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Edmund Industrial Optics, (EO) of Barrington, N.J., has released its January 2003 catalog of more than 10,000 optic and optical component products. For more information, visit: www.edmundoptics.com . . . Specialty Inorganics manufacturer CERAC inc. has appointed UK-based P&T Consulting Ltd. to service and sell its evaporation materials and sputtering targets to customers in the UK and Ireland. This agreement pairs P&T Consulting's knowledge of optical coatings, coating designs, processes and equipment with CERAC's materials manufacturing expertise, the companies said.