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Applied Reorganizes Exec Staff
Sep 21, 2009 — Applied Materials Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., a maker of software and products used to fabricate semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, photovoltaic solar cells, flexible electronics and energy-efficient glass, announced a reorganization of some of its executive staff. Tom St. Dennis will resign as senior vice president and general manager of the Silicon Systems Group, effective Oct. 2. He will be replaced by Randhir Thakur, who has served as senior vice president and general manager of the...
Ascent Solar Hires Senior VP
Sep 21, 2009 — Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., a Thornton, Colo.-based developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced that Rafael Gutierrez has accepted an offer to serve as the senior vice president of sales and marketing. Gutierrez brings more than 20...
Cookson Promotes Williams
Sep 18, 2009 — Cookson Electronics, a materials science company that provides high-performance materials, chemistry and technology solutions to the electronics and surface finishing industries located in South Plainfield, N.J., has promoted Tim Williams to...
Acreo Launches Optical Fiber Co.
Sep 16, 2009 — Acreo Fiberlab, based in Hudiksvall, Sweden, has launched a specialty optical fiber company called Fibertronix, which will target advanced and customized applications in the oil and gas, military and avionics industry. Fibertronix’s product...
Casper Promoted to CEO at Thermo
Sep 16, 2009 — Laboratory equipment provider Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of Waltham, Mass., announced that Executive Vice President and COO Marc N. Casper has been promoted to president and CEO, effective Oct. 15. He replaces Marijn E. Dekkers, who resigned to...
EO Technics Buys Powerlase
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 16, 2009 – Laser marking, etching, and engraving equipment maker EO Technics of Korea said it has acquired UK-based Powerlase, a developer of Q-swtiched, diode-pumped solid-state lasers, for an undisclosed amount. The company, renamed Powerlase Photonics, will...
Optelecom-NKF Cuts 23 Jobs
GERMANTOWN, Md., Sept. 16, 2009 -- Optelecom-NKF Inc., a supplier of video over IP (VoIP) and video-over-fiber products, announced Wednesday it will cut 23 jobs in the US and Europe as the result of a strategic review of its operations. "Earlier this year the impact of the...
Romano Joins PPG Board
Sep 16, 2009 — Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPG) of Northvale, N.J., announced that defense industry veteran Dennis G. Romano has been appointed to its board and will serve until the annual election in June 2010. Romano had a lengthy career in the defense sector...
Sulick to Chair Dynasil Board
Sep 16, 2009 — West Berlin, N.J.-based Dynasil Corp. of America announced today that Peter Sulick, a significant investor in the company since 2005, has been elected chairman of its board of directors. Former chair James Saltzman was elected vice chairman. Sulick,...
NKT Photonics Opens US Unit
BIRKERØD, Denmark, Sept. 11, 2009 – NKT Photonics A/S of Denmark said it opened a subsidiary, NKT Photonics Inc., in Morganville, N.J., to serve its growing North American market.
Schott Solar Exits Roseville
ALBUQUEQUE, N.M., Sept. 11, 2009 -- Schott Solar Inc. said it is streamlining its North American sales operations by closing its existing office in Roseville, Calif., and moving those operations to its new flagship manufacturing facility in Albuquerque.
Thermal to Ship Crystal Grower
Sep 11, 2009 — Thermal Technology of Santa Rosa, Calif., says it has successfully tested the first commercially available edge-defined, film-fed growth (EFG) crystal grower with the capacity to grow sapphire crystals up to 300 × 500 × 15 mm and will ship the first...
Medical Laser Makers Merging
YOKNEAM, Israel & WAYLAND, Mass., Sept. 9, 2009 – Israel-based Syneron Medical Ltd. and Candela Corp. of Wayland, Mass., announced they will merge in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $65 million.
Micrel Names New Sales VP
Sep 9, 2009 — Micrel Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based company dealing in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, announced that Christopher Dingley, director of Micrel's global account and western sales territory, has been promoted to the...
Bentley to Advise Qioptiq Defense
Sep 8, 2009 — Qioptiq announced that Dr. Julie Bentley, recognized as a leader in the field of optical system design, has joined Qioptiq Defense in Fairport, N.Y., as technical advisor. Qioptiq manufactures optical systems for defense and aerospace applications;...
Bruker Nets Synchrotron Contracts
Sep 8, 2009 — Bruker ASC GmbH of Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, has been awarded $3.7 million in contracts for synchrotron instrumentation to advance life and material sciences, its parent company, Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Inc., announced...
Elliot Launches Safety Catalog
Sep 8, 2009 — Elliot Scientific has announced the release of its 2009 Sperian Laser Safety Catalog. Sperian Protection’s range of protective eyewear with glass or polymer filters is available from the company. Elliot says that the catalog will help identify the...
Plextronics, Novaled Team Up
Sep 8, 2009 — Novaled AG of Dresden, Germany, a maker of organic LEDs (OLED), and Plextronics Inc., a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of conductive organic inks for printed lighting, solar and other electronics, announced today that they will jointly develop doped-...
PSI Acquires QCL Maker
ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 4, 2009 -- Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) acquired College Park, Md.-based Maxion, a maker of long-wavelength (3-12 µm) infrared semiconductor lasers, including quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), interband cascade lasers and related systems, for an undisclosed...
Applications Laboratory
Sep 1, 2009 — BaySpec Inc. of Fremont, Calif., has established a Systems & Field Sales Div. to promote its optical spectral engine systems. The new applications laboratory will provide customers with demonstrations of the company’s full range of products,...
Brighter days ahead for LEDs in signage
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Valued at $1.17 billion in 2008, the global consumption of packaged LED chips (component-level LED bulbs) used in commercial/professional signage applications is projected to rise to $1.49 billion in 2013, according to studies conducted by...
Certification Received
Sep 1, 2009 — In Pavilion, N.Y., Syntec Optics has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. The custom polymer optics manufacturer plans to leverage the qualification to reach global markets where strict process control is required to meet cost and schedule...
Changing of the guard
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Michael T. Houk, co-founder and vice president of technology at Bristol Instruments Inc. in Victor, N.Y., has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of Photonics Spectra. He replaces longtime member William Gornall, a respected industry consultant, who...
Chapter 11
Sep 1, 2009 — Citing the recession and a 2007 federal raid on the business, Rocky Mountain Instrument (RMI) Co. of Lafayette, Colo., a manufacturer of full spectrum optical components, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company owes between $1 million and...
Dome Award Optimax Systems Inc.
Sep 1, 2009 — Dome Award Optimax Systems Inc., headquartered in Ontario, N.Y., a manufacturing company that provides prototyping of precision optical components, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research grant. The award will enable the...

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