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Wyant Named Director of Optical Sciences Center
Mar 1, 1999 — James C. Wyant, professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson, assumed the role of director of the school's Optical Sciences Center. He replaces Richard C. Powell, who is now the university's vice president for research and graduate studies. Since 1974, Wyant has worked at the center as professor of optical sciences and electrical and computer engineering. In 1982, while continuing to teach at the center, he co-founded Wyko Corp. to design, manufacture, sell and service...
980-nm Laser Diodes to Power Transoceanic Telecommunications
Feb 1, 1999 — Submarine system developers are racing to deploy networks that perform at maximum power and reliability. To meet those somewhat inversely related needs, industry leaders have worked to qualify 980-nm laser diodes for use in undersea systems. In the...
Acquisition Causes IR Imaging Market Shift
Feb 1, 1999 — Flir Systems Inc. has struck again, this time putting together a deal to acquire Inframetrics Inc., a commercial imaging systems manufacturer in Billerica, Mass., with 1997 sales of $53.5 million. Flir spokesman Doug Little said Inframetrics offers...
Census Bureau Revises Method of Counting Lasers
Feb 1, 1999 — For the first time, the US Census Bureau has an accurate way of counting lasers. Until now, the bureau categorized lasers with numerous unrelated electronic devices. At the urging of several groups, including the Lasers and Electro-Optics...
Europeans Try Internet Access over Power Lines
Feb 1, 1999 — Ten European utilities in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and England have begun testing the feasibility of delivering high-speed, residential Internet access over power lines. If tests prove successful, so-called digital power line service...
Image Intensifier Market to Grow 7.6 Percent
Feb 1, 1999 — The total world market for image intensifier-type night-vision devices was $378.4 million for 1998, according to a recent report released by Frost & Sullivan in Mountain View, Calif. The company also predicted annual growth of 7.6 percent,...
Industrial Laser Shipments off '97 Mark for Third Quarter
Feb 1, 1999 — The economic crisis in Asia and a volatile world economy were two factors that contributed to slumping shipments of industrial laser systems by North American companies in the third quarter of 1998. The Association for Manufacturing Technology's...
Lemelson Foundation Seeks to Dismiss or Transfer Cognex Suit
Feb 1, 1999 — The Lemelson Medical, Education and Research Foundation LP filed a motion in December in US District Court in Massachusetts to dismiss the suit brought against it by the Cognex Corp. of Natick, Mass. Cognex seeks to overturn Lemelson's patents in...
Machine Vision Markets to Grow Unevenly
Feb 1, 1999 — The American machine vision systems market can expect compound annual growth of 13.6 percent in the next five years, with revenues more than doubling from $798 million in 1997 to $1.9 billion in 2004, report market analysts Frost & Sullivan. The...
Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing Expected to Reach $7.2 Billion in 2008
Feb 1, 1999 — The world market for optical add/drop multiplexing reached $23 million in 1998, reflecting the initial stage of introduction and production, according to a report issued by ElectroniCast Corp. of San Mateo, Calif. The market is expected to expand...
Thermo Instrument Offers to Buy Control of Spectra-Physics AB
Feb 1, 1999 — The 1999 photonics acquisition season opened early and loomed large, as Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. of Waltham, Mass., made a $355 million offer to take over Spectra-Physics AB, the Swedish company that owns more than 80 percent of...
Clinton Signs Bill to Fund Technology Programs
Jan 1, 1999 — President Clinton has signed an appropriations bill allocating $656.6 million to technology partnering and policy programs carried out by the Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, namely the Office of the Undersecretary for Technology,...
European Commission Supports Tech Transfer for Fiber Optic Sensors
Jan 1, 1999 — The European Commission has launched Fiber Optic Sensors -- European Network, an organization to promote technology transfer for optical fiber sensors. The network has signed on more than 50 partners, including Rolls Royce and Shell Oil Inc., along...
European Privacy Law May Disrupt Business
Jan 1, 1999 — Photonics companies seem unaware, but the recently implemented European Union Data Protection Directive applies to them and to the personal data they collect and transfer out of Europe. The directive specifically covers any data that can be used to...
National Research Council Reports on Manufacturing
Jan 1, 1999 — The National Research Council's committee on visionary manufacturing challenges has released a report on trends expected to affect global manufacturing over the next 20 years. The committee's findings include: The competitive climate, enhanced by...
National Science Foundation Launches Microelectronics Program
Jan 1, 1999 — The National Science Foundation has begun a $10 million program, XYZ on a Chip, to encourage researchers to explore nonelectronic applications for recent advances in microelectronics. With components shrinking in size, microelectronic systems are on...
Osram and Siemens Start Joint Venture
Jan 1, 1999 — The Semiconductor Group of Siemens AG, with facilities in Berlin and Munich, Germany, and the company's subsidiary Osram GmbH in Munich have launched a joint venture for optoelectronic semiconductors. The new enterprise will operate in Regensburg as...
Partnership Gathers Support for Hybrid Lighting
Jan 1, 1999 — Lighting is the single largest energy user in commercial buildings, consuming about one-third of the total electricity. The Hybrid Lighting Partnership -- at this point still an informal group of 10 companies and the US Department of Energy's (DoE)...
Photonics Prophets Optimistic About 1999
Jan 1, 1999 — Slumping Asian economies notwithstanding, 1999 looks good, according to business leaders at photonics companies around the world. New applications markets, exciting technology breakthroughs and continuing industry consolidation should combine to...
US Government Agencies Investigate Laser Company
Jan 1, 1999 — The US Securities and Exchange Commission and US Attorney's Office are investigating Semiconductor Laser International Corp. to determine whether the company has violated securities laws. On Nov. 23, Semiconductor Laser released its financial report...
ATMI, Sterling Forge Alliance in Silicon Carbide Wafers
Dec 1, 1998 — ATMI Inc. of Danbury, Conn., has signed a multimillion-dollar strategic alliance with Sterling Semiconductor Inc. of Sterling, Va., to develop and market silicon carbide wafers. Because of the material's unique electronic, thermal, physical and...
Cognex Sues Lemelson Foundation over Patents
Dec 1, 1998 — A machine vision maker, Cognex Corp., has sued the Lemelson Medical, Education and Research Foundation LP, which holds patents on bar-code reading and machine vision technology. The suit seeks to overturn the partnership's patents and to obtain a...
Coherent Is Negotiating Purchase of Palomar Subsidiary
Dec 1, 1998 — Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. of Lexington, Mass., may be on the verge of inking a deal to sell off its subsidiary, Star Medical Technologies Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif. Star Medical is a supplier of proprietary laser systems for hair removal and...
General Scanning and Lumonics Agree to Merge
Dec 1, 1998 — Laser system manufacturers Lumonics Inc. of Kanata, Ontario, Canada, and General Scanning Inc. of Watertown have agreed to form a $330 million company called GSI Lumonics Inc. According to Victor Woolley, vice president and chief financial officer...
Good Managers Determine Excellence
Dec 1, 1998 — In a recently released study, the Gallup opinion poll and research organization documented that managers who effectively set goals and provide productive conditions tend to have contented employees and better business results. Although this may seem...

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