OSA and SPIE Go to Congress
Members of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and SPIE took up the cause of increasing US...
A Map to the Future
The photonics industry needs some way to bring everything together, according to Lionel C....
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Bestows Grants
The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, based in Washington, has announced the recipients...
OmniVision Acquires CDM Optics
OmniVision Technologies Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., has acquired the privately held CDM Optics Inc....
Nikon Combines Metrology, Inspection Businesses
Nikon Instruments Inc. of Melville, N.Y., has integrated high-precision industrial metrology...
Redlake Collaborates with Geospatial Systems
Redlake of San Diego and Geospatial Systems Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., have partnered to focus on...
ITT Wins Defense Contract for Night-Vision Goggles
ITT Industries' Night Vision Div. in Roanoke, Va., will provide enhanced night-vision goggles under...
PicoQuant Relocates
To accommodate the increasing number of sales, product developments and employees, PicoQuant GmbH...
Matrix Vision Chooses North American Agent
Matrix Vision GmbH has selected Digital Network Vision of Waltham, Mass., to represent its products...
Highwave Purchases Northlight Optronics
A supplier of active-fiber-based components and subsystems for the industrial, defense and...
Fabrinet Is Acquiring JDS Plant in China
Engineering and electromechanical manufacturing services company Fabrinet of San Francisco intends...
Spectra Couleur Picks Agent for North America
Spectra Couleur GmbH, a Berlin-based supplier of visible up-conversion fiber laser systems for OEM,...
ATC and Oxley Ally
for Protective Coatings
In the UK, Advanced Technology Coatings Ltd. of Plympton and electro-optics supplier Oxley...
Flir Systems to Develop Sensor for US Army
Flir Systems Inc. of Portland, Ore., has received a contract valued at approximately $13 million...
Lambda Research
Moves to Larger Facility
Lambda Research Corp. has moved to expanded quarters in Littleton, Mass. The 9000-sq-ft area will...
Forecasts for Nonlinear Optical Materials Market
Currently estimated at $856 million, the global market for nonlinear optical materials is expected...
IMT Masken Augments Production Quarters
With the intent of housing its essential processes under one roof, IMT Masken und Teilungen AG of...
JDS Uniphase Purchases Photonic Power Systems
JDS Uniphase Corp. of San Jose, Calif., has acquired Photonic Power Systems Inc., a supplier of the...
CVI Laser Secures
Optical Components
CVI Laser LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., has purchased Optical Components Inc., a manufacturer of custom...
Specialised Imaging Picks North American Agent
A manufacturer of ultrahigh-speed imaging systems and components for industrial, military and...
Two-Tiered LED Industry Is Forecast
By 2010, the global LED market may consist of sectors for high-technology innovations and for...
Evatec Buys Box Coater Evaporation Business
Evatec NA Inc. of Manchester, N.H., has acquired the box coater evaporation business of Unaxis...
Lockheed Martin Picked as Integrator for Laser Defense System
General Atomics has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., as a weapons system integrator...