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CVI Melles Griot Buys Coherent Subsidiary
Nov 1, 2007 — CVI Melles Griot has purchased Coherent Imaging Optics Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. The acquired company is a supplier of infrared optical components for thermal imaging and other electro-optic systems. CVI Laser LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., bought the Melles Griot Corp. earlier this year and changed its company name to CVI Melles Griot. CVI also has acquired several other companies in the US and Europe in recent years. The company said that it is...
Display Consortium Gains Members
Nov 1, 2007 — The Micro Device Display Consortium, a group focusing on the microdisplay television market, has gained 10 members, including Fujinon Corp. of Saitama, Japan, and Colorlink Inc. of Boulder, Colo. The consortium also has launched a Web site on...
FLIR to Acquire Cedip Infrared Systems
Nov 1, 2007 — FLIR Systems Inc. of Wilsonville, Ore., has agreed to buy a controlling interest in Cedip Infrared Systems of Croissy-Beauborg, France, a supplier of infrared cameras and stabilized systems. FLIR will purchase shares representing 67.8 percent of the...
French Companies Create US Subsidiary
Nov 1, 2007 — Amplitude Systèmes of Bordeaux, a developer and manufacturer of ultrafast diode-pumped solid-state lasers, and Amplitude Technologies of Evry, a maker of ultrahigh-energy Ti:sapphire lasers, have created a US-based subsidiary. Based in Boston with...
Growth Is Forecast for Laser Markets
Nov 1, 2007 — The $1 billion market for telecom and datacom lasers will grow to nearly $2.9 billion by 2012, according to a report prepared by CIR Inc. of Glen Allen, Va. Several factors will drive the growth, including the replacement of copper by optics in...
Hexagon to Distribute for Mycrona
Nov 1, 2007 — North Kingstown, R.I.-based Hexagon Metrology Inc., a provider of measurement products and services, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement for North America with Elgin, Ill.-based Mycrona of North America Inc., a division of Mycrona...
IDS Opens New Office
Nov 1, 2007 — Imaging Development Systems GmbH (IDS) of Obersulm, Germany, a supplier of machine vision and image processing components, has opened a branch in Cambridge, Mass. The subsidiary, IDS Inc., will provide real-time support to US-based distributors.
II-VI to Acquire Majority Interest in Highyag
Nov 1, 2007 — A wholly owned subsidiary of II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., will purchase a 74.9 percent interest in Highyag Lasertechnologie GmbH of Stahnsdorf, Germany, developers of automated equipment that delivers 1-μm laser light for cutting and drilling....
Imperx Partners with North Coast Technical
Nov 1, 2007 — A supplier of digital cameras and frame grabbers for machine vision, Imperx Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., has expanded its market presence in the Midwest. It is partnering with North Coast Technical Inc. of Chesterland, Ohio, to provide products and...
Industrial Laser Orders Rise in Second Quarter
Nov 1, 2007 — Representing a 14.7 percent increase from the first quarter, second-quarter 2007 orders of industrial laser equipment and systems reached $141.5 million, according to a report from the Association for Manufacturing Technology based in McLean,...
IPG Photonics Wins US Navy Contract
Nov 1, 2007 — Expanding its presence in government applications, IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass., has received a $3.8 million contract from the US Navy to supply a 44-kW fiber laser system to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va. Under the...
Laser Cutting Certificate Program Is Offered
Nov 1, 2007 — The Industrial Laser Community of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has established a laser cutting certificate program in response to the industry need for skilled technicians. Targeted to product designers, manufacturing engineers, and...
Laser Lines, V-gen Announce Agreement
Nov 1, 2007 — Banbury, UK-based Laser Lines Ltd., an independent supplier of lasers and accessories, has announced a distribution agreement with V-gen Electro Optics Ltd. of Ramat-Gan, Israel. Under the terms of the agreement, Laser Lines will provide sales and...
Lockheed Martin Receives NASA Contract
Nov 1, 2007 — Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., has been awarded an instrument contract from NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites program. The contractor will...
Mercury Computer Selected for Zero-Visibility Landing System
Nov 1, 2007 — Mercury Computer Systems Inc. of Chelmsford, Mass., has been selected by BAE Systems of Rockville, Md., to provide a synthetic vision display to land helicopters in rotorcraftbrownout conditions. It is the second contract awarded to the company to...
Northrop Grumman Names StockerYale
Nov 1, 2007 — StockerYale Inc. of Salem, N.H., has been selected by Northrop Grumman Newport News, a subsidiary of the Northrop Grumman Corp., to provide optical fiber for the next three Virginia class attack submarines to be added to the US Navy’s fleet. The...
NuCrypt Awarded Challenge Grant by HSIEC
Nov 1, 2007 — NuCrypt of Evanston, Ill., has been awarded a challenge grant by the Homeland Security Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (HSIEC) at Northwestern University, in partnership with the Illinois Technology Development Alliance of Chicago. NuCrypt...
Ocean Optics’ Founder Starts Up SpectrEcology
Nov 1, 2007 — In Dunedin, Fla., Michael Morris, former president and CEO of Ocean Optics Inc., has founded SpectrEcology LLC, a business that will distribute Ocean Optics’ miniature spectrometers, fiber optics, chemical sensors and laser-induced breakdown...
Optical Components Market Sees Decline, Some Gains
Nov 1, 2007 — At $941 million, second-quarter 2007 revenues for optical components were down 4 percent from the first quarter and down 1 percent from second-quarter 2006, according to a second-quarter market share report by Ovum RHK. With offices in London,...
Optoelectronics Industry Enjoying Steady Growth
Nov 1, 2007 — The optoelectonics industry enjoyed robust growth in 2006, and a market report projects that steady expansion will continue over the next decade. The report, compiled by the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) of Washington,...
PaZaM-tech to Represent Meller Optics in Israel
Nov 1, 2007 — Meller Optics Inc. of Providence, R.I., has appointed PaZaM-tech Ltd. of Jerusalem as its exclusive representative in Israel. Formerly Storch & Storch Ltd., the Israeli company offers technologies, products, instruments and medical laser repair...
Report Forecasts Increased Use of Photonics in Cars
Nov 1, 2007 — LEDs, LCDs and other photonics technologies increasingly will be used in the systems of future automobiles, according to a market report prepared by Frost & Sullivan, a global technology-research and consulting company based in San...
Saint-Gobain Buys Alpine Research Optics
Nov 1, 2007 — Saint-Gobain Crystals, a producer of optical raw materials that is headquartered in Paris, has bought Alpine Research Optics of Boulder, Colo., a supplier of high-performance coated optics. The acquisition will allow the French company to expand its...
Sanyo Appoints Power Technology as Distributor
Nov 1, 2007 — Power Technology Inc. of Little Rock, Ark., a designer, manufacturer and distributor of laser diode products for OEM analytical, biomedical and industrial applications, has been appointed as a distributor for the laser diode products of Sanyo...
SpectralSight Receives Grant from NSF
Nov 1, 2007 — The National Science Foundation has awarded a nearly $500,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to SpectralSight, a company spun off by Infotonics Technology Center, both of Canandaigua, N.Y. The grant will be used to develop a...

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