2004 Laser Shipments Climbed 52 Percent
At more than $641 million, 2004 shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North...
DRS Technologies Secures Army Contracts
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., received $153 million in follow-on orders to support the...
Nikon Microscopy, Metrology Units Combine
Based in Melville, N.Y., Nikon Instruments Inc. has formed an industrial microscopy and metrology...
Koheras A/S Buys Patents
OFS of Norcross, Ga., has licensed its air-clad microstructured fiber and optical fiber grating...
Heraeus Noblelight Makes Acquisition
To strengthen its position in analytical light sources, Heraeus Noblelight GmbH of Hanau, Germany,...
Southampton Photonics Selects Distributors
Southampton Photonics Inc. in the UK has appointed BFi Optilas International SAS of Evry, France,...
PerkinElmer Acquires LED Business
PerkinElmer Inc. of Wellesley, Mass., has purchased Elcos AG of Pfaffenhofen, Germany, for $15...
Forecasts for Laser Materials and Other Markets
The North American market for laser materials and components, estimated at $1.2 billion in 2004, is...
Michigan Aerospace to Develop Software
To develop image processing algorithms for 3-D sensors, Michigan Aerospace Corp. of Ann Arbor has...
CCS America Moves to Expanded Quarters
To accommodate its growing business, CCS America Inc., a supplier of LED lighting technology for...
Bookham Chooses Agent in Israel
Strengthening its position in Israel's telecommunications market, Bookham Inc. of San Jose, Calif.,...
Photonic Products Ltd. Expands
Laser diode specialist Photonic Products Ltd. has moved to a larger facility in Hatfield Broad Oak,...
Evident Wins Defense Award for Thin Films
Evident Technologies of Troy, N.Y., has received a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research grant...
Dynasil Acquires Optical Components Business
Dynasil Corp. of America, a West Berlin, N.J., fabricator of optical blanks from synthetic fused...
NuSil Adds Asian Representatives
A formulator of silicone materials for the health care, aerospace, electronics and photonics...
Flextronics Purchases Image Sensor Company
In San Jose, Calif., Flextronics Inc. has purchased Peripheral Imaging Corp., a supplier of CMOS...
Actinix to Construct Photomask Tool
With a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation,...
Kopin Forms Joint Venture for LED Operations
Kopin Corp. has created a joint venture company to conduct LED operations in Asia. Besides the...
Crylas GmbH Designates North American Agent
Crylas GmbH of Berlin, a supplier of passively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state lasers for OEM,...
OFC Focuses on FTTX, but Attendance Is Down
If there was a theme to this year's Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), held in conjunction with the...
Agilent to Develop Chemical Monitor
Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., has received a $930,000 Phase I grant from the US...
Company Supplies Goggles to Italian Military
Sensor Technology Systems Inc. of Beavercreek, Ohio, has been awarded a $15.3 million contract from...