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$15 Million Acquisition
Dec 1, 2009 — Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., a photonics-based solutions provider, has acquired the North American operations of StockerYale Inc. for $15 million in cash. Coherent has acquired all of the latter’s assets and certain operating liabilities of the laser module product line in Montreal and of the specialty fiber product line in Salem, N.H.
$5 Million Award
Dec 1, 2009 — A team led by Rice University of Houston has won a three-year grant from the Army Research Office, with funding from DARPA. The group, representing seven universities, will build a simulator to investigate high-temperature superconductivity using...
Accurate Timekeeping
Dec 1, 2009 — Eblana Photonics of Dublin, Ireland, has received a contract from the European Space Agency. The company will develop lasers for use in more precise atomic clocks. Atomic clocks are employed in the Galileo satellite system design that is used for...
Application Center
Dec 1, 2009 — Infrared-based materials and systems manufacturer IRphotonics of Hamden, Conn., has established the Application Engineering Center. The expansion is a result of increased interest in the company’s thermal spot curing system as an in-line portable...
Chinese photonics expo scheduled for March
SHANGHAI, China – Laser World of Photonics China 2010, the country’s leading photonics exhibition, will be held March 16 to 18 at Shanghai New International Expo Center and will present the latest laser and photonics technology and applications. Held yearly since...
Hyperspectral Imaging
Dec 1, 2009 — A $70,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract has been awarded by the US Navy to Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC of Newton, Mass. The company will develop a hyperspectral imaging system to be integrated into periscopes and...
Instrumentation for Lab
Dec 1, 2009 — California Nano-Systems Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, has collaborated with high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software manufacturer Photron USA Inc. of San Diego to develop specialized instrumentation for its...
Laser Avenger Destroys IEDs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 1, 2009 – A laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those used in war zones during tests in September by the Boeing Co. and the US Army.
LED Alliance
Dec 1, 2009 — In Germany, Lumenova GmbH of Esslingen and Jenoptik Polymer Systems GmbH of Triptis have agreed to collaborate on LED lighting. The companies will work together to develop technology based on Lumenova’s Lightengine and to create new reflector optics...
LED University Program
Dec 1, 2009 — Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., has announced that Alfred University of New York has joined the Cree LED University program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting across its...
Machine vision market: Registering recovery?
WELLINGBOROUGH, UK — In the fourth quarter of 2008, machine vision companies saw sales fall an average of 15 percent from fourth quarter 2007 figures, according to John Morse, senior market analyst for the Automation Control Group at IMS Research. The firm’s research...
Military Camera Collaboration
Dec 1, 2009 — Flir Systems Inc. of Washington, a manufacturer of thermal imaging, infrared cameras and night vision systems, has announced that it will collaborate with infrared detectors manufacturer Sofradir of Paris to create thermal cameras with enhanced...
RNT Acquisition
Dec 1, 2009 — Indium Corp. of Clinton, N.Y., has acquired the processes, equipment and know-how of Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc. (RNT) of Hunt Valley, Md. The latter, the developer and manufacturer of NanoFoil, will be moved to the former’s Utica, N.Y.,...
Sales Partnership
Dec 1, 2009 — Analyze IQ Ltd. of Galway, Ireland, has signed an agreement with Ocean Optics Inc. of Dunedin, Fla., whereby the latter will sell and support its partner’s software suite for chemometric analysis. The contract includes products such as Analyze IQ...
Solyndra, alwitra Pen Agreement
Dec 1, 2009 — Solyndra Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a new long-term framework agreement with alwitra GmbH & Co., a supplier of roofing systems based in Trier,...
DARPA Selects Sensors Unlimited
Nov 30, 2009 — Sensors Unlimited Inc., part of Goodrich ISR Systems, has been chosen by DARPA to further develop its short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) imaging technology for enhanced night-vision capability. Under DARPA’s Photon Counting Arrays (PCAR) program,...
Tessera Names Cassidy EVP
Nov 30, 2009 — Tessera Technologies Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based company dealing in miniaturization technologies for next-generation electronic devices, announced that Bernard J. Cassidy, senior vice president and general counsel, has been promoted to executive...
IEEE Honors OneChip Photonics
Nov 25, 2009 — OneChip Photonics of Ottawa announced it has received the 2009 Outstanding Technology Company Award from the IEEE Ottawa section. The award was presented Nov. 20 in Ottawa during the 65th Annual General Meeting and celebration of the 125th...
Solyndra Pens $105M Agreement
Nov 25, 2009 — Solyndra Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary photovoltaic systems for commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a new multiyear framework agreement worth up to $105 million with solar integrator Sun System SpA, based in Milan, Italy. According to...
Voltaix Names Interim CEO
Nov 24, 2009 — Voltaix, a semiconductor chip and solar cell company located in Branchburg, N.J., announced that Mark K. Fine will become interim chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Fine, 49, has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor...
Michelson Wins Grant for OCTs
Nov 23, 2009 — Michelson Diagnostics Ltd., the London-based manufacturer of optical coherence tomography (OCT) products, has been awarded a grant worth more than $41,500 from the UK government’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB). The funds are for a study into the...
Presstek Selling Lasertel
GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 23, 2009 – Digital offset printing products maker Presstek Inc. announced Monday it will sell its Tucson, Ariz.-based laser diodes subsidiary, Lasertel Inc., to Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems Inc. for $10 million.
Keithley Sells RF to Agilent
CLEVELAND, Nov. 20, 2009 – Electronic test systems maker Keithley Instruments Inc. announced that it is selling its radio-frequency product line to Agilent Technologies Inc. for $9 million in cash.
Hamamatsu Opens New Facility
Nov 17, 2009 — Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. announced the completion of its new facility for the development of portable products, which combine optical systems with photonic devices. Dubbed the Business Promotion Project Building, the new facility is located on the...
JDSU Brands Holography Platform
Nov 17, 2009 — JDSU, an optical products company based in Milpitas, Calif., has announced a new name for its holographic technology platform. Now called IconiGram, the technology includes new features that enhance the visual impact and improve the application and...

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