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Outlook positive for remote sensing
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The global value of remote sensing products is expected to reach $11 billion by 2014, up from an estimated $8.3 billion in 2009, with a compound annual growth rate of 6 percent, ac...
Photonics Cluster Launched
Jan 4, 2010 — The Southern European Cluster in Photonics and Optics has been launched to improve the competitiveness of the optics and photonics sectors in Spain and s...
POG Forms US Subsidiary
Jan 4, 2010 — Präzisionsoptik Gera GmbH (POG) of Gera, Germany, announced it formed a US subsidiary, Precision Optics Gera Corp., effective Jan. 1. Buzz Nesti is president of the Florida-based subsidiary; Glen Dunn is sales manager. POG, with its staff of 100,...
Position yourself in photonics
LEXINGTON, Mass. – For job hunters trained in the photonics/optics fields with an associate’s degree to a PhD or beyond, experts in photonics job recruiting and hiring trends provide some insight into what they see on the employment radar, where one might look for...
Startups to watch in 2010
Jan 4, 2010 — • Cyan Optics, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., offers highly integrated packet optical transport systems for the telecom industry. In September 2009, the com...
Duca to Head Canon Unit
Dec 31, 2009 — Canon USA Inc. of Lake Success, N.Y., has announced the appointment of Chris Duca as president of its Deerfield, Fla.-based wholly owned subsidiary, Virtual Imaging Inc., a maker of diagnostic imaging products. Canon acquired the business in April...
Thorlabs Tests Green Packaging
Dec 31, 2009 — As a way to minimize packaging waste under its green initiative, photonics company Thorlabs of Newton, N.J., is experimenting with Geämi packaging to protect some of its mechanical components. Geämi, a combination of Greek (ge) and Latin (ami)...
Companies Ink Patent Pact
Dec 30, 2009 — Japan-based Sharp Corp. and Toyoda Gosei Co. announced Friday that they have signed an agreement cross-licensing their LED and laser diode patents, a move they say will enhance both companies' research and development efforts and allow them to...
Mobius Moves to New Facility
Dec 30, 2009 — Mobius Photonics, producer of short-pulse fiber laser sources (IR, green and UV), has moved its corporate headquarters from a facility in Santa Clara to a larger facility in Mountain View, Calif. According Mobius, the move reflects the company’s...
Ocean Optics Forms OEM Team
Dec 30, 2009 — To better serve its growing global OEM business, Dunedin, Fla.-based miniature spectrometer maker Ocean Optics announced last week that it has formed a dedicated OEM engineering group. The group, which includes PhD-level optical and biochemistry...
Spectranetics to Pay Feds $5M
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 30, 2009 –- Excimer laser maker Spectranetics Corp. has agreed to pay the US $4.9 million in civil damages plus $100,000 in cash or property to resolve claims against the company, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. “I believe that our level of...
Spectrum, Laserpoint Partner
Dec 30, 2009 — Spectrum Detector Inc. of Lake Oswego, Ore., a manufacturer of standard and custom detectors and instruments for optical power and energy measurement, has announced an agreement with Laserpoint Srl of Milan, Italy, a maker of laser diagnostic...
Finisar Appoints New Director
Dec 29, 2009 — Finisar Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company dealing in fiber optic solutions for high-speed networks, announced that the board of directors has appointed Thomas E. Pardun to serve as a director of the board until the annual meeting of the...
Flir Buys Motion Control Firm
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29, 2009 – Thermal imaging and camera systems maker Flir Systems Inc. acquired Directed Perception Inc., a provider of pan-tilt motion control systems for commercial and military markets, for $20 million in cash. Upon closing, Directed Perception was renamed...
II-VI to Acquire Photop
SAXONBURG, Pa., Dec. 29, 2009 – II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., announced it plans to acquire, by the end of January, China-based photonics company Photop Technologies Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth approximately $83 million.
Kingbright Taps Allied Electronics
Dec 28, 2009 — Fort Worth, Texas-based Allied Electronics has signed an agreement with Kingbright to distribute its LED products. Kingbright, which is headquartered in Taiwan, has manufacturing plants in China. According to the agreement, Allied will carry...
Photron Donates Camera to MIT
Dec 28, 2009 — Photron Inc., a high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software manufacturer based in San Diego, is donating a video system to the Edgerton Center at MIT for long-term use by students and researchers. The center was named for MIT’s professor...
GigOptix Nets $4M in Funding
BOTHELL, Wash., Dec. 23, 2009 – As part of the fiscal 2010 US Department of Defense appropriations bill, GigOptix Inc. has been approved to receive $4.5 million in funding toward the development of an integrated photonic transceiver, to be kicked off in the first quarter of 2010...
BioTek Expands HQ
Dec 22, 2009 — BioTek Instruments has added 800 sq ft to its world headquarters in Winooski, Vt., increasing the size of its service department twofold. The space houses a new applications laboratory, which includes cell culture capability for cell-based assays;...
IPG Announces 5th Intl. Symposium
Dec 21, 2009 — High-power fiber lasers and amplifiers maker IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass., announced the 5th International Symposium on High-Power Fiber Lasers and their Applications. The symposium will be chaired by IPG Founder, Chairman and CEO Valentin...
Rudolph Hires Mullins as Director
Dec 21, 2009 — Rudolph Technologies Inc., specializing in process control systems and software for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, announced the appointment of Tony Mullins as director of global process control software sales, effective immediately....
Single Nanoparticle Detected
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21, 2009 -- Nanoparticles can be found just about everywhere: in makeup, sunscreen, home pregnancy tests, anti-odor socks, plastic beer bottles, antibacterial doorknobs, and plastic bags for storing vegetables, just to name a few of the 800 or so products on...
3 Companies Team to Design LED
Dec 18, 2009 — Arrow Electronics Inc. of Melville, N.Y., has announced that it has teamed with Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., and National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., to deliver a reference design for a flicker-free, wide-dimming-range LED driver board...
Oclaro Acquires Xtellus
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2009 – With its acquisition of optical components company Xtellus Inc. of Denville, N.J., Oclaro Inc. said it now has a complete family of wavelength selective switches capable of powering reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) applications...
Samsung Restructures Leadership
Dec 18, 2009 — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a Seoul, South Korea-based technology company, appointed Geesung Choi as its new CEO as part of an organizational restructuring aimed to increase operating efficiencies and strengthen the independence of the company’s...

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