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DoE Supports Superconductive Wire
Nov 1, 2008 — In Columbus, Ohio, SCI Engineered Materials Inc., a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for photonic applications, has announced the award of a two-year contract from the US Department of Energy (DoE) for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research project. The company’s goal is to increase the superconductivity of BSCCO-2212 round wire, which currently can perform successfully in magnetic fields higher than 25 T.
Face the Nation
Nov 1, 2008 — The Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates has formed a partnership with CryptoMetrics Inc. of Tuckahoe, N.Y., to develop and deploy state-of-the-art face recognition systems in that region of the Middle East. BioDentity Systems LLC will...
Growth spurt seen for MEMS
Nov 1, 2008 — LYON, France – The value of the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) market is expected to reach about $8 billion in 2008 and to rise to $15.5 billion by 2012, according to a report from Yole Développement, a marketing and consulting company....
Hybrid Sensing Collaboration Formed
Nov 1, 2008 — SensorTran Inc. of Austin, Texas, has signed a cooperative agreement with Micron Optics Inc. of Atlanta to offer an integrated hybrid fiber optic sensing solution. Offering distributed temperature sensing and fiber Bragg grating point sensing...
Ion Source Purchased
Nov 1, 2008 — General Plasma Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., a vacuum thin-film coating company, has acquired the ion source product line from Advanced Energy Industries Inc. of Fort Collins, Colo. The line will be integrated into the former company’s advanced sources...
Lockheed Martin acquires Aculight
Nov 1, 2008 — BETHESDA, Md. – Global security company Lockheed Martin has acquired Aculight, a Bothell, Wash.-based maker of laser-based solutions for the defense, aerospace and medical industries. Aculight has four major business areas: countermeasures, laser...
Monkeying with Solar
Nov 1, 2008 — Solar Monkey of Irvine, Calif., a provider of grid-tied solar power solutions, has signed a contract with WS Energia of Lisbon, Portugal, to manufacture solar-tracking systems based on the latter’s patented design. The companies claim that tracking...
Optical Components Company Created
Nov 1, 2008 — In Manchester, N.H., a company has been set up to design, produce and verify high-precision molded plastic optical components and assemblies. Molded Plastic Optics LLC’s 10,000-sq-ft facility offers optical design, fast prototyping,...
Optical Fiber License Granted
Nov 1, 2008 — In Ann Arbor, Mich., Arbor Photonics Inc. has signed an exclusive license agreement with the University of Michigan for the latter’s chirally coupled core optical fiber. The company has the right to commercialize the fiber and devices enabled by its...
Partners for Thin-Film Solar
Nov 1, 2008 — Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. of Plymouth, Mich., a manufacturer of laser beam sources and laser-based solutions, has entered into a strategic alliance with Manz Automation AG of Reutlingen, Germany. The companies will develop a machine concept for...
Quantum dots point to a $721.1 million market
Nov 1, 2008 — WELLESLEY, Mass. – The value of the global market for quantum dot technology is expected to reach $28.6 million in 2008 and to rise to $721.1 million in 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of 90.7 percent, according to a technical market...
Solar Partner Chosen
Nov 1, 2008 — Nanogram Corp. has selected OTB Group BV of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, as one of the contributing partners for the solar power plant it is now building in Milpitas, Calif. The facility will enable the American company to scale up its SilFoil...
Surveillance Companies Team Up
Nov 1, 2008 — A technology alliance has been formed between ioimage of Herzliya, Israel, a supplier of intelligent video systems, and 3VR of San Francisco, a developer of video management instruments. The user interface produced by 3VR will enable video and...
Teaching in Taiwan
Nov 1, 2008 — Lam Research Corp. of Fremont, Calif., a supplier of semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment and services, has opened a global product training center in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Courses, which will be taught in English and in the local language, will...
Terminal Solutions to Merge
Nov 1, 2008 — TXP Corp. of Richardson, Texas, and Cambridge Industry Group of Shanghai, China, have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge the companies. They will combine their passive optical network optical network terminal solutions, and the union will...
Andlinger Acquires VPT
Oct 1, 2008 — Vacuum Process Technology (VPT) of Plymouth, Mass. has been purchased by principals of Andlinger & Company Inc., a private investment and management firm, and Ralf Faber, who has become the company’s president. VPT manufactures vacuum thin-film...
Applied Energetics Receives Army Contract
Oct 1, 2008 — The US Army has awarded a follow-on contract to Applied Energetics Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., for the continued development of light filament sensor technology. The program is dedicated to developing a system for detecting and identifying trace...
Bruker Closes S.I.S. Purchase
Oct 1, 2008 — Bruker AXS GmbH of Aachen, Germany, has closed on its acquisition of S.I.S. Surface Imaging Systems GmbH of Herzogenrath, also in Germany. The latter company, which develops, manufactures and distributes atomic force/scanning probe microscopy...
Danaher Motion Joins MathWorks
Oct 1, 2008 — Danaher Motion of Santa Barbara, Calif., has become a member of the MathWorks Connections Program, which is available to third-party organizations that develop and distribute complementary commercially available products and services based on the...
DeltaNu Receives DoD Contract
Oct 1, 2008 — The DeltaNu business unit of Intevac Photonics of Santa Clara, Calif., has been awarded a $1.029 million contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to develop Raman spectroscopy systems for military and civilian applications. Possible uses for...
Edmund Optics to Celebrate Anniversary
Oct 1, 2008 — Edmund Optics Inc. of Barrington, N.J., is planning a celebration to mark the 15th anniversary of its local service in China. The company has offices in Shanghai and in Shenzhen. The celebration is scheduled for early 2009.
Janos Acquired by Fluke
Oct 1, 2008 — Janos Technology of Keene, N.H., a manufacturer of custom precision optics, thermal imaging lenses and optical assemblies, was acquired recently by Fluke Corp. of Everett, Wash., a Danaher company. Janos will operate as part of Fluke’s thermal...
Jenoptik Names American Distributor
Oct 1, 2008 — Jenoptik Laserdiode GmbH of Jena, Germany, has named RPMC Lasers Inc. of O’Fallon, Mo., as the distributor of its high-power diode lasers in North and South America. The American company said that the agreement now enables it to offer unmounted...
LCD Sales: Big Wave Coming Ashore
Oct 1, 2008 — Sales of thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD manufacturing equipment are expected to surge 58 percent to reach a value of $13 billion in 2008, according to the “Quarterly TFT LCD Supply/Demand and Capital Spending Report,” which was published in June...
License Signed by Konica, Universal Display
Oct 1, 2008 — Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. of Tokyo and Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., have signed a license agreement that enables the Japanese company to integrate its partner’s proprietary organic LED technologies into its white organic LED lighting...

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