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Management Changes Announced at T-Ray
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 21, 2010 – Medical imaging products developer T-Ray Science Inc., has announced three management appointments to underscore its focus on product realization and revenue generation. T...
Oclaro Offers Lifetime Warranties
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 21, 2010 – Oclaro Inc., an optical components provider for industrial applications, has announced it will provide lifetime warranties for its line of Clarity fluorescence filters used in biom...
Tessera Ships One-Millionth Lens
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 21, 2010 – Miniaturization technologies distributor Tessera Technologies Inc., has announced that it has shipped more than one million OptiML single-element video graphics array (VGA) lenses ...
Bruker Appoints Optics Div. President
BILLERICA, Mass., Jan 20, 2010 - Scientific instruments company, Bruker Corp., has announced the appointment of Urban Faeh as president of its Optics Div., effective immediately. At a later date, Faeh also will be...
Kodak Alleges Patent Infringement
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 20, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Co. announced that it has filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) alleging the infringement of its digital imaging technology. In the complaint, which was filed with the US International Trade...
Prysm’s LPD Technology Aimed at AVs
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 20, 2010 – Following its public launch last week, Prysm Inc. announced today that it will target the commercial audiovisual (AV) marketplace with its new technology, laser phosphor display (L...
Suss Expands in Wafer-level Camera Apps
GARCHING & MUNICH, Germany, Jan. 20, 2010 – Suss MicroTec, a supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, announced that Q-Technology Limited (Q Tech), manufacturer of compact camera modules for the cell phone, notebook computer and security...
Carl Zeiss Meditec Taps New CEO
JENA, Germany & DUBLIN, Calif., Jan. 19, 2010 – Carl Zeiss Meditec AG has announced that Dr. Ludwin Monz, 46, will become the chief executive officer, effective after the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 4, 2010. Monz will succeed Dr. Michael Kaschke, 52, who assumed the position of CEO...
Laser Energetics Garners Laser Order
MERCERVILLE, N.J., Jan. 19, 2010 – Laser Energetics Inc., a strategic laser product line developer, has received an order from an undisclosed distributor in Ohio for its Dazer Laser units. The distributor h...
Thermo Fisher Buys Ahura Scientific
WALTHAM, Mass, Jan. 19, 2010 – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ahura Scientific of Wilmington, Mass., a field-deployed analytical instruments leader, for $145 million i...
Zygo to Acquire Zemetrics
MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., Jan. 19, 2010 – Zygo Corp., an optical systems and components manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Zemetrics Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., an optical metrology s...
CVI Selects Israel Sales Rep
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 18, 2010— Global photonics products provider CVI Melles Griot, has named MDE Optics Ltd. as its exclusive sales representative in Israel. Located in Yavne, near Rehovot, MDE will represent the US company’s entire range of products and services, including...
GE Lighting Solutions Formed
CLEVELAND, Jan. 18, 2010— GE Lighting, a unit of GE Appliances & Lighting, has established GE Lighting Solutions to better serve its customers and enable profitable growth. The new venture combines its light-emitting diode (LED) systems operation, Lumination, based at...
Oclaro to Present Diode Bar Results
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2010 – Oclaro Inc., an optical components provider for industrial applications, will present its results on high-power laser diode bars in Quasi Continuous Wave (QCW) operation at Photonics West on Jan. 26 in San Francisco. Demonstrating significant...
Ferro Receives $1M Solar Grant
CLEVELAND, Jan. 15, 2010 -- Ferro Electronic Materials of Cleveland, a materials supplier for fabricating photovoltaic solar cells, was awarded a $1 million grant by the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) to develop advanced durability sealing systems for solar cells. ...
VivoSight Gains 510(k) Clearance
ORPINGTON, UK, Jan. 15, 2010 -- The London-based developer and manufacturer of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) products, Michelson Diagnostics Ltd. has been awarded 510(k) clearance from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its VivoSight OCT scanning product. The...
EOS Appoints Stiefel to BoD
Jan 14, 2010 — Electro-Optical Sciences Inc. (EOS), an Irvington, NY-based medical technology company focusing on the early detection of melanoma, announced Charles Stiefel has been named to the company’s board of directors. This appointment will fill EOS’ ninth...
Lasers Steal the Show
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2010 – Advances that enable new treatments for cancer, better energy-efficient lighting, more robust communications systems, and other quality-of-life improvements will take center stage this month at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco. The event also...
Suss MicroTec Buys HamaTech
GARCHING & MUNICH, Germany, Jan. 13, 2010 – Suss MicroTec AG has concluded contract negotiations to acquire HamaTech APE GmbH & Co. KG for €9 million ($13 million). The transaction, which began in December, is set to be completed this month.
Watkins Joins Bridgelux as CEO
Jan 13, 2010 — Sunnyvale, Calif.-based solid-state lighting company Bridgelux Inc. announced the appointment, effective immediately, of William D. Watkins as CEO and a member of its board. Mark Swoboda, the company’s CEO since June 2007, will remain on as...
BioTek Expands into Switzerland
Jan 8, 2010 — BioTek Instruments, a manufacturer of microplate instrumentation and software headquartered in Winooski, Vt., has established a European direct sales and service organization, BioTek Instruments (Switzerland) GmbH. BioTek Switzerland was created...
GigOptix Appoints Sales VP
Jan 8, 2010 — GigOptix Inc., a fabless supplier of high-speed analog components located in Palo Alto, Calif., announced that 20-year semiconductor sales veteran Jay de la Barre is its new vice president of optical communications sales. Prior to joining GigOptix,...
Hannon Named NP Photonics VP
Jan 8, 2010 — Tucson, Ariz.-based NP Photonics, a maker of advanced microfiber products for sensing and scientific applications, has named Terry Hannon as vice president of marketing and sales. Hannon most recently served as executive vice president of XSiL,...
Qioptiq CEO Bazire Steps Down
Jan 8, 2010 — Paris-based optics company Qioptiq announced today that Benoît Bazire is leaving after 10 years as CEO. Qioptiq, formerly known as High Tech Optics, was acquired by Candover in a buyout from Thales in 2005. Bazire's decision to leave the group and...
Ascent Solar Hires New VPs
Jan 7, 2010 — Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules based in Thornton, Colo., has announced the hiring of two new vice presidents to its ranks. Zane Rakes has been named the company’s VP of manufacturing...

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