Register FREE for six new webinars on the latest innovations and applications in polymer optics.
Search
Menu
Teledyne DALSA - Linea HS2 11/24 LB
submit press release
(11,760 items)
Business News

GE Awarded $4M NIH Grant
NISKAYUNA, N.Y., June 14, 2010 — Researchers from GE Global Research were awarded a four-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to optimize a nerve labeling agent and imaging system. Cristina Tan Hehir, GE biochemist and project leader on the Nerve Imaging project, works with an early prototype of the optical imaging system developed at GE’s Global Research Center. The imaging system can view fluorescent imaging agents in the near-infrared. (Photos: Business Wire) The nerve...
Grätzel Wins Millennium Grand Prize
HELSINKI, June 14, 2010 — The winner of the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize is Professor Michael Grätzel from Switzerland for his third generation, low cost, dye-sensitized solar cells. President of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen, handed the EUR 800,000...
KVH Nabs $7M Gyroscope Order
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., June 14, 2010 — KVH Industries Inc. has received a $7.1 million order from a major defense contractor for its DSP-3100 fiber optic gyroscopes. The unnamed contractor will employ the devices in remote weapons stations, which allow gunners to operate the weapon from...
Sick to Host Free Forum in Cincinnati
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 14, 2010 — SICK announced Thursday that it will offer free seminars designed to help attendees at its forum to reduce costs, increase productivity and enhance safety. The sensors, safety systems, machine vision and automatic identification products...
Spire to Develop Solar Cells for Space
BEDFORD, Mass., June 14, 2010 — Spire Corp., a solar company that provides capital equipment and turnkey production lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor LLC received a contract from the Missile...
AU Optronics Execs Indicted for Price-Fixing
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2010 — A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment against AU Optronics Corp., the largest Taiwanese thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD) producer and seller, its Houston-based American subsidiary, and six of its...
First Solar to Expand German Plant
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 11, 2010 — First Solar, a sustainable energy solutions company that manufactures photovoltaic modules, announced its intent to expand its German manufacturing plant in Frankfurt, doubling local production capacity and creating several hundred new jobs. ...
ORA, QED to Integrate Software and Surface Formulations
PASADENA, Calif., and ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 11, 2010 — Optical design software maker Optical Research Associates and QED Technologies, finishing and metrology products provider to the precision optics industry, today announced a cooperative agreement that will integrate QED's aspheric characterization...
Townes Honored for Lifetime Achievement
ORLANDO, Florida, June 11, 2010 — The Laser Institute of America (LIA) will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award to laser pioneer Dr. Charles Townes at the 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), which takes place Sept. 26 to 30 in...
Zeiss Microscope Wins Design Prize
GÖTTINGEN, Germany, June 11, 2010 — The Primo Vert microscope, developed by Carl Zeiss with the support of the design agency Art-Kon-Tor, has been honored with one of the world’s most coveted design prizes, the 2010 reddot product design award. The microscope was chosen as one...
Goodrich Acquires Crompton Technology
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 10, 2010 — Goodrich Corp. has acquired UK-based Crompton Technology Group Ltd. (CTG), a maker of advanced carbon fiber composite products for the aerospace, defense, advanced vehicle and clean energy markets. The transaction closed yesterday; terms were not...
IMRA Facility LEED Certified
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 10, 2010 — IMRA America Inc. announced Tuesday that it was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification established by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute for...
Lightworks Optics Begins 2nd Year of NIH Grant
TUSTIN, Calif., June 10, 2010 — Precision optical subassemblies and systems provider LightWorks Optics Inc., announced it received approval for the second year of funding fro a Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) awarded by the National Institute of Health (NIH). ...
Gentec Buys Spectrum Detector
QUEBEC CITY, June 7, 2010 — Canada-based laser beam measurement products maker Gentec Electro-Optics Inc. said it has strengthened its US presence by acquiring laser and terahertz measurement manufacturer Spectrum Detector Inc. of Oregon for an undisclosed amount. With the...
Sargent Joins SiOnyx Board
BEVERLY, Mass., June 8, 2010 — Black silicon maker SiOnyx Inc. announced the addition of Jeannine Sargent, former CEO of Oerlikon Solar, to its board of directors to help guide advancement of black silicon in solar and imaging applications. Sargent brings more than 20 years...
$16 M Order
Jun 7, 2010 — Following a large traffic safety order announced at the beginning of March, Jenoptik AG of Jena, Germany, has received another major order to deliver lasers for medical use to a US-based client. The $16 million order covers a period of three years...
$9 M Funding
Jun 7, 2010 — APIC Corp. of Los Angeles, an integrated silicon photonics components developer, has announced that the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has released $9 million in funding for Phase IIC development of Network Enabled by WDM Highly Integrated...
Distribution Partnership
Jun 7, 2010 — Rudolph Technologies Inc. of Flanders, N.J., has selected the John P. Kummer Group to distribute its probe card test and analysis products in Europe. The partnership was established in anticipation of growing demand as the semiconductor...
European Group Formed
Jun 7, 2010 — At the fourth Photovoltaic Fab Managers Forum, Semi PV Group Europe, a special-interest organization that serves the photovoltaic (PV) supply chain, announced the formation of the European Crystalline Cell Technology and Manufacturing Group....
Follow-On Order
Jun 7, 2010 — St. Florian, Austria-based EV Group, a wafer bonding and lithography equipment supplier, has announced that Morocco-based wafer-level camera manufacturer 18314%%Nemotek Technologie has placed a repeat order for its bonding and UV nanoimprint...
Laser cutting machine industry: Versatility is key
HAMBURG, Germany – The world market for laser cutting machines is expected to exceed $3.8 billion by the year 2015, according to a report from Global Industry Analysts Inc., based in San Jose, Calif. Released in February 2010, the publication is titled Laser Cutting...
Lithography System Selected
Jun 7, 2010 — Yale University of New Haven, Conn. has selected Vistec Lithography Inc.’s EBPG5000plus electron-beam lithography system for its future nanotechnology research programs. As part of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, it...
Metrology System Implementation
Jun 7, 2010 — QED Technologies of Rochester, N.Y., an exclusive provider of magnetorheological finishing and subaperture stitching interferometry, has announced implementation of one of its aspheric stitching interferometers at Leibniz Institute for Surface...
OSA to Launch New Journal
WASHINGTON, DC, June 7, 2010 — The Optical Society (OSA) announced it will launch a new journal devoted to optical materials, called Optical Materials Express (OME). OME will launch in spring 2011 with bi-monthly issues, joining OSA's portfolio of 14 peer-reviewed optics...
Satellite Launched
Jun 7, 2010 — CCD imaging sensors manufactured by e2v were launched into space by NASA from Cape Canaveral, Fla. in early March 2010 onboard a Delta IV rocket, which carried the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational...

Explore Our Content
News
Features
Latest Products
Webinars
White Papers
All Things Photonics Podcast
Photonics Spectra Now
Videos
Our Summits & Conferences
Industry Events
Bookstore
Join Our Community
Subscribe
Advertise
Become a member
Sign in
Contribute a Feature
Suggest a Webinar
Submit a Press Release
Mobile Apps

About Us
Our Company
Our Publications
Editorial Advisory Board
Contact Us
Career Opportunities
Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship

Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)



©2024 Photonics Media
100 West St.
Pittsfield, MA, 01201 USA
[email protected]
We use cookies to improve user experience and analyze our website traffic as stated in our Privacy Policy. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies unless you have disabled them.