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Nick Konidaris has been appointed president and CEO of Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI), a Portland, Ore., supplier of manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor, passive component and electronic equipment markets. Kondaris will become a member of ESI’s board at its January meeting. He will succeed Barry Harmon, who will remain a board member. Konidaris was most recently president and CEO of Advantest America Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of electronic test and measurement instruments and a subsidiary of Advantest Corp., based in Tokyo. Keith M. Hardwick has been named acting president of Advantest America. . . . Candela Corp., of Wayland, Mass., announced today that James Hsia is returning to the company as CTO. He was previously senior vice president and chief research officer at Candela, which makes laser systems for tattoo removal, treatment of dermal abnormalities and hair removal.

Published: January 2004

Glossary

candela: SI unit of luminous intensity. It is defined as one sixtieth the normal intensity of one square centimeter of a blackbody at the solidification temperature of platinum. A point source of one candela intensity radiates one lumen into a solid angle of one steradian.
medical lasers: Medical lasers are devices that produce intense beams of light with specific characteristics and properties, which are used for various medical applications. These lasers emit light in the form of coherent and focused beams, allowing precise control over the energy delivered to tissues. The term "laser" stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation." In the medical field, lasers are employed for diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical purposes. Their applications...