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Discovery Channel Awards Telescope Mirror Contract
Nov 1, 2006 — The University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences in Tucson and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., have finalized a three-year, $3 million contract to complete the primary mirror for the Discovery Channel Telescope. Located in Happy Jack, Ariz., the telescope is expected to be fully operational by 2010. The project includes polishing and figuring the 4.3-m-diameter mirror, the fifth largest in the continental US.
Emcore Sells Minority Share of GELcore
Nov 1, 2006 — Emcore Corp. of Somerset, N.J., has sold its membership interest in GELcore LLC to General Electric for $100 million. The company had a 49 percent stake in GELcore, which it formed with GE in 1999 to make traffic lights, channel letters and other...
FEI and Malvern Team Up
Nov 1, 2006 — FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., and Malvern Instruments Ltd. of Malvern, UK, have entered into a joint development and marketing program for advanced nanoparticle analysis. FEI’s Quanta scanning electron microscopes will be used with Malvern’s particle...
Fiber Optic Market Forecast Issued
Nov 1, 2006 — Electronicast Consultants of Upper Lake, Calif., has released a market forecast study regarding the global total available market and consumption of fiber optic components, devices and parts designed for applications in harsh environments....
Grant Awarded to Advance Communications Systems
Nov 1, 2006 — Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc. of Champaign, Ill., has received a $1.4 million Phase II award to advance broadband communications devices based on the company’s Ultrananocrystalline Diamond systems. The devices’ properties enable...
Hexagon Metrology Opens New Quarters
Nov 1, 2006 — Hexagon Metrology Inc., a supplier of measurement and inspection hardware and software, has opened its new North American headquarters in North Kingstown, R.I. The multipurpose, 126,000-sq-ft facility encompasses demonstration rooms, classrooms for...
Intel Sells Optical Components Business
Nov 1, 2006 — Cortina Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., has purchased product lines of Intel’s optical-networking components business. The transaction includes a broad selection of the Ethernet media access controllers and physical layer devices lines. Cortina also...
LED Sales Have Dimmed, but Future Looks Brighter
Nov 1, 2006 — Despite a lingering slowdown in the LED market that began last year, analysts see brighter days ahead as technological breakthroughs — employed in myriad new applications — spur future sales.  A recent study of the industry by the...
Linos Opens Plant
Nov 1, 2006 — In Germany, Linos AG of Göttingen has opened a plant in Regen that has a production area of 7200 m2. The company has invested approximately €5.3 million in the center, and the Lower Bavarian government has granted subsidies to help fund it. The...
Lumenera Becomes Subsidiary of Roper
Nov 1, 2006 — Lumenera Corp., an Ottawa-based supplier of digital cameras for industrial, scientific and security applications, has been acquired by Roper Industries Inc. of Duluth, Ga. Offering custom design services to its partners and OEM customers, the...
LxSix to Collaborate on Energy Technology
Nov 1, 2006 — LxSix Photonics Inc. of Montreal will collaborate for two years with the CanMet Energy Technology Centre of Ottawa to further the development of high-temperature monitoring systems based on fiber optic sensing technology for clean energy gasifiers.
Multiwave Photonics Selects US Agent
Nov 1, 2006 — Multiwave Photonics SA of Moreira da Maia, Portugal, has appointed Market Tech Inc. of Scotts Valley, Calif., as its exclusive distributor in the US. The Portuguese company supplies optical sources based on fiber optic technologies for applications...
New Wave Research and Ocean Optics to Partner
Nov 1, 2006 — New Wave Research Inc. of Freemont, Calif., and Ocean Optics Inc. of Dunedin, Fla., will partner to develop and manufacture a family of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) systems. The partnership is based on the companies’ collaboration on...
One Standard to Rule Them All
Nov 1, 2006 — With the mid-September release of the GenICam programming interface standard, the European Machine Vision Association has stated that cameras equipped with FireWire, GigE Vision and Camera Link will be configurable with a single piece of code. In...
SensL Expands Global Distributorship
Nov 1, 2006 — SensL, a provider of low-light photon detection sensors and modules, has expanded its global distributor network to keep pace with demand for solid-state photon detection products. Based in Cork, Ireland, the company will be represented in Canada by...
Tamron and New Scale Sign License Agreement
Nov 1, 2006 — Tamron Co. Ltd. of Saitama, Japan, and New Scale Technologies Inc. of Victor, N.Y., have signed a license agreement in which the Japanese manufacturer will use the latter company’s Squiggle piezoelectric motors in several of its optical imaging...
U-L-M Continues as Supplier to Microsoft
Nov 1, 2006 — U-L-M photonics GmbH has extended its relationship with Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., to supply lasers for that company’s next-generation wireless computer mice. Based in Ulm, Germany, U-L-M has provided the devices for Microsoft’s Wireless...
University Establishes Nanotech Research Center
Nov 1, 2006 — The University of Colorado at Boulder has received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to establish a nanotechnology research center, which will be known as the DARPA Focus Center on Nanoscale Science and Technology...
US Military Awards Boston Company $100,000
Nov 1, 2006 — Via its Small Business Technology Transfer program, the US Department of Defense has awarded approximately $100,000 to Boston Micromachines Corp. of Watertown, Mass., to develop better communications on the battlefield. The company, in conjunction...
Watermill Group Acquires Contract Coating Business
Nov 1, 2006 — The Watermill Group of Waltham, Mass., has launched MultiLayer Coating Technologies LLC in conjunction with its acquisition of the technology and assets of the contract coating business of Polaroid Corp. in New Bedford, Mass. The new company will...
Aculight Receives SBIR Fiber Laser Awards
Oct 1, 2006 — Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., has obtained four Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) awards — totaling $2 million — that will enable the company to enhance the capacities of its high-peak-power fiber lasers, including those in its Picasso...
Advanced Illumination Opens Office in China
Oct 1, 2006 — A supplier of LED lighting products for the machine vision industry, Advanced Illumination Inc. of Rochester, Vt., has established a distribution network in China, with a central office in Shenzhen. The business unit provides application testing...
Applied Analytics Secures Larger Facility
Oct 1, 2006 — Applied Analytics Inc. has moved to a larger plant in Maynard, Mass., to accommodate increased production of its process analyzers, as well as expansion of its R&D operations for a new product line. The company’s products are based on a UV,...
Applied Image Partners with Imatest
Oct 1, 2006 — Rochester, N.Y.-based Applied Image Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with Imatest LLC of Boulder, Colo., under which Applied Image is packaging the Imatest Pro and Light software with its test targets, including the ISO and I3A standards. The...
Boeing and US Air Force Redirect Laser Beam
Oct 1, 2006 — Using their aerospace relay mirror system, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems of St. Louis, and the US Air Force have demonstrated that a laser beam can be redirected to hit a target. Suitable for use with air-, ground- or sea-based high-energy...

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