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Optical Materials Market Growth Predicted
Feb 1, 1998 — The Business Communications Co., a market research firm based in Norwalk, Conn., has released a review of the optical materials and engineering industry, projecting an average annual growth rate of 5.9 percent for optical materials despite military cutbacks. The report predicts that the market for advanced optical materials will climb to $682 million by 2000. The optical lasers market is expected to reach $1.9 billion at the turn of the century; detectors and sensors should grow to $924...
OSA and SPIE Seek Closer Ties
Feb 1, 1998 — WASHINGTON -- Last month, the presidents of the two largest photonics societies asked their members what they thought about intersociety collaboration. So far, they report, the responses have been positive. "The feedback has been heavily on the side...
Coherent Grabs at Telecom Pie
Feb 1, 1998 — SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Hoping to grab part of the $2 billion suppliers' market to the optical communications industry, Coherent Inc. has entered into a joint venture with Fiber Optics Network Solutions Corp. of Northboro, Mass., to form CFX...
Businesses That Play Together Stay Together
Feb 1, 1998 — ANY COMPANY, USA -- Bowling and good business practices have more in common than the thrill of competition. In business, competition means that only the strong survive. While this is great for a market economy and The Strikers on lane six, it can be...
Rule Changes Encourage Partnering
Feb 1, 1998 — The US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has amended rules that govern the Advanced Technology Program to encourage the partnering of large and small companies. The rule changes are designed to strengthen the...
Zeiss Provides Satellite Optics
Feb 1, 1998 — Optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss has secured a DM 18 million contract to build the optics for three Meteosat 2 satellites. The optics are under construction at the company's' Oberkochen, Germany, plant. The satellites, rotating more than 100...
Multiplexed Sensors Monitor Bridge Structure, Materials
Feb 1, 1998 — The Taylor Bridge, which spans the Assiniboine River west of Winnipeg, Man-itoba, Canada, is a "smart structure." The two-lane 165.1-m bridge is outfitted with 66 fiber optic sensors and leading-edge calibration and measurement systems designed to...
Camera Catches Invisible Fires
Feb 1, 1998 — Anyone would agree that an undetected, uncontrolled fire is a menace that leaves disaster and destruction in its wake. When the fire happens to be invisible, as is the case with hydrogen fires, immediate detection is imperative. At the John C....
Pitch-Tracking System Provides Rare Insight
Feb 1, 1998 — NBC's all-star commentator lineup of Joe Morgan, Bob Costas and Bob Uecker had an advantage when calling each game of the 1997 World Series between the Florida Marlins and the Cleveland Indians. NBC viewers followed every pitch in the 1997 World...
Modular Detectors Advance Protein Crystallography
Feb 1, 1998 — The change of a single atom on a protein that regulates the molecular reading of our genetic code can trigger the onset of cancer. To learn how these and other molecular processes work, scientists study the three-dimensional atomic structures of...
IR Cameras Save the Ship
Jan 1, 1998 — When your million-dollar racing yacht falls from a crane, how do you evaluate unseen damage? Thomas Jones, vice president and senior engineer at Industrial Quality, has developed a creative solution to just such a problem. Using space heaters and an...
Lasers and Holographic Imaging Team up for Combustion Flow Study
Jan 1, 1998 — Researchers at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, are using holography and laser technology in an effort to develop a practical 3-D diagnostic technique for evaluating aircraft combustion flow. In a program jointly funded by the...
Laser Vibrometer Heightens Speaker Design
Jan 1, 1998 — The VPI 4000 scanning laser vibrometer produces a clear picture of what is happening on the surface of the speaker. Courtesy of Mackie Design. The company's first loudspeaker product, the HR824, represents its commitment to quality through the...
Lasers Track Air Pollution
Jan 1, 1998 — Chemical emissions in the Earth's atmosphere profoundly affect the weather. When dust, soot, ice or sea salt act as catalysts, atmospheric chemicals can reduce or contribute to smog, global warming and the ozone hole. Scientists studying climate...
Equipment Makers Challenge Market Gloom
Jan 1, 1998 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Pessimistic news about the Asian semiconductor manufacturing market did not sway members of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International from forecasting growth in their business in 1998. The Capital Equipment...
Study: Hobbyists Make Poor Entrepreneurs
Jan 1, 1998 — SALISBURY, Md. -- When does a toy become a commodity? When do a few people in a lab experimenting with a new process or technology develop into an enterprise with several layers of production and communication? And at what rate do those factors...
Lasers Are the Basis of New Manufacturing Process
Jan 1, 1998 — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (website) in New Mexico, in conjunction with a consortium of 10 companies that includes Eastman Kodak, Laser Fare Inc. and Allied Signal, has launched a campaign to commercialize a computer-controlled...
LEOMA to Host Executive Seminar
Jan 1, 1998 — Capitalizing on renewed interest in the nation's science and technology policy, the Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturers' Association is planning to host its executive seminar March 15-17. The seminar will provide an opportunity for executives in...
Merger Creates Huge Medical Laser Firm
Jan 1, 1998 — YOKNEAM and TEL AVIV, Israel -- ESC Medical Systems Ltd. and Laser Industries Ltd. have announced a merger plan that would create an international heavyweight in the medical laser industry, with $185 million in projected 1997 revenues. Both partners...
National Science Board to Set Research Priorities
Jan 1, 1998 — Concerned with future funding, the National Science Board is calling for further study on establishing scientific research priorities. In a paper titled "Government Funding of Scientific Research," the board called for coordination of federally...
SDL Acquires Laser Marking Start-Up
Jan 1, 1998 — SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In a rare case of a component manufacturer purchasing one of its own customers, SDL Inc. has acquired all the outstanding shares of the privately held Mr. Laser Inc. for $1.2 million in cash. The acquisition provides SDL with an...
Spectra-Physics Lasers Goes Public
Jan 1, 1998 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Longtime laser innovator Spectra-Physics Lasers Inc. (SPL) last month sold 2.4 million shares of common stock. Revenues estimated at $22.3 million from the sale of stock will be used for general corporate purposes, including...
R&D Spending Is on the Rise
Jan 1, 1998 — US companies invested heavily in research and development from 1995 to 1997, according to a National Science Foundation (website) survey. The rate of R&D expenditures even outpaced the US economy as a whole. The foundation predicted that total...
Physicist Sues Duke over Control of Lab
Jan 1, 1998 — A scientist who invented a free electron laser more than a decade ago has filed a lawsuit against Duke University in Durham, N.C., over control of the laser. John Madey received a four-year, $19.7 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to...
SDL Wins Business Award
Jan 1, 1998 — The US Small Business Administration has presented the Tibbets Award to SDL Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor lasers and other photonic systems. The award is given to small firms whose technological achievements have had a large economic impact...
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