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Veeco Eyes Process Metrology Expansion
Apr 1, 1998 — Veeco Instruments Inc. has picked up the ball that was dropped last year when Zygo Corp.'s planned merger with Digital Instruments Inc. collapsed. To improve its position in process metrology, Veeco has signed a definitive merger agreement with Digital Instruments of Santa Barbara, Calif. Veeco makes etch and deposition process equipment and process metrology tools. Both Zygo and Veeco have been trying to improve market share by expanding their services, a goal that finds both companies...
Coherent Enters Telecom Market
Mar 1, 1998 — Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has formed a joint venture with Fiber Optics Network Solutions Corp. of Northboro, Mass., to develop and market a high-power broadband transmission product line for cost-effective cable TV and high-speed...
Environmental Group Targets Lawrence Livermore Superlaser
Mar 1, 1998 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's superlaser has once again come under fire from a coalition of environmentalists and taxpayer groups. Calling itself "Green Scissors," the group listed the National Ignition Facility among 71 federal programs...
Feds: US Enrichment Corp. May Privatize
Mar 1, 1998 — In a move that could add $1 billion to $2 billion to US Treasury coffers, the Maryland-based US Enrichment Corp. has received federal approval to proceed with its sale to the private sector. US Enrichment provides enriched natural uranium for...
Japan Gaining on US in R&D and Technology
Mar 1, 1998 — The National Science Foundation has released a report saying Japan has invested proportionally more in R&D than the US and holds a favorable trade balance in advanced technologies, a sector that includes optoelectronics. The report, The Science...
Raytheon Amber Closes Facility, Merges with Hughes
Mar 1, 1998 — Raytheon Amber, a manufacturer of infrared focal plane array technology, plans to close its facility here and consolidate operations in what was formerly the Hughes Santa Barbara Research Center. The move comes as part of a widespread restructuring...
Rofin-Sinar Announces Laser Spinoff
Mar 1, 1998 — Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of industrial laser products, announced that it has formed Rofin-Sinar UK Ltd. to develop and manufacture low-power CO2 lasers. The spinoff, which will be based in Kingston upon Hull, UK, will make...
Shipments of Photonic Components on the Rise
Mar 1, 1998 — Increased demand for personal computers and the growth of the Internet are two factors accounting for worldwide shipments of photonic components that exceeded $7.1 billion in 1997, an increase of 10 percent from the previous year. Market watchdog...
Sony and Fujitsu to Develop Semiconductors Jointly
Mar 1, 1998 — Fujitsu Ltd. and Sony Corp., both of Tokyo, have teamed up to develop and produce advanced microchips to save on development costs. They plan to develop "system-on-a-chip" technology for use in digital cameras and other information equipment. A new...
Telecommunications Industry Association Sets Standard for Fiber Optic Ribbon
Mar 1, 1998 — The Telecommunications Industry Association has published a new standard on fiber optic test procedures. The document provides a method of measuring residual twist in optical fiber ribbons and highlights critical aspects of this measurement. The...
Uniphase, SDL Launch New Gratings
Mar 1, 1998 — Two manufacturers of fiber optic technology here have unveiled grating components in an effort to gain an increasing share of the growing fiber optic market. In January, Uniphase Corp. announced the creation of a networks component division based on...
Web Enables Painless Job Searches
Mar 1, 1998 — Career objective: to find a high-paying, high-level engineering job at a Fortune 500 company with as little effort as possible. Some soon-to-be college graduates whose career objectives resemble the above statement, whether on paper or just in...
Businesses That Play Together Stay Together
Feb 1, 1998 — ANY COMPANY, USA -- Bowling and good business practices have more in common than the thrill of competition. In business, competition means that only the strong survive. While this is great for a market economy and The Strikers on lane six, it can be...
Coherent Grabs at Telecom Pie
Feb 1, 1998 — SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Hoping to grab part of the $2 billion suppliers' market to the optical communications industry, Coherent Inc. has entered into a joint venture with Fiber Optics Network Solutions Corp. of Northboro, Mass., to form CFX...
ESC Buys out Applied Optronics
Feb 1, 1998 — YOKNEAM, Israel ­ Medical laser giant ESC Medical Systems Ltd. has subsumed a smaller laser company, Applied Optronics Corp. of South Plainfield, N.J. ESC officials expect that the acquisition will boost the company's presence in the...
No Bones About It: Lawrence Livermore National Lab Has a Mammoth Problem
Feb 1, 1998 — For the second time in four months, scientists and government officials halted construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, site of the proposed National Ignition Facility. This time, crews trenching for electrical utilities at the site...
Optical Materials Market Growth Predicted
Feb 1, 1998 — The Business Communications Co., a market research firm based in Norwalk, Conn., has released a review of the optical materials and engineering industry, projecting an average annual growth rate of 5.9 percent for optical materials despite military...
OSA and SPIE Seek Closer Ties
Feb 1, 1998 — WASHINGTON -- Last month, the presidents of the two largest photonics societies asked their members what they thought about intersociety collaboration. So far, they report, the responses have been positive. "The feedback has been heavily on the side...
Rockwell Eyes Digital Imaging Market
Feb 1, 1998 — NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Rockwell Semiconductor Systems has entered the battle for OEM digital imaging market share armed with five new sensors and a history of military and space imaging solutions. With that applications pedigree, you might think...
Rule Changes Encourage Partnering
Feb 1, 1998 — The US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has amended rules that govern the Advanced Technology Program to encourage the partnering of large and small companies. The rule changes are designed to strengthen the...
Zeiss Provides Satellite Optics
Feb 1, 1998 — Optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss has secured a DM 18 million contract to build the optics for three Meteosat 2 satellites. The optics are under construction at the company's' Oberkochen, Germany, plant. The satellites, rotating more than 100...
Equipment Makers Challenge Market Gloom
Jan 1, 1998 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Pessimistic news about the Asian semiconductor manufacturing market did not sway members of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International from forecasting growth in their business in 1998. The Capital Equipment...
Lasers Are the Basis of New Manufacturing Process
Jan 1, 1998 — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (website) in New Mexico, in conjunction with a consortium of 10 companies that includes Eastman Kodak, Laser Fare Inc. and Allied Signal, has launched a campaign to commercialize a computer-controlled...
LEOMA to Host Executive Seminar
Jan 1, 1998 — Capitalizing on renewed interest in the nation's science and technology policy, the Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturers' Association is planning to host its executive seminar March 15-17. The seminar will provide an opportunity for executives in...
Merger Creates Huge Medical Laser Firm
Jan 1, 1998 — YOKNEAM and TEL AVIV, Israel -- ESC Medical Systems Ltd. and Laser Industries Ltd. have announced a merger plan that would create an international heavyweight in the medical laser industry, with $185 million in projected 1997 revenues. Both partners...

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