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Electric Lightwave to Create Western US SONET Ring
Oct 1, 1998 — Electric Lightwave Inc. of Vancouver, Wash., announced that it would implement what it calls the largest ringed SONET network in the Western US. The company's 3000-mile SONET ring is slated for completion in the fall of 1999. It will consist of a 1300-mile stretch from Portland, Ore., through Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles. A second 1600-mile inland route will connect Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Boise, Idaho, and Portland. The network will connect with other broadband...
Excel Technology Buys CO2 Laser-Maker Synrad
Oct 1, 1998 — Pursuing a strategy to strengthen its laser products line, Excel Technology Inc. recently acquired Synrad Inc. of Mukilteo, Wash., a maker of sealed, all-metal CO2 lasers, for about $22 million. Wall Street investors initially reacted to the news by...
Get Ready for the Euro
Oct 1, 1998 — On Jan. 1, 1999, European business will wake up to the euro, the single currency devised to take the place of national currencies in 11 countries involved in European monetary union. The good news is that this New Year's hangover is no millennium...
II-VI Inc. Wins Verdict Against Consultant
Oct 1, 1998 — II-VI Inc. of Saxonburg, Pa., a producer of materials for optical, IR and nuclear radiation detectors, has won its lawsuit against a former consultant. A jury found that Emmanuil Raiskin had misappropriated trade secrets from the company pertaining...
Process Analytical Instrumentation Markets Continue Growth
Oct 1, 1998 — According to a recent report compiled by Frost & Sullivan of Mountain View, Calif., the market for process analytical instrumentation will continue to grow at a moderate pace between 1998 and 2004. The company found that the spectrometer segment...
European Space Agency Backs Space Telescope
Sep 1, 1998 — The European Space Agency announced it has set aside $200 million of its science budget to collaborate on building the Next Generation Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The proposed $900 million instrument will be...
German Research Society Invests in Research Centers
Sep 1, 1998 — The Deutsche Forschungsgemein-schaft (German Research Society) has invested in 14 new collaborative research centers, which will focus on biology and medicine, natural sciences, engineering and humanities/social sciences. These research centers...
Growth in R&D Spending Remains Steady
Sep 1, 1998 — With a global economy that has grown increasingly competitive, companies are feeling pressured to increase their pace in creating innovative products. Consequently, they are sinking more and more money into research and development. That's the...
Industrial Laser Shipments Climb 6 Percent for the First Quarter '98
Sep 1, 1998 — Driven by an increased demand in cutting applications, industrial laser shipments rose to $152.6 million, a 6 percent increase over last year's levels, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology. Cutting applications accounted for...
Internet Chat: What Do People Say About Your Company?
Sep 1, 1998 — As the Internet comes increasingly alive with electronic discussion groups, conversations that involve company bashing are becoming more frequent. Does this pose a public relations hazard to business? The answer from photonics companies seems to be,...
Mayo Named Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow
Sep 1, 1998 — The Materials Research Society and the Optical Society of America have named Merrilea Joyce Mayo, an associate professor at Penn State University, as the 1998-99 Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow. Mayo, who has a PhD in materials...
Team Choices Affect Attitude, Performance
Sep 1, 1998 — How a manager picks an employee team can affect how well the team performs; at least that's what research from Ohio State University suggests. In a study of 137 students, researchers found that the students performed better when they thought that...
Teamwork Leads to Business Success
Sep 1, 1998 — A recent study at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University has found that senior management teams with healthy group dynamics play a more significant role in a company's financial success than a CEO with strong personality...
Court Chooses Privacy over Technology
Aug 1, 1998 — Prosecutors have asked the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider and rehear a case in which a panel of the court recently upheld privacy over technological snooping. In an effort to establish a federal ruling on the Constitution's Fourth...
Demand for Metal Halide Lamps Rises
Aug 1, 1998 — A growing number of news-gathering organizations are turning to metal halide lamps because of their portability, light output and low power consumption. According to Welch Allyn Inc.'s Lighting Products Div., based in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., which...
Electronic Commerce Spurs Business Success
Aug 1, 1998 — When it comes to starting a business, electronic commerce may make the difference between success and failure. That is the finding of John Penrose, a professor and chairman of information and decision systems at San Diego State University's College...
France Drops Barriers for Entrepreneurs
Aug 1, 1998 — In a significant departure from previous policy, the French government has announced initiatives to stimulate the growth of entrepreneurial culture in scientific research and development. Specific measures include the following: · Spending...
General Scanning Wins Arbitration with Voxel
Aug 1, 1998 — A three-member panel of the American Arbitration Association handed down a $1.9 million ruling in favor of General Scanning Inc., based in Watertown, Mass. The company had been involved in a contract dispute with Voxel, an optical equipment...
Health Institutes Increase Funding
Aug 1, 1998 — Officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are trumpeting a new initiative: improving bioengineering technology. As part of this thrust, the agency has promised more support -- and more money -- to advance imaging technology. In February,...
ILX Lightwave Receives NIST Accreditation
Aug 1, 1998 — ILX Lightwave Corp., a manufacturer of photonic test and measurement instrumentation products, has received accreditation for optical power calibration from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The company received the...
Imax Acquires Laser Recorder Rights
Aug 1, 1998 — Imax Corp. of Toronto has acquired the rights and patents to develop a large-format laser film recorder that will allow Imax to digitally record high-quality, computer-generated images on film. Imax eventually plans to show the film created with the...
Japan to Reform Research Institutes
Aug 1, 1998 — After years of slow progress in reforming Japan's research institutions, the country's Science and Technology Agency has developed plans that will radically alter the way institutes operate. The agency hopes to create 30 to 50 new institutes in the...
Names in the News
Aug 1, 1998 — Hewlett-Packard Co. has named Edward W. Barnholt as executive vice president and general manager of its newly created test and measurement organization. Wilfred C. Kittler Jr. has joined NeoVac as technical director. Kittler has held technical and...
Photonics Manufacturers Compete for Project Awards
Aug 1, 1998 — The Advanced Technology Program is considering 60 proposals for innovative industrial R&D projects in the photonics manufacturing area. Photonics manufacturing, one of eight focused program competitions for 1998, received the second-highest...
Positive Light and Coherent Settle Dispute
Aug 1, 1998 — Positive Light Inc. of Los Gatos, Calif., has settled its patent infringement suit against Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. Under the agreement, Positive Light will enforce its US patent covering the company's laser pulse stretcher and...

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