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Energy-Harvesting Expansion
Sep 1, 2009 — Nextreme Thermal Solutions of Durham, N.C., has raised another $8 million in Series B financing from undisclosed investors, increasing its total to $21 million. The latest funding will be used to expand the company’s energy-harvesting presence and products as well as its thermal management products.
Expanded Distribution
Sep 1, 2009 — AMS Technologies AG of Munich, Germany, and Laser Operations LLC of Sylmar, Calif., have agreed to expand their distribution agreement. The German company will sell and support its partner’s products, including the QPC Lasers line – which it has...
Funding Optics
Sep 1, 2009 — The Optical Society of America (OSA) Foundation has announced the programs it will be funding next year. It will offer grants for optics education, for OSA student member activities and for student travel to OSA-sponsored events. The foundation’s...
Investing in Telecommunications
Sep 1, 2009 — In France, 3S Photonics of Nozay has raised funds totaling nearly €13 million from three investment groups. The company, which manufactures optical and optoelectronic components for telecommunications networks, received €450,000 from Midi Capital of...
Investment Funding
Sep 1, 2009 — Pyreos Ltd. of Edinburgh, UK, a supplier of infrared components, has secured another round of funding, £750,000, from Noble Venture Finance of London. The funds will be used to expand the company’s global sales and commercial operations.
Large Hadron Collider Restart
Sep 1, 2009 — According to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, repairs and upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider are on schedule for a restart this fall, although two to three weeks later than originally planned. A new quench...
Metrology Research
Sep 1, 2009 — FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., a provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, has joined the Advanced Metrology Development Program at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany-State University of New York....
Million-Dollar Order
Sep 1, 2009 — Ceramics and metals manufacturer SCI Engineered Materials Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, has received an order for thin-film solar products worth $1 million. The products are expected to be manufactured and shipped during the latter half of this year.
More IR
Sep 1, 2009 — ULIS of Veurey-Voroize, France, a manufacturer of infrared detectors for low-cost IR cameras, has quadrupled the production capacity of its microbolometers to 200,000 units per year. The company expects to see large-scale orders resulting from three...
Nanometrics Founder Exits Board
Sep 1, 2009 — Nanometrics Inc. of Milpitas, Calif., a supplier of process control metrology systems to the semiconductor industry, announced that company founder Vincent Coates has resigned as vice chairman of its board of directors. In 1995, SEMI recognized him...
New View
Sep 1, 2009 — In Ulm, Germany, WiTec GmbH has moved to its new headquarters. The facility provides about 1900 sq m of space and contains customized production facilities, seminar rooms and office space. The company believes that the building will enable it to...
Semiconductor Collaboration
Sep 1, 2009 — An agreement to expand access to the 3M Wafer Support System equipment has been signed by 3M of St. Paul, Minn., and Suss MicroTec of Garching, Germany. The German company will become an authorized equipment supplier for the 3M system, which...
Shifting Subsidiaries
Sep 1, 2009 — Coastal Optical Systems Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Liebmann Optical Co. of Easthampton, Mass., have merged. Both subsidiaries of Jenoptik AG of Jena, Germany, they will be known as Jenoptik Optical Systems Inc. and will be based in Jupiter,...
SSL Opportunities
Sep 1, 2009 — The US Department of Energy (DoE) is seeking applications for three solid-state lighting (SSL) funding opportunities. Under funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the DoE will provide support for projects focusing on core...
The Prism Awards Call for Entries
PITTSFIELD, Mass., and BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Laurin Publishing, producer of Photonics Spectra, and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, are accepting entries for the 2009 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation until Sept. 22, 2009. The Prism Awards, introduced for the...
Asymtek Names Mexico Rep.
Aug 31, 2009 — Asymtek, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based provider of dispensing, coating and jetting technologies for semiconductor package assembly, printed circuit board assembly, optoelectronics assembly and precision industrial manufacturing, announced it has hired...
Molecule’s ’Anatomy’ Imaged
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 31, 2009 -- The chemical structure inside a molecule has been imaged with unprecedented resolution through the use of noncontact atomic force microscopy. Imaging individual atoms within a molecule has been a long-standing goal of surface microscopy. The results...
Mouser, DBM Pen Agreement
Aug 31, 2009 — Mouser Electronics Inc., located in Mansfield, Texas, announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with DBM Reflex Lighting Solutions, producer of high quality optics for the LED market. Mouser was chosen as DBM Reflex’s first...
Northrop Helps Photonics Academy
Aug 31, 2009 — Northrop Grumman Corp., which operates its Laser Systems business unit in Apopka, Fla., has helped establish the new Wekiva High School Photonics Academy there by contributing $50,000 in cash and equipment, the company announced Monday. The academy,...
Headwall Awaits DoD Funding
FITCHBURG, Mass., Aug. 28, 2009 -- Spectral imaging instruments maker Headwall Photonics will receive $2.5 million to make sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles if the proposed fiscal 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act becomes law.
Laservision Offers 'Cash for Clunkers'
Aug 27, 2009 — Laservision of St. Paul, Minn., is promoting its “Cash for Clunkers” program for laser safety eyewear. Under its Eyewear Safety Stimulus Program, if you send in your old, broken laser safety eyewear (any brand or type), you will receive 25 percent...
LightPath, Huanic Ink 2nd Contract
Aug 27, 2009 — Optical products maker LightPath Technologies Inc. of Orlando, Fla., said it has signed a contract with laser tool manufacturer Huanic Corp. to provide aspheric lenses for Huanic’s laser modules. LightPath will provide short-focal-length aspheric...
DEK Appoints Americas Manager
Aug 26, 2009 — DEK Solar, a provider of equipment and processes for the high-accuracy mass imaging of electronic materials, announced the appointment of Andy Ure as alternative energies business development manager for the Americas. He will be based in Phoenix....
Magnolia Solar Taps New CTO
Aug 26, 2009 — Magnolia Solar Inc., a manufacturer of nano-based solar cell technologies for terrestrial applications located in Woburn, Mass., announced that Dr. Roger E. Welser has joined the company as chief technology officer. Prior to joining Magnolia, Welser...
SEMI China Names President
Aug 26, 2009 — SEMI, a San Jose, Calif.-based industry organization serving the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries, announced that Allen Lu has been appointed president of SEMI China. Lu succeeds Rong-Ling Chen, who has served as acting president...

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