Jun 28, 2000 — Sunnyvale, Calif. June 28 -- Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. has released of a new line of fiber optic LC connectors and adapters for small form factor applications. The 731 series of LC connectors uses precision ceramic ferrules to provide low insertion loss, high repeatability, low back reflections, and ease of assembly, the company said. The LC connector is available in both singlemode and multimode styles and complies with industry standard LC system products. Alliance Fiber Optic...

Jun 27, 2000 — CORNING, N.Y., June 27 -- Corning Inc. is set to attain Willow Systems Inc., a designer and builder of prototype servo systems for mounting devices and other optical instruments in Albuquerque, N.M. The deal was made with Willow Systems' parent...

Jun 27, 2000 — FREMONT, Calif., June 27 -- After round two of its venture-capital financing campaign, Maxoptix Corp. finished with $16 million, an increase of $6 million compared to its first venture in 1999. Smart Technology Ventures III started the...

Jun 27, 2000 — CAMPINAS, Brazil, June 27 -- Global Crossing Ltd., an international provider of fiber optic networks based in Hamilton, Bermuda, has chosen Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, N.J.) to provide optical networking products for its next-generation global...

Jun 27, 2000 — TAUNTON, Mass., June 27 -- Kopin Corp., an innovator and manufacturer of flat panel display products and HBT wafers, is implementing a two-for-one stock split set to take place on June 30. The split will come in the form of a stock dividend, the...

Jun 26, 2000 — CAMARILLO, Calif., June 26 -- Advanced Photonix Inc. reported fourth quarter revenues of $1.6 million for the final three months of fiscal 2000 ended March 26. This represents a 6 percent increase from $1.5 million recorded in the same 1999...

Jun 26, 2000 — SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., June 26 -- ChromaVision Medical Systems Inc. has unveiled a new immunohistochemical (IHC) test to aid in the detection of micrometastases in patients' tissue that have spread from the primary tumor. The new test will be...

Jun 26, 2000 — DENVER, June 26 -- Aerie Networks has signed a contract in which Corning Inc. will supply Corning LEAF optical fiber for Aerie's entire 20,000-mile national broadband network. The contract, worth more than $1 billion, calls for Corning to supply...

Jun 23, 2000 — HOPKINTON, Mass., June 23 -- CBL Systems Corp. has acquired a business unit of Raytheon Co. that manufactures fiber optic automated control systems. In an additional move, CBL Systems has named Brian D. Morrison, the former manager of the Raytheon...

Jun 23, 2000 — TULSA, Okla., June 22 -- Williams Communications has agreed to provide capacity on its nationwide fiber optic network to Infonet Services Corp in return for $27 million. The capacity will support Infonet's $850 million global network...

Jun 23, 2000 — BRONDBY, Denmark, June 23 -- Lucent Technologies inaugurated a $20 million (US) optical fiber manufacturing facility at its main fiber production site in Brøndby, Denmark. The company will also invest an additional $110 million in the...

Jun 23, 2000 — BEAVERTON, Ore., June 23 -- Tektronix Inc. has announced sales of over $1 billion for fiscal year 2000 for its measurement business. This represents a 20 percent growth over net sales of $879.5 million for the same 1999 period, generating...

Jun 23, 2000 — EWING, N.J., June 23 -- Universal Display Corp. received a $1 million, 18-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a flexible organic LED flat panel display. The development would mean that the shape...

Jun 23, 2000 — NEPEAN, Ontario, Canada, June 23 -- A merger between JDS Uniphase Corp. and E-TEK Dynamics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has been approved by the US Department of Justice, giving the merger antitrust clearance. Provided E-TEK's stockholders approve the...

Jun 23, 2000 — SAN DIEGO, June 23 -- Cymer Inc. has received additional funding from International SEMATECH, an Austin, Texas-based semiconductor research consortium, to extend its study of 193nm lithography applications. The companies have been working together...

Jun 22, 2000 — CORNING, N.Y., June 22 -- CoreComm Ltd. has chosen Corning Inc. to furnish fiber, cable, hardware and fiber management systems throughout CoreComm's fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband services network. Corning will supply products and services...

Jun 22, 2000 — CHARLTON, Mass., June 22 -- FiberCore Inc. has purchased Xtal Fibras Opticas S.A. for $25 million, said FiberCore. The purchase will be finalized on June 1. With this acquisition, our ability to keep pace with high product demand has...

Jun 22, 2000 — MARLBORO, Mass., June 22 -- Data Translation Inc. reported $3.9 million in total sales for the second quarter ended May 31, a 3.0 percent decline from $4.1 million in the same 1999 period. Net loss for this year's second quarter was...

Jun 22, 2000 — LISLE, Ill., June 22 -- Tellabs will begin organization of a technology center for optical networking and next-generation switching in Chelmsford, Mass. on June 21, the company said. The two-building complex will contain a research and development...

Jun 21, 2000 — PITTSBURGH, June 21 -- II-VI Inc. has once again countered Union Miniere's bid to purchase Laser Power Corp. II-VI's offer now stands at .052 shares of its common stock and $2.89 in cash for each share of Laser Power stock. In addition, II-VI...

Jun 21, 2000 — DUNEDIN, Fla., June 21 -- Ocean Optics Inc. has announced initial shipments of optical network and digital imaging products. The products are based on the company's Dichroic Filter Array technology, which uses optical thin-film deposition techniques...

Jun 21, 2000 — LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 21 -- Ford Motor Co., the University of Louisville, the US Army and the American Iron and Steel Institute formally launched a laser-based research project for the development of truck technologies for potential use by the US...

Jun 21, 2000 — SAN DIEGO, June 21 -- Teligent will assess the equipment used in AirFiber Inc.'s new OptiMesh network. The network, which is based on wireless optical networking technology, will bring carrier grade, high-bandwidth services to customers in a campus...

Jun 20, 2000 — MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 20 -- Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group has acquired Herrmann Technology Inc. Herrmann Technology, a privately owned company in Dallas, supplies devices for next-generation dense wavelength division multiplexing...

Jun 20, 2000 — DALLAS, June 20 -- Alcatel plans to triple its fiber optics production volume by 2002, the company said. Alcatel anticipates the demand for solutions in the fiber market to grow by more than 30 percent this year, and keep on growing for the next few...