LEDs Expected to Light More Automobiles
The market for LEDs in automobiles is expected to grow in the coming years as global manufacturers...
Solid-State Lighting Funding Announced
The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory recently announced 13...
Automotive LEDs Now in Headlights
At long last, cars are driving off the assembly line with full LED headlights. According to a...
Industrial Laser Orders Increase in Fourth Quarter
The “Laser Market Data Survey” released by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) shows...
ZC&R, Abrisa Produce Display Glass
ZC&R Coatings for Optics Inc. of Torrance and Abrisa Industrial Glass Inc. of Santa Paula, both...
Goodrich Creates Business Unit
Goodrich Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., has created ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)...
Isra Vision Supplies Nakan with Inspection Systems
A supplier of machine vision systems for surface inspection and robot guidance, Isra Vision AG of...
Micron Technology Launches Aptina Imaging
Micron Technology Inc. of Boise, Idaho, has created Aptina Imaging, which represents a separate...
Agilent Technologies Secures Companies
Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has acquired Colloidal Dynamics, a Warwick, R.I.,...
Organizations Develop Molded Aspheres
Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., has formed a cooperative agreement with Clemson University...
KLA-Tencor to Acquire ICOS
KLA-Tencor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., and ICOS Vision Systems Corp. NV of Leuven, Belgium, have...
DRS Technologies Receives Contracts
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has received two contracts from the Missiles and Fire...
LED Company Created
LEDRunLights LLC of Mission Viejo, Calif., is a manufacturer of LED module and light products for...
Schneider Group Expands in Asia
Lens supplier The Schneider Group of Bad Kreuznach, Germany, has opened a subsidiary in Hong Kong...
Luminos Signs Agreement with University
Luminos LLC of Ann Arbor, Mich., has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the...
Schott Solar, ersol Form Alliance
In Germany, ersol Thin Film GmbH, a subsidiary of ersol Solar Energy AG, based in Erfurt, and...
PPG Industries Acquires NanoProducts
PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh has acquired the assets and intellectual property of NanoProducts...
ICP Solar and Ibersolar Enter into Partnership
A supplier of solar panels and products, ICP Solar Technologies Inc. of Montreal has formed an...
Triumph Acquires Stake in High Tech Plastics
Royal Philips Electronics of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has sold a 90 percent stake in its High...
Ionatron Changes Name
Ionatron Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., a developer and manufacturer of lasers, high-voltage electronics...
ITT Receives US Army Contract
ITT Corp. of White Plains, N.Y., has been awarded a contract by Alion Science and Technology of...
Gigaphoton Opens US Subsidiary
Gigaphoton Inc. of Oyama, Japan, a lithography light source manufacturer for the semiconductor...
Pirelli Presents PGT Photonics
Pirelli & C. spa, the parent company of the Pirelli Group, has introduced PGT Photonics, based...
Laser Energetics Wins Contract
Laser Energetics Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has been awarded a contract worth $481,268 from ITT Corp....
Koheras to Market Oscillators for Aculight
Aculight Corp., a developer of laser technology in Bothell, Wash., and Koheras A/S, a manufacturer...
Oki Optical Partners with Kotura
In California, Oki Optical Components of Sunnyvale and Kotura Inc. of Monterey Park have partnered...
Emcore Receives $39 Million in Orders
Emcore Corp. of Albuquerque, N.M., a provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for...
LPKF Relocates to Larger Quarters
LPKF Laser & Electronics of Tualatin, Ore., has moved to a larger facility, where it has gained...
LightWorks Opens Production Facility
LightWorks Optics Inc. of Tustin, Calif., a developer of integrated optical systems, has opened a...
Rockwell to Acquire Segment of Cedes
Rockwell Automation Inc. of Milwaukee has agreed to acquire the safety and automation business of...
Quantel Creates Branch
The Quantel Group of Les Ulis, France, a provider of laser solutions to the industrial, scientific...
Zecotek and Fujikura to Collaborate
Zecotek Laser Systems Singapore Pte Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zecotek Photonics Inc. of...
Seiko and Varioptic Sign Agreement
Seiko Instruments Inc. of Chiba, Japan, a manufacturer of semiconductors and flat panel displays,...
Increase in German Laser Sales Predicted
The German Industry Association for Optical, Medical and Mechatronical Technologies has released...
Battelle Buys Optimer Photonics
In Columbus, Ohio, Battelle has acquired the intellectual property and other assets of Optimer...
Infotonics Technology Center Expands
Infotonics Technology Center Inc. of Canandaigua, N.Y., a nonprofit corporation that operates New...