquired the assets of Sandhouse Design LLC, a designer and manufacturer of modular mid-infrared spectrometers, LEDs, light sources and other photonics products. Based in Dunedin as well, Sandhouse Design...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 29, 2010 — Plasma process equipment supplier, Plasma-Therm LLC announced that it has sold three Versaline PECVD systems to a South Korean LED manufacturer. The systems were purchased to meet the capacity expansion needs for high-quality dielectric film...

Apr 12, 2010 — Fremont, Calif.-based Solyndra Inc., a cylindrical photovoltaic systems manufacturer, has signed a distribution agreement with Advanced Green Technologies of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a renewable energy solutions and building-integrated solar energy...

APOPKA, Fla., March 31, 2010 — Northrop Grumman Corp., a provider of aerospace and security solutions, has received a delivery order award from the US Army valued at $142.7 million to provide more than 500 lightweight laser designator rangefinders (LLDR) under a five-year...

HORTEN, Norway, March 18, 2010 – Sensonor Technologies AS, a developer of uncooled infrared (IR) sensors for thermal-imaging cameras, is slated to present a paper at the upcoming SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing conference on its achievements in the area of design and...

ORLANDO, Fla., March 17, 2010 – Stratophase, a UK-based real-time biochemical measurement and detection specialist, announced at Pittcon this month that, as part of a consortium of companies, it is developing a multiparametric, multipoint, in-line sensor system for high-value...

PLANTATION, Fla., March 1, 2010 – American Advanced Technologies Inc. (AAT), a company dealing in energy conscious products, has named Robin K. Elkins its chief scientist. This agreement will enable AAT to advance its product line to include technologies designed by Elkins, which...

LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 24, 2010 -- Laser Photonics, a maker of fiber and CO2 laser equipment for material processing, announced that David Porter has been named CEO. Prior to joining Laser Photonics, Porter worked for more than six years with Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.,...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 23, 2010 – LightPath Technologies Inc. has reported an increase in demand in the market of molded aspheres for consumer and industrial laser tools. According to the company, current open orders for these products are valued over $1.8 million with more...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 5, 2010 — Pittcon 2010 will offer the latest advances in laboratory instrumentation, solutions for research problems, new methodologies and techniques for improved productivity, and a wide range of educational opportunities when it takes place Feb. 28-March 5...

Jan 4, 2010 — Präzisionsoptik Gera GmbH (POG) of Gera, Germany, announced it formed a US subsidiary, Precision Optics Gera Corp., effective Jan. 1. Buzz Nesti is president of the Florida-based subsidiary; Glen Dunn is sales manager. POG, with its staff of 100,...

Dec 31, 2009 — Canon USA Inc. of Lake Success, N.Y., has announced the appointment of Chris Duca as president of its Deerfield, Fla.-based wholly owned subsidiary, Virtual Imaging Inc., a maker of diagnostic imaging products. Canon acquired the business in April...

Dec 30, 2009 — To better serve its growing global OEM business, Dunedin, Fla.-based miniature spectrometer maker Ocean Optics announced last week that it has formed a dedicated OEM engineering group. The group, which includes PhD-level optical and biochemistry...

Nov 16, 2009 — Gulf Fiberoptics, an Oldsmar, Fla.-based manufacturer of fiber optic products for the medical, industrial and visual illumination markets, has announced that it is adding a new photonics division. The division’s business development will be headed...