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Laser World of Photonics Numbers High, Mark Upswing in Photonics Industry
A record number of exhibitors, stable visitor attendance and insight into revolutionary technologies at Laser World of Photonics and the World of Photonics Congress, held May 13-16 in Munich, marked an upswing in the photonics industry, the shows’ organizers said. MORE >>
Flir Nabs $23M Coast Guard Order
Flir Systems Inc. has received a $23 million order to support the US Coast Guard’s electro-optical sensor system configuration. MORE >>

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Flir Awarded $81M Army Contract
Flir Systems Inc. has received a two-year, $81 million blanket purchase agreement from the US Army to support the Medevac program.
Artemis Signs New European Distributor
Artemis CCD Ltd. has signed an agreement with Photon Lines SAS of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, to distribute its complete range of cooled CCD cameras in France, Spain, Irela...
Krattley Joins IPG’s Industrial Sales Team
Dave Krattley has joined the industrial sales team of fiber lasers and amplifier manufacturer IPG Photonics Corp., the company announced Wednesday.
NeoPhotonics Opens Sales Office in Moscow
NeoPhotonics Corp. of San Jose, Calif., has opened a sales and R&D office in Moscow to serve the Russian Federation and broader Eastern European market.
Photonics Integrated with CMOS Under HELIOS Project
Europe is strongly positioned to design and manufacture silicon photonic devices, now that HELIOS, a four-year project to integrate photonics with electronics, has ended succe...
HCC Northeast to Offer Photonics Program
To help meet workforce demands in the field of photonics, Houston Community College Northeast has partnered with the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC...
Photonics Growth in Europe Outpaces GDP
With a worldwide market value projected to hit €615 billion (about $791 billion) in 2020 and to remain stronger than the gross domestic product (GDP), photonics has moved from...
Quantum Materials Relocating QD Lab
Quantum Materials Corp. is moving its tetrapod quantum dot laboratories to San Marcos to take advantage of facilities at STAR (Science Technology and Academic Research) Park.
Teledyne Dalsa Acquires Axiom IC
Teledyne Dalsa BV has acquired fabless semiconductor company Axiom IC BV to strengthen its CMOS mixed-signal integrated circuit design capabilities. Terms of the agreement wer...
CVI Laser Optics Expands Relationship with AcalBFi
CVI Laser Optics has expanded its European relationship with advanced technology distributor AcalBFi UK Ltd. of Wokingham, England.
Teem Photonics Names Market Tech as US Distributor
Passively Q-switched microlaser maker Teem Photonics has appointed Market Tech of Scotts Valley, Calif., as its US distributor, Market Tech announced this week. Privately...
UK Photonics Group Elects New Leaders
The Photonics Leadership Group (PLG), which includes members from more than 50 UK photonics manufacturers, associations and research institutes, elected a new chairman and chi...
IMRA Files Patent Suit Against Coherent in Germany
IMRA America Inc. filed a patent infringement suit in Germany Friday against two Germany-based subsidiaries of laser maker Coherent. The patent relates to using picosecond and...
UK Health Care Investment Includes Fiber Optics
The development of fiber optic sensors that monitor the condition of intensive care patients is among the projects that will benefit from a £32 million (about $49 millio...
PixelTeq Adds 2 VPs
PixelTeq, formerly Ocean Thin Films, has added two semiconductor optics veterans to its management team, the maker of spectral filters, sensors and imaging products announced ...
Biolase Laser Receives FDA OK for First Nondental Surgery
Dental laser maker Biolase Inc.’s WaterLase iPlus all-tissue laser has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for soft-tissue use in orthopedic and podiatri...
CSEM Joins EU Project on Flexible OLEDs
CSEM SA, the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, has joined a €11.2 million (about $14.7 million) project to help commercialize flexible OLEDs. The project ...
Prism Winner Nabs Edison Award
Skin cancer detector maker Verisante Technology Inc. received a bronze Edison Award in the Diagnostic/Analytic category for its noninvasive Aura device. The award was presente...
Spectaris Names New Head of Photonics Association
Lasers and optics industry veteran Dr. Wenko Süptitz has been named head of Photonics and Precision Technology, the trade association of Spectaris, the German industry as...
ProPhotonix to Offer Osram Green and Blue Laser Diodes
Diode-based laser modules and LED systems maker ProPhotonix Ltd. will now offer Germany-based Osram Opto Semiconductors’ range of green and blue laser diodes, the compan...
Societies Name Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows
Two PhD candidates at the University of Colorado at Boulder will serve as 2013-2014 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows, the optics and photonics societies OSA, SPIE...
SBIR Grants Awarded for OLED Lighting
Four Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants targeting advances in solid-state-lighting technology were announced Monday by the US Department of Energy’s Office...
VI Systems Granted 3 US Optics Patents
VI Systems GmbH has been granted three US patents for proprietary technology related to energy-efficient and compact high-speed optical interconnects, the company said on Mond...
Materion Breaks Ground on IR Wafer-Level Coating Cell
Materion Barr Precision Optics & Thin Film Coatings announced Monday that it has begun construction on a multimillion-dollar work cell that will enhance its capability in ...
German President Meets with Novaled Founders
As part of his first official tour of Saxony, President Joachim Gauck of Germany visited the Technical University of Dresden and met with Novaled AG’s founders. Pre...
Four Companies Vie for UKIVA Vision Award
Autocoding Systems, Olmec-UK, Scandinavian MV and Stemmer Imaging have been selected as finalists for the UK Industrial Vision Association’s (UKIVA) Most Innovative Mach...
ABB Adds Laser-Based Gas Analyzers by Acquiring Los Gatos Research
Power and automation technology supplier ABB is acquiring Los Gatos Research of Mountain View, Calif., to add gas analyzers to its measurement business, the company said last ...
National Instruments Promotes Starkloff
Test, measurement and embedded systems provider National Instruments has promoted 16-year company veteran Eric Starkloff to senior vice president of marketing. Since Star...
After Fusion Failure, NIF Shifts Priorities
Having failed to achieve fusion by its target date, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is shifting its priorities and has replaced longtime director Dr. Edward Moses, Lawren...
Newport Q1: Sales Down in All Primary End Markets
Lasers and photonic technologies provider Newport Corp. reported a first-quarter 2013 profit of $2.7 million, or 7 cents a share, on Wednesday. Sales in all five of its primar...


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