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LightPath Inks Tech Transfer Agreement with US Naval Research Lab
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 6, 2021 — LightPath Technologies has secured exclusive license for the U.S. Naval Research Labs (NRL) infrared patent portfolio. The optical usage license will enable the Orlando, Fla.-based engineered solutions provider and optical and infrared components developer to manufacture products using the portfolio developed and owned by the U.S. Navy’s NRL. The agreement provides LightPath with access to unique chalcogenide glass compositions to develop more comprehensive optical systems targeting
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 12/3/21
Dec 3, 2021 — ALKMAAR, Netherlands — PhotonFirst International, an integrated photonics sensing company, closed its Series A funding round. Jointly, the company’s largest shareholders committed €11 million (~$12.43 million) to fund the five-year...
SCHOTT Aims to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Glass Melting
MAINZ, Germany, Dec. 2, 2021 — Specialty glass manufacturer SCHOTT received funding of more than $5 million to support the development of glass melting processes. The awards are through the Decarbonization in Industry grant program of the German Federal Ministry for the...
Volvo Cars Invests in Optical, Imaging Tech Startup Spectralics
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 2, 2021 — Volvo Cars has invested in Israeli optical and imaging technology startup Spectralics through its Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm. The investment gives Volvo Cars access to technology at an early stage of...
People in the News: 12/1/21
Dec 1, 2021 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — EnPro Industries’ board of directors appointed Eric Vaillancourt president and CEO, and a member of the company’s board. Vaillancourt has served as interim president and CEO since August 2021 and previously served...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 11/26/21
Nov 26, 2021 — STOCKHOLM — GlobalConnect Sweden has reached an agreement with Telenor Sweden to acquire communications operator Open Universe and Telenor Sweden’s SDU fiber assets. The acquisition includes approximately 200,000 connected homes on Open...
NASA Postpones James Webb Telescope Launch
GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 25, 2021 — The launch readiness date for the James Webb Space Telescope is moving to no earlier than Dec. 22 to allow for additional testing of the observatory, following a recent incident that occurred during Webb’s launch preparations. The James Webb...
People in the News: 11/24/21
Nov 24, 2021 — NUREMBERG, Germany — Two members of the supervisory board of VIA optronics AG, a supplier of interactive display products and solutions, will resign. Jerome Tan and Diosdado Banatao will resign effective as of the date of the company’s...
Fluence Opens Micromachining Facility
WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 23, 2021 — Femtosecond laser and fiber technology company Fluence has opened a facility in Wroclaw, Poland, called the Fluence Ultrafast Laser Application Laboratory (ULAL). The lab is equipped with a high-precision automated micromachining station based on...
Integrated Photonics Sector Aims to Bridge Skills Gap
Nov 8, 2021 — The challenge of finding, recruiting, training, and retaining talent is putting pressure on businesses in every photonics market segment, in all geographic regions. But the skills gap presents particular challenges for the industry’s more...
Air Force Partners with University to Establish Directed Energy Center
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Nov. 5, 2021 — The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with the University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy (DE) studies, a congressionally funded endeavor. The Directed Energy Center...
Allied Motion Closes 2021 With Three Acquisitions
AMHERST, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2021 — Allied Motion Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of precision and specialty controlled motion products, acquired ALIO Industries, a manufacturer of advanced linear and rotary motion systems for nano-precision applications. The purchase price...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 11/05/21
Nov 5, 2021 — DITZINGEN, Germany — TRUMPF entered a strategic partnership with LAYERTEC, a manufacturer of precision optics, whereby TRUMPF will invest in a range of machinery for the manufacture of large optical components. Some of this machinery has been...
Lumentum Acquires NeoPhotonics
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 4, 2021 — Laser and optical fiber developer Lumentum will acquire NeoPhotonics, the San Jose, Calif.-based developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid PIC-based lasers, modules, and subsystems. Lumentum will make the acquisition for $16 per share in...
Cytek Extends its Flow Cytometry Capabilities
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 3, 2021 — Cell analysis solutions company Cytek Biosciences has acquired the cell analysis business of Tonbo Biosciences. The deal includes the acquired business’s portfolio of research reagents, which supports additional applications — cell...
Optica Elects Vice President, Director at Large
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 3, 2021 — The membership of Optica, formerly OSA, elected Gerd Leuchs, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, as the society’s 2022 vice president. In addition, the membership elected Judith Dawes, professor of physics...
People in the News: 11/03/21
Nov 3, 2021 — BARRINGTON, N.J. — Edmund Optics appointed Ekaterina Golovchenko senior vice president of technology and development. Golovchenko, who has worked at AT&T Bell Labs, IPG Photonics, and Lumentum, will be responsible for expanding and...
Allied Motion Acquires ORMEC, Expands Motion System Capabilities
AMHERST, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2021 — Allied Vision, a designer and manufacturer of precision motion products, has acquired ORMEC Systems Corp. ORMEC develops and manufactures electro-mechanical automation solutions and motion control products, including multi-axis controls, actuators...
Grant from Cisco Systems to Fund Quantum Research
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 1, 2021 — A collaboration between the University of California, Santa Barbara and Cisco Systems seeks to push the boundaries of quantum technologies. Assistant professors Yufei Ding and Galan Moody have received research awards from the technology company to...
InTest Expands Automation Capabilities with Videology Acquisition
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Oct. 29, 2021 — Test and manufacturing solutions supplier inTest Corp. has acquired Videology Imaging Solutions Inc. and Videology Imaging Solutions Europe BV in a $12 million deal. InTest adds Videology’s OEM digital streaming and image capturing solutions...
Apple Joins Imec’s ‘Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems’
LEUVEN, Belgium, Oct. 29, 2021 — Apple Inc. has joined imec’s Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS) research program. The SSTS program is an initiative to bring together stakeholders across the integrated chip (IC) value chain to anticipate the...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/29/21
Oct 29, 2021 — SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — Block MEMS was awarded a $2.6 million contract in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to detect vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). The program...
Xenics Opens Cleanroom
LEUVEN, Belgium, Oct. 28, 2021 — Xenics, a provider of infrared detectors and cameras, has opened an in-house cleanroom, following a multimillion dollar investment. The cleanroom enables the company to produce higher-quality sensors at larger volumes for applications in microscopy,...
Boeing and GA-EMS to Partner on Development of Directed Energy Prototype
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2021 — A team from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300-kW-class solid-state distributed-gain high-energy laser weapon...
People in the News: 10/27/21
Oct 27, 2021 — THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Teledyne Technologies appointed Vincent Morales to its company’s board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Morales is senior vice president and CFO of PPG. The addition brings the number of board members to 11....

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