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Expanding Camera Company
Jul 1, 2009 — Allied Vision Technologies GmbH of Ahrensburg, Germany, has expanded its office space in Newburyport, Mass. The camera manufacturer said that the increase in floor space was the result of its acquisition of Prosilica Inc., which took place last July.
Frontier Development
Jul 1, 2009 — Brookhaven National Laboratory of Upton, N.Y., has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to be home to one of the 46 new Energy Frontier Research Centers. The centers will pursue advanced scientific research on energy and are being...
Image sensor market: Looking forward to better times
PORTLAND, Maine — After a short downturn, the worldwide image sensor market, which consists of more than 11 billion devices with a market value of more than $7.5 billion, is expected to pick up steam by 2012 and to exhibit robust growth rates by 2014, according to a...
Laser Show Bolsters Industry
MUNICH, Germany, July 1, 2009 -- While overall attendance at Laser World of Photonics 2009 was down about 10 percent from 2007, the number of exhibitors, quality of contacts made, and innovations shown on the show floor had attendees feeling optimistic.
Licensing Nanotechnology
Jul 1, 2009 — Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc. of Hunt Valley, Md., has signed a licensing agreement with Thermal Conductive Bonding Inc. of San Jose, Calif. The latter company will gain the use of its partner’s patented NanoFoil and NanoBond technologies, which it...
Lighting Application Support
Jul 1, 2009 — In Sunnyvale, Calif., Bridgelux Inc. has launched a lighting services group. The company, a supplier of LED-based light sources, has created the group to support customers in developing application-specific optical, electrical, thermal and...
Looking for UXOs
Jul 1, 2009 — The US Army has offered a contract to Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., under which the company will supply its ground-penetrating radar technology for use in the detection of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in overseas operations. Under...
New Company
Jul 1, 2009 — The Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., based in Henham, UK, has been created by the founders of Photonic Products Ltd. The new company specializes in the distribution of optoelectronic devices and will initially offer VIS/IR vertical-cavity surface-emitting...
New Name
Jul 1, 2009 — SmartSpark Energy Systems of Austin, Texas, has changed its name to better reflect its focus on the solar market with microinverter and monitoring solutions. Its new identity, SolarBridge Technologies Inc., demonstrates the company’s mission to...
Newport Relocating Lasers HQ
IRVINE, Calif., July 1, 2009 -- Newport Corp. will relocate and consolidate its Spectra-Physics Lasers Div. headquarters from its five-building campus in Mountain View, Calif., to a single new facility in Santa Clara, Calif., that will also integrate its latest acquisition, the...
Novotech Adds Product
Jul 1, 2009 — Novotech Inc. of Acton, Mass., a infrared-grade germanium and silicon provider, has added the Optipro SX 150, a precision optical grinding machine with computer numerical control to its arsenal of fabrication tools. The tool from OptiPro Systems of...
Photonics in Asia
Jul 1, 2009 — SPIE has announced the launch of the Optics and Photonics Society of Singapore, which has roots in the former Singapore chapter of SPIE. The society aims to promote greater interaction between the optics and photonics communities in Singapore, in...
Semiconductor Distribution
Jul 1, 2009 — AMS Technologies AG of Martinsried, Germany, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with C3 Semiconductors LLC of San Diego. The contract will allow the German company to sell the latter’s semiconductor products throughout Europe.
Software Purchase
Jul 1, 2009 — Siemens AG of Munich, Germany, has expanded its industrial portfolio by purchasing Elan Software Systems SA of Toulouse, France, a supplier of software for manufacturing execution systems in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The...
Solid-State Lighting Funding
Jul 1, 2009 — QD Vision of Watertown, Mass., a developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, has been awarded more than $700,000 in funding by the DoE. The award will fund research into developing a cost-competitive solution to the...
VCSEL contract awarded
MERCERVILLE, N.J. – Princeton Optronics Inc., a privately held company that develops and manufactures vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and low-noise solid-state lasers, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by the US...
Zeiss Adds Extreme Metrology
NEW YORK, June 10, 2009 – Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. is planning to roll some of its existing products into a new extreme metrology group. The new group will offer manufacturers solutions for products that are “different from the run-of-the-mill stuff,” said Kevin Legacy, the...
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Design Agreement
Jun 1, 2009 — In Colorado, FirstPass Engineering of Castle Rock, a custom application-specific integrated circuit design company, has been selected by Cray Inc. of Denver to provide the logic design and verification services necessary for Cray’s supercomputing...
Australians seek to save the planet with photonics
SYDNEY, Australia – Australia’s future has gotten brighter, thanks to the launch of the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) at the University of Sydney – the only one of its kind in the country. The new institute was introduced at the end of April with a...
CCDs in Space
Jun 1, 2009 — Chelmsford, UK-based e2v will use the Kepler spacecraft, launched by NASA in early March, to help locate Earth-size planets orbiting stars to determine where liquid water, and perhaps life, could form. Comprising the craft’s focal plane array, which...
Collaboration for Microscopy
Jun 1, 2009 — JEOL USA of Peabody, Mass., and the College of Microscopy, the education division of the McCrone Group of Westmont, Ill., have strengthened their partnership to improve the study of microscopy. The company will provide a new low-vacuum scanning...
Division Spins Off
Jun 1, 2009 — The Thin Films Div. of Ocean Optics Inc., based in Dunedin, Fla., has become a separate entity. Ocean Thin Films will design and manufacture dichroic filters and precision optics for use in scientific, biomedical and defense applications. Ocean Thin...
Energy Harvesting Contract Awarded
Jun 1, 2009 — The US Navy has given a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to MicroStrain Inc. of Williston, Vt., a manufacturer of inertial measurement systems, microdisplacement transducers and wireless sensing networks. The award will provide...
Laura Marshall is named managing editor
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Laura Marshall has been promoted from features and news editor to the position of managing editor for Photonics Spectra and BioPhotonics magazines. In her new position, Marshall will supervise editors and freelance writers, review and assign news...
Microspectroscopy Agreement Signed
Jun 1, 2009 — In San Dimas, Calif., microscopy and microspectroscopy company Craic Technologies Inc. has been awarded a contract by the US General Services Administration. This enables federal agencies and customers who use the federal supply system to purchase...

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