Dynasil Acquires RMD for $20M
Photonics company Dynasil Corp. of America announced July 2 that it acquired advanced instruments maker Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD) and assets of RMD Instruments LLC for $20 million in cash and...
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Light Pulse Speed Record Set
Researchers have set a new record in ultrafast metrology, producing the first light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds (a billionth of a billionth of a second). Electrons move at awesome speeds, so an...
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Oerlikon Divests Magnetic IP
Switzerland-based high technology company Oerlikon Balzers Ltd. is selling its magnetic media equipment assets and intellectual property (IP), the buyer, Intevac, announced last week. Financial terms ...
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Agilent Buys Nano Instruments
Measurement company Agilent Technologies Inc. announced today it has acquired the Nano Instruments business unit of MTS Systems Corp for an undisclosed amount to strengthen its nanomeasurement product...
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StockerYale Begins Takeover
With Virtek Vision International Inc.'s largest shareholder on its side, StockerYale Inc. today announced it is beginning a cash takeover bid for the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of laser engraving, ...
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Si Photodiode-Preamplifier
Opto Diode
Opto Diode Corp. said its new 5-mm² photodiode-preamplifier, ODA-5WB-100K, is the first of three new products in its series of blue/green-enhanced devices. The new silicon detector-preamp features 100...
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LASDF35 Glass
Schott
With an extremely high index of refraction, LASF35 glass from Schott is suitable for lens systems used in tight spaces. By relying on a continuous-melting production process, Schott said it has also o...
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336nm DPSS Laser
Zecotek Photonics
Zecotek Photonics Inc. said its new solid-state 336-nm DPSS (diode-pumped solid-state) laser is designed to replace nitrogen gas lasers currently used in a wide range of mass spectrometry applications...
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HB-Diode Laser System
Coherent
Coherent Inc. said its latest turnkey diode laser system offers higher output power and brightness than its previous systems. Coherent's HB (high brightness) -diode system delivers 75 W of power at ei...
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Tm-Doped Optical Fiber
StockerYale
StockerYale Inc. announced today that its new thulium-doped (Tm-doped) optical fiber is now available for fiber lasers. Tm-doped fiber lasers, which lase in the range of 1800 to 2200 nm, show substant...
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Molecular Imprints Hires 2 VPs
Nanopatterning systems provider Molecular Imprints Inc. of Austin, Texas, announced that Ben Eynon and Paul Hofemann have joined its management team as vice president of marketing and business develop...
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Tim McCann Joins Foss NIRSystems
Foss NIRSystems Inc. announced that Tim McCann has been hired as mid-Atlantic account manager, with sales responsibility for six Eastern states, the metropolitan New York area and eastern Canadian pro...
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Canon Plans 'Green' HQ on Long Island
Imaging products maker Canon USA Inc. announced it expects to file site plans today with the town of Huntington to construct a new, environmentally friendly Canon Americas headquarters on a 52-acre si...
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Wes Hardenburg Promoted to CEO at Rigaku Americas
Rigaku Americas Corp. of The Woodlands, Texas, announced today that Wes Hardenburg, its CFO since 2000, has been promoted to serve as its president and CEO. Hardenburg succeeds Paul Swepston, PhD,...
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Electro-Optical Products Relocating
Electro-Optical Products Corp. announced it will move to its new facility July 1. Its new address is: 6240 Forest Ave., 2nd Floor, Ridgewood, NY 11385; phone: (718) 456-6000, fax: (718) 456-6050. Elec...
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