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EKSMA Optics Opening New Facility
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Feb. 4, 2021 — EKSMA's new facility, currently under operation. Courtesy of EKSMA. Precision optical components developer and manufacturer EKSMA Optics will move to a new 23,950-sq-ft (7300-sq-m) facility. The complex will house the Lithuanian company’s headquarters, allowing EKSMA to remain based in the city of Vilnius. Construction on the site is scheduled to be completed this year. The company currently operates its manufacturing facilities and headquarter offices in separate locations in
American Resources Corp. Acquires Rights to Environmentally Critical Purification Tech
FISHERS, Ind., Feb. 4, 2021 — American Resource Corp. acquired exclusive rights to critical rare-earth element separation and purification technologies from Hasler Ventures LLC and Purdue University, the company announced. The acquisition expands the company’s capabilities...
PicoQuant Adds to North American Sales Team
BERLIN, Feb. 4, 2021 — PicoQuant GmbH, a developer of instrumentation for time-resolved fluorescence and single-photon counting, picosecond pulsed diode lasers, and microscopy and spectroscopy systems, added Michael Holmes to its sales team in the U.S. Holmes will provide...
Covesion Relocating to Larger Site
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 3, 2021 — Covesion Ltd., a spinout company from Stratophase Ltd. and the University of Southampton, is relocating to accommodate the ongoing expansion of its team and the need for more laboratory space. The optical materials company says it plans to move...
Peter Van Nooten Joins Intlvac Engineering Team
GEORGETOWN, Ontario, Feb. 3, 2021 — Intlvac Thin Film Corp. has named Peter Van Nooten as a member of its engineering team. He will lead the Fiber Metalization and Coating Department. Intlvac specializes in high-vacuum systems, processes, and thin-film coatings through continuous...
Salvo Technologies Acquires Spectrecology
SEMINOLE, Fla., Feb. 3, 2021 — Salvo Technologies, a technology-based holding company, has acquired Spectrecology, a distributor of spectrometers and imaging and sensing products. The acquisition bolsters Salvo Technologies’ manufacturing base, adding complementary...
TRUMPF Names Industry, Tech and Sales Consultancy Managers
FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 3, 2021 — TRUMPF named Eliana Fu as its laser division’s industry manager of aerospace and medical, and has named Brett Thompson as TruLaser technology and sales consultancy manager. Fu will report to Pat Grace, general industry sales manager for the...
US-Based Consortium Purchases Majority Stake in 3D-Micromac AG; Company Makes Changes to Board
CHEMNITZ, Germany, Feb. 3, 2021— A consortium of U.S. investors acquired a majority stake in laser micromachining and laser processing developer 3D-Micromac AG, the company reported. Company founder and previous majority shareholder Tino Petsch has sold part of his share package...
Jean-Noël Maran Appointed CEO at Coractive
QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 2, 2021 — Jean-Noël Maran is now CEO of Coractive, a provider of specialty optical fibers and fiber lasers. Maran has spent 13 years with the company, serving as director of innovation since 2015. Prior, he served as a project manager. He holds a Ph.D....
Micro-LAM Joins Precision Advancement Center of Excellence
PORTAGE, Mich., Feb. 2, 2021 — Micro-LAM, a manufacturer of laser-assisted systems for ultraprecision machining, joined three business units in AMETEK’s Ultra-Precision Technology group. The combination forms the Precision Advancement Center of Excellence (PACE) in the...
Cepton Names VP of Finance and Strategy
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2021 — Lidar solutions developer Cepton named Hull Xu vice president of finance and strategy, filling a newly created role. Xu will oversee financial reporting and planning, capital raising, investor relations, and corporate development activities. He...
International Consortium to Develop Photonic Tools for Deep Brain Imaging
GENOA, Italy, Feb. 1, 2021 — In the amount of €5.7 million (approximately $7 million), the European Union is funding a 12-partner, eight-country project aimed at developing photonic technologies to access and image deep regions of the brain. Funded for the next four years,...
Olympus to Acquire Quest Photonic Devices
TOKYO, Feb. 1, 2021 — Olympus Corp. is acquiring Quest Photonic Devices BV, a developer of multispectral imaging solutions serving medical markets. The deal is worth up to approximately $60.7 million (€50 million). Olympus, in a press release, said the planned...
Leica Microsystems, Imperial College London Launching Imaging Hub
LONDON, Jan. 29, 2021 — Leica Microsystems, a developer and manufacturer of microscopes and scientific instruments for the analysis of micro- and nanostructures, and Imperial College London are establishing a dedicated hub for optical imaging at Imperial. The Leica and...
Federico Capasso Awarded 2021 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 27, 2021 — OSA will present Federico Capasso with the 2021 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize, which recognizes overall distinction in optics. Capasso, the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in...
For Lumentum, Coherent Acquisition Is Timely, Complementary, Analysts Say
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27, 2021 — Following Lumentum’s $5.7 billion acquisition of laser pioneer Coherent last week, analysts speaking to Photonics Media said the deal is poised to accelerate Lumentum’s presence in the telecom/datacom and 3D sensing sectors in which it...
Vector Photonics Leads £1.5M Consortium
GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. 27, 2021 — Vector Photonics is leading the £1.5 million BLOODLINE project, an international consortium project developing PCSEL-based (photonic crystal surface-emitting laser) chips for 3D metal laser printing, funded by Innovate UK. According to a 2019...
AIM Photonics Announces Interim Leadership
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2021 — John Bowers, AIM Photonics’ deputy CEO and a distinguished professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will serve as acting executive director of AIM Photonics beginning Feb. 1. NY CREATES (New York Center for Research, Economic...
Ushio Europe’s German Lighting Business to Merge with Sister Company
OUDE MEER, Netherlands, Jan. 25, 2021 — Ushio Europe’s German business, Ushio Deutschland GmbH, is merging with BLV Licht- und Vakuumtechnik GmbH, its sister company and a producer of lighting systems for horticultural applications. The combined company will operate as Ushio Germany...
ALLS Laboratory at INRS Becomes LaserNetUS' 1st International Member
QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 22, 2021 — The Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) laboratory of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has received more than $12 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Quebec government to bolster the...
LMI Technologies Names Mark Radford CEO
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 22, 2021 — LMI Technologies announced that Mark Radford, who currently serves as the company’s chief operating officer, will succeed Terry Arden as CEO. Arden will step down from the position but will remain with the company on a part-time basis as its...
EV Group Opens Customer Training Facility
ST. FLORIAN, Austria, Jan. 21, 2021 — EVG (EV Group), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology, and semiconductor markets, has launched EVG Academy, a training facility for customers. Located at the company’s headquarters in St. Florian,...
DZS Acquires Optelian
PLANO, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021 — DZS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Optelian, an optical networking company based in Ottawa, Ontario, and its portfolio of optical transport solutions. Optelian’s solutions have completed the Telcordia OSMINE certification process...
EU Project's Low-Cost Sensors to Monitor Air Quality
CORK, Ireland, Jan. 20, 2021 — Munster Technological University (Ireland) has launched a €7 million, EU-funded research project called PASSEPARTOUT at its Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA). The project aims to develop low-cost optical sensors to be...
MEMS Resonator Based on Gallium Nitride Maintains Stability at High Temperature
KAWAGUCHI, Japan, Jan. 19, 2021 — A MEMS resonator that achieves operational stability under high temperatures by regulating the strain of imparted heat from gallium nitride has demonstrated qualities that show its promise as a highly sensitive oscillator device in the pursuit of...

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