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Moving to Cologne
Mar 1, 2009 — Koheras GmbH of Birkerød, Denmark, a manufacturer of white light fiber lasers, has announced the relocation of its German headquarters from Kleinostheim to Cologne. The move was completed in January.
Nano Solar Cells
Mar 1, 2009 — Kopin Corp. of Taunton, Mass., has received a contract from NASA worth $600,000. The two-year project will attempt to produce a more efficient nanostructured solar cell composed of indium gallium phosphide. The company hopes to create cells with 20...
Partnership for PCM
Mar 1, 2009 — An agreement to cooperate on the qualification of atomic vapor deposition process technology for scaling phase change memory (PCM) products has been signed by Aixtron AG of Aachen, Germany, and Ovonyx Inc. of Rochester Hills, Mich. The companies...
Record Efficiency
Mar 1, 2009 — Scientists at the University of Florida in Gainesville have achieved a peak efficiency of 50 lm/W with their blue organic LEDs. The device is a step toward the researchers’ goal of producing white light with efficiency greater than 100 lm/W.
Searching for a smoother ride
BOSTON – Potholes had better watch out. Their days of delivering jarring jolts to cars could be shortened if sensor technology being developed under a grant to Northeastern University pans out. The goal is to develop inexpensive sensors that will be attached...
Semiconductor Certification
Mar 1, 2009 — Presto Engineering Inc. of San Jose, Calif., a provider of product engineering services to the semiconductor industry, has received ISO 9001 certification.
Semiconductor Distributor
Mar 1, 2009 — Dilas of Mainz, Germany, has selected a distributor for its semiconductor laser components and modules. ES Technology Ltd., based in Abingdon, UK, will provide sales and support for the devices throughout the UK and Ireland.
Software Company Purchased
Mar 1, 2009 — Hexagon Metrology of London has acquired Technodigit SARL of Lyon, France, a developer of 3-D software. The latter company’s products will be used to enhance its purchaser’s 3-D point cloud offerings in systems including the ScanShark...
Photonics Booming in Canada
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 5, 2009 -- The photonics industry is booming in Canada, which just might give new meaning to the phrase "northern lights." The nation has 370 photonics companies that employ 20,000 people, and the industry generates $4.5 billion in Canadian revenue each...
Photonics Booming in Canada
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 5, 2009 -- The photonics industry is booming in Canada, which just might give new meaning to the phrase "northern lights." The nation has 370 photonics companies that employ 20,000 people, and the industry generates $4.5 billion in Canadian revenue each...
Ashkin Talks About the Optical Trap
Feb 1, 2009 — Although many scientists now use laser light to manipulate and confine biological cells and other transparent objects, only one person believed in the phenomenon 39 years ago. His name is Arthur Ashkin, and he is now 86 years old. To demonstrate...
Better to See You With
Feb 1, 2009 — In Barrington, N.J., Edmund Optics has been awarded $2.32 million in federal funding by the US Army. The company will put the money toward improving manufacturing technologies for infrared aspheric optics, to be used to provide better contrast and...
Buying Japanese Lighting
Feb 1, 2009 — Schott, a manufacturer of fiber optic light- and image guides based in Mainz, Germany, has acquired a majority stock interest in Moritex Corp. of Tokyo, a provider of lighting systems based on LED and fiber optic technology. The German company said...
Delaware Science Facility
Feb 1, 2009 — DuPont of Wilmington, Del., and the state of Delaware have unveiled their $80 million Innovation Center partnership. It includes opening a business incubator at the company’s research and development facility, donating 250 of the company’s patents...
Image sensor market: changing, but moving upward
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The value of the world image sensors market is expected to rise to $11.7 billion by 2012, according to a report from Global Industry Analysts Inc. of San Jose, Calif. Titled “Image Sensors: A Global Strategic Business Report,” it concludes that...
Infrared Space Contract Awarded
Feb 1, 2009 — Sofradir of Veurey-Voroize, France, has signed a contract with Astrium SAS of Paris, a supplier of satellites and space equipment. Under the terms of the €6.7 million agreement, the former will supply a custom-made three-band short-wave infrared...
Intellectual Property Portfolio Acquired
Feb 1, 2009 — Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, a pharmaceutical and chemical organization, has acquired the intellectual property portfolio of OLED-T Ltd. of Enfield, UK, a developer and manufacturer of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Merck will combine...
LED Light for You
Feb 1, 2009 — Optek Technology of Carrolton, Texas, has been named a certified partner in Osram Opto Semiconductors’ “LED Light for You” network. The latter company, based in Regensburg, Germany, created the network to provide users with support for their...
Mouser Signs International Contracts
Feb 1, 2009 — Mouser Electronics Inc. of Mansfield, Texas, an electronic component distributor, has finalized global distribution agreements with Axsem AG of Dübendorf, Switzerland, and SiTime of Sunnyvale, Calif., both fabless integrated circuit developers, and...
Moving to Camarillo
Feb 1, 2009 — Founded in Thousand Oaks, Calif., OptoTest Corp., a provider of fiber optic test solutions, has moved its operations to Camarillo, also in California. The new facility offers more than three times the manufacturing space and will enable the company...
National Academy of Sciences goes Hollywood
LOS ANGELES – Look out, Hollywood, the scientists are coming. Fed up with science fiction that’s a little too heavy on the fiction, the National Academy of Sciences is sending a dedicated task force into the heart of the entertainment industry, and the group...
New Metrology Headquarters
Feb 1, 2009 — Opto-Alignment Technology Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., an engineering and optical metrology firm, has relocated to a 6000-sq-ft facility south of Charlotte, N.C. The new plant offers a 1300-sq-ft cleanroom that includes vibration-controlled workstations...
Optical coatings industry: The picture looks bright
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Driven by demand in the nanotechnology, display and biotechnology sectors, the optical coatings industry is projected to reach $7.4 billion by 2012, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. of San Jose, Calif. Titled “Optical Coatings:...
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry Facility
Feb 1, 2009 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of Waltham, Mass., has constructed a 12,000-sq-ft facility in Reinach, Switzerland, to house its analytical instrument operations and to consolidate the product lines of Flux Instruments and Spectronex obtained by its...
Poor Economy Affects Lighting
Feb 1, 2009 — Industry Cymer Inc. of San Diego has announced that it will be decreasing its work force by approximately 8 percent to align its cost structure with its forecasted earnings. The changes will save the company about $8.4 million annually. Cymer is...

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