JOEL WILLIAMS, NEWS EDITOR [email protected]Global photonics company Excelitas Technologies will relocate its operations to Pittsburgh, moving from its current headquarters in Waltham, Mass., outside of Boston. The company plans to complete the move this summer. Excelitas, a 2010 spinout from Perkin Elmer, develops and manufactures optics, photonics, and imaging equipment, including cameras, sensors and detectors, sources, precision timekeeping instruments, lasers, space optics, and assemblies. Following the close of its acquisition of Heraeus Noblelight, completed concurrent with news of its pending relocation, Excelitas now has...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesApplications Open for the 2024 Prism AwardsApplications are open for the 2024 SPIE Prism Awards, which will celebrate its 16th anniversary on Jan. 31 during a gala evening at SPIE Photonics West. 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