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Jenoptik Appoints Business Development Manager for Midwest
JUPITER, Fla., Feb. 22, 2021 — Jenoptik appointed Jeff Williams business development manager for the Midwest region of the U.S. Jeff Williams. Courtesy of Jenoptik. Williams is a former police officer with over 20 years’ experience, primarily in investigations and administration. He also has over 20 years of sales and business development experience with a focus on traffic solutions and safety equipment for local government and law enforcement agencies in CAD/RMS, radar, lidar, and in-car and body-worn video
Thermo Fisher Acquires Cell-Sorting Tech from Propel Labs
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 19, 2021 — Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired cell-sorting assets from Propel Labs, a wholly owned subsidiary of SIDIS Corp., adding to its existing flow-cytometry offerings and capabilities. Under terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher’s biosciences...
Edmund Optics Opens Facility in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 17, 2021 — Edmund Optics has opened an Assembly and Advanced Design Facility in Tucson, Ariz., its second location in the state. The 21,225-sq-ft facility will support advanced design efforts and high-volume manufacturing services, including cleanroom assembly...
Luminar Adds Two to Board of Directors
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 17, 2021 — Lidar hardware and software company Luminar appointed Katharine A. Martin and Mary Lou Jepsen to its board of directors. Martin serves as chair of the board at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Jepsen is a technology industry executive,...
Tibidabo Scientific Industries Acquires Photek, Names CTO
DUBLIN, Feb. 16, 2021 — Tibidabo Scientific Industries has acquired Photek Ltd., a manufacturer of image intensifiers, solar blind detectors, photomultipliers, streak tubes, and a range of associated electronics and camera systems. Tibidabo also appointed John LaViola as...
LASER Munich Postponed Until April 2022
MUNICH, Feb. 16, 2021 — Messe München GmbH has postponed LASER World of PHOTONICS to April 26-29, 2022. The event had been scheduled for June 20-24 this year. World of Photonics Congress will be held in a digital format on its original dates of June 20-24. The virtual...
Coherent to Discuss Purchase Bid with II-VI
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2021 — Coherent’s board of directors will engage in discussions with II-VI, in response to II-VI’s unsolicited proposal to acquire Coherent. II-VI issued a purchase offer worth approximately $6.4 billion. II-VI’s Coherent bid followed an...
II-VI Purchase Offer for Coherent Magnifies Differences, Similarities in Three Existing Bids
Feb. 16, 2021 — Analysts and those from across the photonics landscape were digesting news of MKS Instruments’ $6 billion bid to acquire Coherent early last week — a move that itself countered a $5.7 billion deal that Lumentum in January struck to...
Miltec UV Adds to Sales Team
STEVENSVILLE, Md., Feb. 16, 2021 — UV systems developer Miltec UV added Paul Dounian to its sales team. Dounian, the company reported in a press release, joined the company late in 2020. He spent the previous 18 years at Mettler Toledo. With Miltec, Dounian is responsible for sales...
OSA Names Recipients of its 2021 Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 16, 2021 — The Optical Society announced 17 recipients of the 2021 OSA awards and medals. The society will recognize a total of 23 awardees throughout the year for their achievements. Among those honored this year are the first women to win the Max Born Award,...
II-VI Joins Lumentum and MKS Instruments in Bidding War for Coherent; II-VI Offers $260 per Share
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12, 2021 — II-VI has made an offer to acquire Coherent in a cash and stock transaction, after MKS offered its bid to acquire the laser pioneer on Monday. Under the terms outlined in a letter to Coherent’s board of directors, Coherent shareholders would...
CLEO 2021 Moves to Virtual Format
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 11, 2021 — The CLEO conference for laser science and photonics applications will be presented in an all-virtual format in 2021. CLEO will run from May 9-14. According to a press release from OSA, the virtual approach will accommodate speakers and attendees...
MKS’ Acquisition of Coherent Would Have Ripple Effect on Ultrafast Laser Sector
Feb. 11, 2021 — Coherent’s confirmation Monday that members of its board are actively reviewing an unsolicited purchase offer from MKS Instruments came less than three weeks after Coherent and Lumentum announced a $5.7 billion deal, in which Lumentum would...
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Relocating
BRISTOL, England, Feb. 11, 2021 — Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is moving to a new manufacturing facility in Bristol, England. The company is a provider of advanced wafer-processing solutions for the semiconductor industry. The new facility will allow the company to remain...
Sheaumann Announces Photonics Incubator
BILLERICA, Mass., Feb. 10, 2021 — Sheaumann Laser has announced a new incubator space alongside its recent expansion and relocation. The Incubator @ Sheaumann, as it has been named, will occupy the full 20,000 sq ft on the top floor of the new facility. The space is designated for...
Edmund Optics Announces 2020 Award Recipients
BARRINGTON, N.J., Feb. 9, 2021 — Edmund Optics announced the recipients of its 2020 Educational Award program and the winner of the Norman Edmund Inspiration Award, named for company’s founder. Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners of the Educational Awards in the Americas and in...
Startup Expects to Bring Metalens Technology to Commercial Market in 2022
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 9, 2021 — Metalenz, the Harvard University-originating startup that last week received exclusive license to flat-optics innovations developed in the lab of Federico Capasso, said that the long-awaited metalens technology will likely see introduction into the...
MKS Makes Bid to Acquire Coherent
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021 — Coherent Inc. received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from MKS Instruments Inc. to acquire Coherent in a cash and stock transaction, Coherent said in a press release. Coherent issued the release 20 days after it entered into a $5.7 billion...
Corning Adds to Board of Directors
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 8, 2021 — Corning Inc. appointed Roger Ferguson Jr. to its board of directors, effective April 1. He is president and CEO of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association — College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA) and formerly served as vice chairman of...
Lawrence Livermore National Lab Names Kim Budil Director
LIVERMORE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) new director, Kim Budil, will begin her new role March 2. Budil, replacing Bill Goldstein, will serve as the laboratory’s 13th director. She is the first female director in the...
Donovan Leonard Named Physical Science Director for Microscopy Society of America
RESTON, Va., Feb. 5, 2021 — Donovan Leonard, a researcher in the Deposition Science and Technology group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been elected to a three-year term as the physical sciences director for the Microscopy Society of America (MSA). Donovan...
HORIBA Businesses Invest in R&D Site, Acquire MedTest Holdings
KYOTO, Japan, Feb. 5, 2021 — HORIBA FRANCE SAS, a developer of Raman spectroscopy systems and technology, inaugurated a new site in Loos, France. The facility replaces the company’s former location in Villeneuve d’Ascq. In a press release, HORIBA said the production...
Laser-based Process Repairs, Coats Metal Components at High Speeds
AACHEN, Germany, Feb. 5, 2021 — Fraunhofer ILT (Institute of Laser Technology), in collaboration with three industrial partners from the EVEREST project, developed an EHLA (extreme high-speed laser material deposition) process and system technology to efficiently repair and coat...
Metalens Technology Startup Granted License for Flat Optics Innovations
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 4, 2021 — Metalenz, a startup founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will be bringing metalens technology into commercial development. The startup made its plans public on Feb. 4 and announced...
BPSA Elects Qosina President/CEO to Board
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2021 — The Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA) elected Scott Herskovitz, the president and CEO of Qosina, a supplier of OEM single-use components to the medical and pharmaceutical industries, as an at-large board director. The BPSA, an affiliated...

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