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Newport Sees Lower First Quarter Sales and Earnings Mar 24, 1999 — IRVINE, Calif., March 23 -- Citing continued slowness in the semiconductor equipment markets and lower sales due to the delayed introduction of new products, Newport Corp. anticipates net sales for its first quarter ending March 31 to be in the range of $29 million to $30 million, with net earnings of 10 to 12 cents per diluted share expected. For the first quarter of 1998, Newport reported net earnings of 21 cents per diluted share on net sales of $33.7 million. Although there are signs that...
Bell Labs Researchers Report GaAs Advance Mar 23, 1999 — MURRAY HILL, N.J, March 22 -- Bell Labs researchers have grown a single crystal of gadolinium oxide on a gallium arsenide semiconductor. Because the interface is perfectly smooth, the material could prove to be the best insulating layer yet for...
Data Translation Reports Profitable Quarter Mar 23, 1999 — MARLBORO, Mass., March 22 -- Data Translation, Inc. reported a profit for the first fiscal quarter ending February 28, 1999. Net income for the quarter was $102,000, or $0.05 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $274,000, or $0.13...
Precision Optics Wins DWDM Filter Contracts Mar 23, 1999 — GARDNER, Mass., March 22 -- Precision Optics Corp. has received orders totaling more than $1.9 million for 100 and 200 GHz channel separation Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer (DWDM) optical filters. The company said the optical thin film DWDM...
Premier Laser to Make Final FDA Submittal Mar 23, 1999 — IRVINE, Calif., March 22 -- Premier Laser Systems reports that its EyeSys Vision Group has received a request from the FDA for documentation that will allow the agency to begin its review for final approval of the Centauri Er:YAG laser for cataract...
Vision System on Chip Thinks for Itself Mar 23, 1999 — BALTIMORE, Md., March 22 -- A Johns Hopkins University electrical engineer has developed a vision system on a chip that someday may allow a robotic surgical tool to locate and operate on a clogged artery. The chip performs analog and digital...
Court Grants ESI Patent Motion Mar 18, 1999 — PORTLAND, Ore., March 18 -- Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. reports that the US District Court for the Northern District of California has granted ESI's motion for partial summary judgment against General Scanning. ESI brought suit alleging that...
First Taiwanese Satellite Beams Images Back to Earth Mar 18, 1999 — REDONDO BEACH, Calif., March 18 -- The Republic of China's first satellite, ROCSAT-1, has begun sending images back to Earth. Launched into a 600-kilometer low-Earth orbit on Jan. 26, the 880-pound lightweight satellite contains three science...
Eclipse Surgical, CardioGenesis Complete Merger Mar 18, 1999 — SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 18 -- Stockholders of Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. and CardioGenesis Corp. have approved the two firms' consolidation. Under the terms of the agreement, CardioGenesis will become a wholly owned subsidiary of...
Spectra Science Boosts Management Team Mar 18, 1999 — PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 18 -- Spectra Science Corp. has added Rhonda Landers as Chief Financial Officer and Scott Tillotson as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Prior to joining SSC, Landers held management positions at medical...
Shareholders Back Merger of GSI and Lumonics Mar 18, 1999 — WATERTOWN, Mass., March 18 -- Shareholders of General Scanning Inc. and Lumonics Inc. today voted in favor of resolutions to merge the two companies into one entity: GSI Lumonics Inc. The merger will result in one of the industry's largest suppliers...
German Laser Emits Matter Waves Mar 17, 1999 — MUNICH, Germany, March 17 -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching and the University of Munich have developed a laser that emits a continuous beam of matter waves instead of light. The researchers have imaged the...
FCC Approves U.S. Landings for Project OXYGEN Mar 17, 1999 — WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., March 17 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the application by Project Oxygen (USA) LLC for a license to land and operate a private international fiber optic submarine cable system. The 10 U.S. landing...
Northern Light and NTIS Join Forces Mar 17, 1999 — CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 17 -- Northern Light Technology LLC has been selected by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) to develop gov.search, a new site which will provide access to US Federal Government information. The gov.search...
Siemens Splits off Semiconductor Business Mar 17, 1999 — MUNICH, Germany, March 17 -- Siemens Semiconductors will be spun off on April 1, 1999, to form a separate legal entity, Infineon Technologies AG, which will headquarter in Munich. The new company will begin operations on this date with approximately...
Zygo Restructures Business Centers Mar 16, 1999 — MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., March 16 -- Zygo Corp. is planning a series of initiatives that it says will revitalize the company and provide the infrastructure needed for growth. Zygo will create three US business centers--in Sunnyvale, Calif., Chicago, IL,...
Two-Photon Absorbing Molecules Hint at New Applications Mar 16, 1999 — TUCSON, Ariz., March 16 -- Two University of Arizona scientists who developed molecules that simultaneously absorb two photons of light now report that the molecules' sensitivity to laser beams suggests a number of potential photonics applications....
ABB Robotics Buys Cognex Vision Systems Mar 16, 1999 — NATICK, Mass., March 16 -- Cognex Corp. has entered into an OEMagreement with ABB Robotics AB of Sweden in which ABB expects to purchase nearly $1 million of Cognex machine vision systems over the next two years. ABB will integrate the systems into...
Metromedia Plans German Fiber Net Mar 16, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, March 16 -- Metromedia Fiber Network GmbH, the German subsidiary of Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc., has filed for licensing with the German regulatory authorities to construct a high-speed, high-bandwidth intracity fiber network in...
Scan-Optics Names Manufacturing Vice President Mar 16, 1999 — MANCHESTER, Conn., March 16 -- Scan-Optics, Inc. announced that Joseph P. Crouch has joined the company as Vice President of Manufacturing. Mr. Crouch's most recent position was Director of Manufacturing Operations for CalComp's Input Technologies...
NIST Builds Directional Atom Laser from Bose-Einstein Condensate Mar 15, 1999 — WASHINGTON, D.C., March 11 -- Atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate can be manipulated with light to form a highly directional atom laser, report physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This represents a significant advance...
Ciena to Buy Two Firms, Launch Optical Network Mar 15, 1999 — LINTHICUM, Md., March 14 -- Ciena Corp. has agreed to acquire Lightera Networks and Omnia Communications in two transactions worth approximately $980 million. Ciena announced that the move would result in formation of The Ciena LightWorks...
Lucent Picks ArF Scanner from Nikon Precision Mar 15, 1999 — BELMONT, Calif., March 12 -- Nikon Precision Inc. reports that Lucent Technologies has chosen its ArF scanner for work on advanced communications semiconductors at Lucent's Bell Laboratories development facility at Cirent Semiconductor in Orlando,...
Therma-Wave Wins Order for Metrology Systems Mar 15, 1999 — FREMONT, Calif., March 15 -- Therma-Wave, Inc. has received an order from the Shipley Co. of Marlborough, Mass., for two Opti-Probe 5000 advanced metrology systems. Shipley will use the systems across its advanced research and production technology...
Kodak Forms Greater Asia Region Mar 15, 1999 — ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 11 -- Eastman Kodak Co. has combined its Greater China Region and its Asia Pacific Region into a new Greater Asia Region. David L. Swift, chairman and president of the Greater China Region, will retain those titles for the new...
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