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Third-Quarter Semiconductor Market Performance Drives MKS Instruments Past Projections
ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 27, 2020 — MKS Instruments reported quarterly consolidated revenue of $589.8 million, up 28% year over year and nearly $46 million from last quarter. The company reported non-GAAP net earnings per share (EPS) of $1.93 — a 72% increase from last year’s third quarter and 31 cents from last quarter. For the quarter, MKS reported a profit of just under $92 million, and $107 million (non-GAAP). The company’s reported GAAP EPS was $1.66, which represents a 33 cent increase from the
Himanshu Jain Named 2020 N.F. Mott Award Recipient
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 27, 2020 — Himanshu Jain, T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh University, has been named as the recipient of the 2020 N.F. Mott Award. The award, granted every two...
Corning Beats Projections, Reports Strong Third-Quarter Results
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2020 — Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. reported third-quarter GAAP net sales of just over $3 billion, beating 2019’s third-quarter mark of $2.93 million by 2%. GAAP earnings per share (EPS) totaled $0.48, compared to $0.38 for the third quarter of...
Continental Expands Lidar Portfolio Through AEye Investment
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 27, 2020 — Automotive company Continental signed an agreement for a minority investment in California-based lidar company AEye. The companies will jointly develop a high-performance long-range lidar sensor based on AEye’s 1550-nm agile architecture,...
Nanohmics to Test Hyperspectral Imager on International Space Station
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27, 2020 — Nanohmics Inc., in collaboration with the University of Maryland and the NASA Langley Research Center, will send a prototype compact hyperspectral imager to the International Space Station (ISS) where it will be tested for calibration. The launch...
AI, Robotics Spinoff Takes Aim at Road Maintenance
HALTON, England, Oct. 26, 2020 — The University of Liverpool, in partnership with A2E Ltd., an electronic hardware and software design company, formed Robotiz3d Ltd. The joint venture spinoff company will commercialize patented research from the university’s Engineering...
Corning Partners with Pixelligent on AR/MR Optics
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2020 — Corning Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with compound material supplier Pixelligent to further the development of augmented reality/mixed reality (AR/MR) optics. The collaboration aims to use Pixelligent’s optically transparent...
Max Planck, University of Ottawa Collaboration Extended Five Years
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22, 2020 — The Max Planck Society announced an extended, five-year round of funding for the Max Planck—University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics (MPC-EQP). The international collaboration supports workshops, student and researcher...
Teledyne Reports Third-Quarter Sales Decrease, Beats Projections
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 21, 2020 — Teledyne Technologies Inc. reported third-quarter 2020 net sales of $749 million, and a year-over-year decrease of 6.6%, compared to third-quarter net sales of $802.2 million for the third quarter of 2019. The company posted a net income of $93.9...
Luxinar Expands North American Presence
KINGSTON UPON HULL, England, Oct. 21, 2020 — Luxinar announced the establishment of a sales and service office located in Shelby Charter Township, Mich. The expansion aims to provide better support for the company’s North American customers. The laser company has regional offices in...
SMART Global Holdings to Purchase Cree LED Products Business
NEWARK, Calif., Oct. 21, 2020 — SMART Global Holdings Inc. entered into an agreement with Cree Inc. to purchase the Cree LED Products business. The acquisition is valued at up to $300 million. SMART, a developer of electronics industry solutions for the memory, computing, and...
Convergent Photonics Awarded $2.5M for Manufacturing Center
CHICOPEE, Mass., Oct. 21, 2020 — Convergent Photonics has been awarded a $2,581,109 grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative to support the development of an advanced manufacturing center in partnership with Western New England University (WNE). Called a...
Photonics Digital Innovation Hub Lands $22.5M Investment
BRUSSELS, Oct. 21, 2020 — PhotonHub Europe, a newly established pan-European photonics digital innovation hub, has been awarded a €19 million investment from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. The hub will help small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs)...
Inaugural Photonics Spectra Conference to Highlight Innovations in Lasers, Optics, More
Oct 20, 2020 — The first Photonics Spectra Conference is set for Jan. 19-22, featuring presentations in four tracks: lasers, optics, biomedical imaging, and spectroscopy. Each day-long program will feature a keynote address and sessions that highlight the latest...
Lumileds Names Steve Barlow to Lead Automotive Business Unit
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 — Lumileds announced the appointment of Steve Barlow as president of the company’s automotive business unit. Barlow has been leading the LED solutions business unit for more than three years and has held executive leadership roles at Lumileds...
World’s Most Powerful Laser Posts Milestone
MAGURELE, Romania, Oct. 20, 2020 — Engineers of the dual-arm, 10-PW laser system housed in the Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Magurele, Romania, reported an operational milestone when an amplified pulse of 230 J passed through its final pulse...
SemiNex Corp. Opens Office in China
PEABODY, Mass., Oct. 19, 2020 — SemiNex Corp. opened a sales and application engineering office in Liaoyang, China, supporting the high-power laser diodes manufacturer’s business on the Asian continent. Systems integration, product selection, and supply are among the primary...
Photonic Smart Coating Developer SunDensity Secures $2.5M in Seed Funding
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2020 — SunDensity, developers of photonic smart coating (PSC) technology that increases solar power output, announced the closing of $2.5 million in initial financing. Clean Energy Ventures, a venture capital firm, led the round, in which Luminate,...
TOPTICA Announces Change to Executive Group
MUNICH, Oct. 16, 2020 — TOPTICA announced that effective Oct. 1, Thomas Weber has stepped down from the company’s executive board. Weber, the company’s founding board member (operations and finance), is retiring and moving to TOPTICA’s supervisory board....
OFC 2021 Moves to June
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2020 — Organizers announced that OFC 2021 will be held from June 6 to June 10, 2021, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The exhibition will be from June 8 to June 10. The conference was originally scheduled for March 28 to April 1. “By moving...
AdvanTech, Quanergy Partner to Build Lidar-Based Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020 — AdvanTech Service-IoT GmbH, an industrial computing solutions developer, and Quanergy Systems Inc., a producer and developer of lidar sensors and smart perception technology, announced their collaboration to build lidar-enabled 3D Internet of Things...
DARPA Awards $36M for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Systems
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 15, 2020 — As part of its Bridging the Gap Plus Program, DARPA awarded a consortium of universities, biomedical startups, and nonprofit organizations an award that supports the consortium’s development of interventions for spinal cord injuries. The...
TRUMPF Reports 8% Fiscal Year-End Sales Decline
DITZINGEN, Germany, Oct. 14, 2020 — TRUMPF recorded a fiscal year 2019-2020 (ending June 30, 2020) decline in sales revenue of 8%, to €3.5 billion, compared to €3.8 billion for fiscal year 2018-2019. The company’s order intake fell to €3.3 billion, down €0.4...
PhotonDelta Invests in PHIX
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Oct. 13, 2020 — PhotonDelta has announced its investment in PHIX Photonics Assembly, a packaging and assembly company within the European integrated photonics market. The investment provides PHIX with long-term financing for equipment purchases for the acceleration...
Pfeiffer Vacuum Announces CFO Resignation
ASSLAR, Germany, Oct. 9, 2020 — Vacuum systems manufacturer and provider Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology announced the resignation of company CFO Nathalie Benedikt. Effective October 1, Britta Giesen, a member of the company’s management board and designated chairwoman and CEO,...

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