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Photonics.com - July 1999
News & Features
Spectra-Physics Details Second-Quarter Results
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 30 -- Spectra-Physics announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 1999. The company reported net sales of $34.9 million, compared with $40.2 million for the second quarter of 1998. Net income was $255,000, or $0.02 diluted earnings per share, as compared with net income of $1.9 million, or $0.12 diluted earnings per share during the same period a year...
Summit Subsidiary Gets Approval to Test Vision System
WALTHAM, Mass., July 30 -- Summit Technology Inc. reports that its Autonomous Technologies subsidiary has been granted an Investigational Device Exemption by the US Food and Drug Administration. The...
Scientists Image Brain's Sense of Smell
DURHAM, N.C., July 29 -- Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center have captured the first detailed images of a living brain in the act of recognizing specific odor molecules. As reported in...
FLIR Systems Reports Second-Quarter Results
PORTLAND, Ore., July 29 -- FLIR Systems Inc. has reported revenue of $42.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 1999. This compares with last quarter's revenue of $34.4 million, and with the...
Orbotech Gets $3.0 Million Order from Sanmina
YAVNE, Israel, July 29 -- Orbotech Ltd. has received an order from Sanmina Corp. valued at approximately $3.0 million for equipment including PC-1490 and InSpire-9060 automated optical inspection...
Researchers Eye Thin, Cheap Solar Cells
GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 28 -- University of Florida engineers are working to develop a method of producing thinner and cheaper solar cells. The thin-film solar cells are 100 times thinner and...
Thomas & Betts to Divest Two Photonic Product Lines
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 28 -- Thomas & Betts Corp. announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to sell certain of its broadband product lines -- specifically those optical products sold under...
LeCroy Previews Fourth Quarter Results
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y., July 27 -- LeCroy Corp. announced anticipated financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1999 ended June 30, 1999. Revenue for the quarter is expected to be...
Biolase Technology Names Director of Laser Technology
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., July 27 -- Biolase Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of laser-based systems for use in dental and medical applications, announced that Michael M. Tilleman has joined the company...
Applied Imaging, Vysis Announce Strategic Alliance
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 26 -- Applied Imaging Corp. has purchased Vysis, Inc.'s cytogenetic imaging instrumentation business. As part of the transaction, Vysis has taken an equity stake of...
Integral Vision Wins Disc Inspection Order
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., July 26 -- Integral Vision, Inc. has received orders valued at more than $2.0 million for its OMNI system and other inspection products for the disc industry. The orders were...
Network Transmits Light from Oregon to Alaska
HILLSBORO, Ore., July 23 -- WCI Cable, Inc. has reported the first transmission of light along the submarine segment of the NorthStar Network. Alcatel Submarine Networks conducted two tests...
Three-Five Systems Announces Second Quarter Results
TEMPE, Ariz., July 23 -- Three-Five Systems, Inc. reported record net sales of $31.6 million for the second quarter of 1999, an increase of 39 percent over second quarter 1998 revenue of $22.7...
Lucent Claims Optical Networking System Breakthrough
MURRAY HILL, N.J., July 22 -- Lucent Technologies has unveiled an optical networking system that uses beams of light to transmit information directly through the air. Called WaveStar OpticAir, the...
Astronomers Use Hubble to Study Colliding Galaxies
HOUSTON, July 22 -- Images of more than a dozen very distant colliding galaxies have been captured by a European-led team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. According to...
Orbotech Completes Installation of Inspection Systems Order
YAVNE, Israel, July 22 -- Orbotech Ltd. reports that it has successfully completed installation and acceptance criteria of multiple VT-8000 Automated Optical Inspection systems at the Singapore...
Cree Research Announces Stock Split
DURHAM, N.C., July 21 -- Cree Research, Inc. has approved a two-for-one stock split. The effective date of the split will be July 26, 1999, which date will also serve as the record date. Cree...
FDA Approves Same Day 2nd Eye Laser Treatment
FREMONT, Calif., July 21 -- Sunrise Technologies International, Inc. reports that it has received conditional approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to treat both patients' eyes on the...
JDS Uniphase Announces Preliminary 4thQ Results
NEPEAN, Ontario, Canada, July 20 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. announced preliminary results for Uniphase Corp.'s fourth quarter ended June 30, 1999. Subject to final review, audit and confirmation, Uniphase...
France Telecom to Invest in NTL
PARIS, July 20 -- France Telecom announced that it has agreed to make an initial equity investment of US $1 billion in UK cable operator NTL. The investment will include the purchase of $250 million...
Lucent Technologies Buys SpecTran
STURBRIDGE, Mass., July 19 -- SpecTran Corp. announced that it is being bought by Lucent Technologies for about $99 million. SpecTran, a manufacturer of optical fiber, employs approximately 400 at...
Robotic Technology to Help Heart Surgeons
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19 -- Heart surgeons in the US are getting ready to use computer-enhanced robotic technology in bypass surgery. The technique, recently begun in Europe, may be used on the first...
US West, Qwest to Merge
DENVER, July 19 -- Qwest Communications International and US West have agreed to merge in a deal valued at $48 billion. The new company will be called Qwest and will retain its Denver headquarters....
Laser Tweezers Unlock Molecular Mystery
PRINCETON, NJ, July 16 -- Princeton University scientists using laser tweezers to study the motion of individual molecules have answered several fundamental questions about some of the smallest...
Thermo Vision Approves Thermo Instrument Merger
FRANKLIN, Mass., July 16 -- Thermo Vision Corp.'s board of directors has unanimously approved a merger agreement under which the company's parent, Thermo Instrument Systems Inc., would acquire all...
NASA's X-Ray Observatory to Launch July 20
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 15 -- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, built by TRW, is set to launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on July 20 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Chandra will use the...
RVSI Wins $7.8 Million in Test Equipment Orders
CANTON, Mass., July 15 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc. has received orders worth $7.8 million for the company's advanced semiconductor inspection equipment. The orders were placed by four large...
Laser Whirlpools May Speed Data Transmission
HAIFA, Israel, July 14 -- Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have shown that small lasers can produce complex patterns of tiny optical vortices, or whirlpools of light. The...
Spire Unveils New Automated Solar Manufacturing Equipment
BEDFORD, Mass., July 14 -- Spire Corp. reports that it has successfully demonstrated advanced photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing technology under the first phase of a $4 million, three-year...
Lockheed Martin Wins Contract for NASA's Space Telescope
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 13 -- A team headed by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space has been awarded a phase-one design contract by NASA for the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). The Lockheed...
New Group Combines Alcatel's Optical Activities
PARIS, France, July 13 -- Alcatel is creating Alcatel Optics, a new organization that will combine the company's operations in land and submarine transmission networking, optoelectronic components,...
JDS Uniphase Sets Dividend, Splits Stock
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12 -- JDS Uniphase Corp.'s Board of Directors has approved a one-for-one stock dividend on its common shares. JDS Uniphase Canada Ltd. concurrently announced that its Board of...
Raytheon Awarded US Navy Contract
LEXINGTON, Mass., July 12 -- Raytheon Co. has been awarded a US Navy contract valued at $7 million for the manufacture of five Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing Systems (IFLOLS). The systems will...
Canon Sees Viable Optical Semiconductor Market
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 9 -- Canon USA, Inc., Semiconductor Equipment Division has received a $100-million order from a major US chipmaker for its most advanced steppers and scanners. Our survey of...
DRS Technologies Wins US Navy Contract
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 9 -- DRS Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a $3.3 million contract from the US Navy to develop a Multi-System Controller for testing and evaluating weapons release on board...
Ericsson Signs Contract for Ukrainian SDH Network
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 9 -- Ericsson has signed a contract with UKRTELECOM in Ukraine for a Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) transmission backbone network. The contract, valued at $30 million,...
LeCroy Corp. Completes Private Placement
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y., July 9 -- LeCroy Corp. has completed its $10 million private placement of 500,000 shares of zero coupon Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Securities. The shares may be...
SpecTran Sells Interest in General Photonics
STURBRIDGE, Mass., July 8 -- SpecTran Corp. has sold its interest in General Photonics LLC, its joint venture with General Cable Corp., to BICC General Cable Industries, Inc. for $2,367,200. SpecTran...
Galileo Appoints New President and CEO
STURBRIDGE, Mass., July 8 -- Galileo Corp. announced that Gerhard R. Andlinger, company board chairman, has assumed the additional titles of company president and CEO. Andlinger succeeds W. Kip...
Spectranetics Studies Laser Treatment of Leg Arteries
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 8 -- Spectranetics Corp. reports that the first patient enrolled in an FDA-approved feasibility study has been treated using the company's laser technology on...
Digital Lightwave Names New Chairman
CLEARWATER, Fla., July 8 -- Digital Lightwave, Inc. reports that Gerry Chastelet, company president and CEO, has assumed the additional role of chairman of the board of directors. He replaces Bryan...
ASML Aims to Extend Optical Lithography to 157 nm
VELDHOVEN, The Netherlands, July 7 -- ASM Lithography (ASML) has unveiled a 157 nm technology development program aimed at extending imaging capabilities beyond 193 nm. The program's goal is to...
Kollmorgen Acquires Italy's Calzoni SpA
WALTHAM, Mass., July 7 -- Kollmorgen Corp. has completed the purchase of its long-time naval systems partner, Calzoni SpA of Bologna, Italy. Calzoni designs and builds motion systems and components,...
Quantum Dot Licenses Luminescent Nanoparticle Technology
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 7 -- Quantum Dot Corp. has obtained exclusive licenses on luminescent nanoparticles from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Melbourne and the Ernest...
Rofin-Sinar Names President of US Operations
PLYMOUTH, Mich., July 7 -- Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. has appointed Curtis R. Nichols president of Rofin-Sinar, Inc. This position had been held by Dr. Peter Wirth during the transition period of...
PhotoSense, Beckman Laser Collaborate on Medical Photonics
BOULDER, Colo., July 6 -- PhotoSense LLC and the Beckman Laser Institute at the University of California - Irvine have signed an agreement to commercialize non-invasive medical photonic technologies....
Lucent Names Barrault to International Post
LONDON, July 6 -- Lucent Technologies has named Francois Barrault senior vice resident, international, of the company's newly formed InterNetworking Systems group. InterNetworking Systems -- part of...
Luminescent Films Called Key to Photonic Computers
TORONTO, Canada, July 6 -- Materials chemists at the University of Toronto have created a new kind of luminescent silicon film that they believe could open the door to entirely photonic computer and...
Worldwide Fiber Appoints Chief Technology Officer
VANCOUVER, B.C., July 6 -- Worldwide Fiber Inc. (WFI) has named Steve Baker vice president and chief technology officer. Prior to joining WFI, Baker was vice president of Strategic Technology...
IFR to Sell Test & Measurement Division
WICHITA, Kan., July 2 -- IFR Systems Inc. has agreed to sell its Optical Test & Measurement Division to GN Nettest, a member of the GN Great Nordic Group of Copenhagen, Denmark, for approximately $43...
Army Takes Early Delivery of Litton Equipment
ARLINGTON, Va., July 2 -- The US Army is taking early delivery of Generation III night vision goggles and tubes produced by a division of Litton Industries Inc. Litton Electro-Optical Systems...
Palomar Claims Victory in Proxy Contest
LEXINGTON, Mass., July 2 -- Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. announced that it has defeated The Monterey Stockholders Group LLC in the recent proxy contest for the election of directors. The claim...
JDS FITEL, Uniphase Shareholders Approve Merger
NEPEAN, Ontario, Canada, July 1 -- JDS FITEL Inc. and Uniphase Corp. have announced that their respective shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed merger that will form JDS...
Gemini Images Rival Those from Space Telescope
HONOLULU, HI, July 1 -- The sharpest images of the universe ever produced by a ground-based telescope have been recorded by astronomers using Hawaii's giant Gemini North telescope. The pictures show...
Varian, Seiko Instruments Sign $6 Million Agreement
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 1 -- Varian, Inc. has signed a reseller agreement with Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) of Japan. Under the three-year contract, valued at a minimum of $2 million per year in...
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