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Telecommunications Ringing Up Sales
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The semiconductor industry, beset by a slump in sales during the past three years but now well into recovery, has found itself a beneficiary of the explosive growth in global telecommunications. Fred Zieber, president of Pathfinder Research, predicted that sales of semiconductor chips to the communications industry could total $35 billion in 1999. That’s a small but significant slice of semiconductor industry revenues, estimated at $140 billion this...
University Establishes Photonics Institute
Jan 1, 2000 — David Triggle, provost at State University of New York in Buffalo, announced the creation of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics. He said the institute will train a high-tech work force and develop technologies for industrial...
We Have Met the Recruiter, and He Is Us
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Human resource managers, take note: To build a better work force, look to the nearest cubicle. Researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus revisited the results of 28 studies involving nearly 40,000 employees from a variety...
’Optics City’ Is Under Development in Quebec
Dec 1, 1999 — The Société Innovatech Québec et Chaudière-Appalaches in Canada announced a government-sponsored effort to strengthen and expand the optics cluster in Quebec. Under the project, dubbed La Cité de l’optique de...
Akio Morita, Sony Founder, Dies
Dec 1, 1999 — Akio Morita, the founder and honorary chairman of Sony Corp. in Tokyo, died of pneumonia Oct. 3. Morita founded the company with Masaru Ibuka as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo KK (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp.) in 1946 with 20 employees and...
AlliedSignal, Honeywell Must Sell Avionics Businesses Before Merger
Dec 1, 1999 — AlliedSignal Inc. of Morristown, N.J., and Honeywell Inc. of Minneapolis must divest themselves of elements of their avionics businesses to win approval for their $16 billion merger, according to terms of a settlement with the US Department of...
Arkansas Produces Engineers for Business
Dec 1, 1999 — Two new master’s degree programs at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville offer an interdisciplinary program designed to better prepare students for entry into high-tech industry. The microelectronics-photonics and applied physics degree...
Corning, Fibercore Settle Patent Dispute
Dec 1, 1999 — Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., announced that it has settled the patent infringement suit it had filed against Fibercore Ltd. of Southampton, UK. The companies signed a consent judgment in which Fibercore admitted infringing upon Corning’s...
EG&G Inc. Changes Name
Dec 1, 1999 — EG&G Inc. based in Wellesley, Mass., announced that it changed its name to PerkinElmer Inc., effective Oct. 26. The change reflects a focus on commercial markets and a move to develop under a recognized brand, the company said. EG&G acquired...
European Firms Form Joint Venture
Dec 1, 1999 — Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. of Waltham, Mass., announced that its Spectra Precision AB subsidiary in Danderyd, Sweden, has formed a joint venture company with Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH of Germany. The new company, ZSP Geodetic Systems GmbH, which will...
Executives Have New Reason to Fear Flying
WESTPORT, Conn. -- WESTPORT, Conn. -- The senior manager who drives a company car to a doctor’s appointment for a free medical examination while checking by company-leased mobile phone on dinner reservations at the country club where he enjoys membership on the...
Matrox to Discontinue Frame Grabber Line
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Philips Semiconductors, which announced plans this year to phase out a key component used by a number of major frame grabber manufacturers, has been only partly successful in assuring its customers that it will make replacement...
Newport Electronics Names Newport Corp. in Trademark Suit
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Newport Electronics Inc.’s inch-thick complaint of trademark infringement in federal district court against Newport Corp. is another entry in the larger history of trademark -- and now Internet domain name -- disputes....
Patent Office Accepts E-Applications
Dec 1, 1999 — The US Patent & Trademark Office will expand its electronic filing system to include most patent requests. The office has allowed trademark customers to file applications over the Internet for a year. In July, the office instituted a patent...
Photonics Companies Form Rochester Cluster
Dec 1, 1999 — A consortium of photonics companies in Rochester, N.Y., has formed Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster Inc. to promote the local business community and encourage cooperation among industry, education and government. It will also serve as a forum to...
SPIE Appoints Executive Director
Dec 1, 1999 — SPIE’s board of directors named Eugene G. Arthurs as its executive director effective Nov. 1. He succeeds James E. Pearson, who resigned in February to become the executive director of the Instrument Society of America. Arthurs is a member of...
Technology Exchange Expands Global Market
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON -- Researchers and commercial ventures in both the US and Japan have directly benefited from three years of technology exchange through the Joint US-Japan Optoelectronic Project (JOP), officials say. Devices such as tunable lasers, array...
Technology Transfer Grants Opening
Dec 1, 1999 — The US Department of Defense will open application to its Small Business Technology Transfer program Jan. 4. The grant program will award $30 million in 2000 to fund cooperative research and development efforts. The department, which has awarded...
’Six-Step’ Program Prescribed for Ignition Facility
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson presented a six-step plan to address the management problems that have menaced the National Ignition Facility project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. The $1.2...
Crime Labs Advance with Photonics
Nov 1, 1999 — The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in Harrisburg has awarded $1.8 million in federal block grants to Allegheny County and state crime labs for the purchase of high-tech equipment. Gov. Tom Ridge, who also earmarked nearly $1.7...
Help Wanted: Recruiters Beware
LENOX, Mass. -- LENOX, Mass. -- Some job applicants apparently feel inadequate about their employment qualifications -- to the point of lying on resumes and applications. The employment firm SelectJOBS.com has a questionnaire on its Web site that asks about lying....
II-VI + Laser Power = ?
Nov 1, 1999 — II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., issued a public proposal to acquire Laser Power Corp. of San Diego. II-VI offered shareholders cash and stock with a total value of $3 for each share of Laser Power common stock. Laser Power’s board of directors...
Optical Societies to Remain Separate
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The recent favorable vote by members of SPIE to merge with the Optical Society of America counted, officially, for little. The proposed merger required the consent of both groups, and OSA members had already rejected the idea....
Optics Maker Sued Over Defective Parts
PHILADELPHIA -- PHILADELPHIA -- The US government has sued Plummer Precision Optics Co. and several top managers for knowingly manufacturing and shipping millions of dollars of defective optical lenses and components to the military. The government alleges that the...
Photonics Program Established in Denver
Nov 1, 1999 — Pueblo Community College in Denver has instituted a two-year degree program in photonics that the college says is unique to the state. The school expects the program in photonics/vacuum technology to meet the demand for skilled employees in...
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