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Oxford Instruments Partners with Consortium to Speed Quantum Computing
ABINGTON, England, Sept. 2, 2020 — Oxford Instruments NanoScience announced that it will partner with a £10 million consortium to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing in the United Kingdom, led by Rigetti Computing. The three-year program aims to build and operate the first quantum computer in the U.K., to make it available over the cloud, and to pursue practical applications in machine learning, materials simulation, and finance. The consortium includes the University of Edinburgh, quantum software
SCANLAB Parent Company Takes Over 25% Stake in HOLO/OR
PUCHHEIM, Germany, Sept. 1, 2020 — TechInvest Holding AG, parent company of laser scan system manufacturer SCANLAB GmbH, has taken over a 25% stake in HOLO/OR Ltd., a developer of optical elements for industrial applications. HOLO/OR, based in Ness Ziona, Israel, produces diffractive...
Luminar Merges with Gores Metropoulos
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 28, 2020 — Luminar, an automotive lidar company, has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Gores Metropoulos Inc. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company will retain the Luminar Technologies Inc. name and will be listed on the...
AIM Photonics’ New CEO Sets Course for US Leadership in the Integrated Photonics Industry
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 28, 2020 — No one can accuse Michael Cumbo, the new CEO of AIM Photonics, of being risk-averse. In the middle of a pandemic that has had most of us working from home, he left the Bay Area and an executive position at ZYGO Corp. to drive across the country to...
Infinera Announces Leadership Transition
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 28, 2020 — Tom Fallon will be stepping down as Infinera’s CEO. David Heard, the company’s current COO, will succeed Fallon in the position. The transition is expected by the end of 2020. Fallon is expected to remain a member of the company’s...
Low-Cost Microscope from Stanford Takes Top Prize at DEBUT
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 27, 2020 — A team from Stanford University has won the top prize at the National Institutes of Health’s ninth annual Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) competition. The team's device, the onchoscope, is a low-cost microscope designed to...
NSF Physics Frontiers Center to Be Established at University of Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 27, 2020 — The University of Rochester has received $12.96 million in federal funding to host a National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics Frontier Center, in collaboration with researchers at MIT; Princeton University; University of California, Davis;...
Olympus to Acquire Arc Medical Design Subsidiary from Norgine
TOKYO, Aug. 26, 2020 — Olympus Corp. announced it will acquire Arc Medical Design Ltd., a subsidiary of Norgine BV. Under the terms of the agreement, Olympus will obtain full rights to the Arc Medical Design ENDOCUFF suite of medical products. Olympus is assuming...
Scantinel Photonics Appoints Michael Richter Commercial Managing Director
ULM, Germany, Aug. 26, 2020 — Scantinel Photonics GmbH has named Michael Richter its commercial managing director. Scantinel Photonics is a developer of FMCW lidar sensors for applications in autonomous driving. The company is a portfolio company of ZEISS Ventures GmbH, within...
SPIE Adds to Presidential Chain at Optics and Photonics Digital Forum
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 25, 2020 — SPIE on Monday announced that Bernard Kress, a partner optical architect on the HoloLens Team at Microsoft and former principal optical architect at Google X, has been elected to serve as the organization’s vice president for 2021. With his...
Dover Acquires Solaris Laser SA
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 24, 2020 — Dover Corp. has acquired Solaris Laser SA, the Warsaw, Poland-based supplier of laser coding and marking systems. Solaris Laser joins the Markem-Imaje business unit, a global manufacturer of product identification and traceability systems....
Hamamatsu Completes Construction of New Building
HAMAMATSU CITY, Japan, Aug. 21, 2020 — Hamamatsu Photonics has completed a new building for research and development, replacing an old location at the Toyooka Factory site in Shimokanzo, Iwata City, Japan. Construction began in January 2019 and was completed in early August 2020. The...
Schneider Optics Appoints Jim Sullivan VP of Sales and Marketing
BAD KREUZNACH, Germany, Aug. 20, 2020 — Schneider Optics has named Jim Sullivan its vice president of sales and marketing. Sullivan has experience in the metals measurement industry as well as in metrology, and from 2005 to 2017 he served as Schneider Optics’ director of sales in...
Cycle GmbH Appoints Daniel Seiler CEO
HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 19, 2020 — Laser-based time distribution and synchronization systems manufacturer Cycle has named Daniel Seiler its CEO. Seiler, former managing director for IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, has 15 years of experience in the photonics industry. Cycle, in...
Photonic Instruments, Components Driving (and Steering) NASA’s Mars Rover
Aug 19, 2020 — Numerous photonic devices and applications are contributing to the pursuit of microbial life on Mars, or, more accurately, the quest to determine if, among other novel possibilities, such lifeforms once inhabited the Red Planet. Among the hundreds...
WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. Establishes Subsidiary
BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2020 — WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. announced the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary to accelerate the development of its holographic-vision intelligent robots and fabless semiconductor businesses. The subsidiary is Lixin Technology Co. Ltd., and with...
Delta Optical Thin Film Moving into New Facility
HØRSHOLM, Denmark, Aug. 18, 2020 — Delta Optical Thin Film is moving into a new 2300-sq-m facility. The custom-designed two-story building contains a cleanroom, ultrasonic cleaning equipment, diving equipment, automatic visual inspection system, and packing equipment, as well as a...
WaveFront Dynamics Names Kolberg as Chief Commercial Officer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 18, 2020 — WaveFront Dynamics announced that Jeff Kolberg has been appointed as the company’s chief commercial officer. Kolberg previously worked for Johnson & Johnson Vision, where he was responsible for global marketing and commercialization, and...
Cepton Promotes Ramachandran to CMO
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2020 — Cepton Technologies has announced the promotion of T.R. Ramachandran to chief marketing officer. In his new position, Ramachandran will take on an expanded role to advance the company’s product and corporate market efforts, as well as business...
New Management Team at Multiphoton Optics
WÜRZBURG, Germany, Aug. 17, 2020 — Boris Neubert and Benedikt Stender have been appointed as managing directors of Multiphoton Optics. Neubert and Stender take the place of company co-founder Ruth Houbertz, who has served as managing director since 2014.
Sheaumann Laser Expands, Relocates Operations
BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 17, 2020 — Sheaumann Laser Inc. has opened a new 57,800-sq-ft facility in Billerica, Massachusetts. The manufacturer of semiconductor lasers announced its expansion and relocation in July. Supported by a $2.34 million grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing...
II-VI Reports Forecast-Beating Fourth-Quarter Results at Close of Fiscal Year
SAXONBURG, Pa., Aug. 13, 2020 — II-VI has announced its fourth-quarter and fiscal year results. The company reported record quarterly revenues of $746.2 million (up $119.2 million from the quarter ending in March) and quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.18 (up $0.53 year over...
LASEA Acquires the OPTEC Company
LIEGE, Belgium, Aug. 13, 2020 — LASEA, a designer and manufacturer of precision lasers, has purchased majority shares of the OPTEC company. OPTEC, based in San Diego and Frameries, Belgium, designs and builds laser micromachining systems for use in the medical and electronics...
Lake Shore Cryotronics Acquires Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics Business
WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 12, 2020 — Lake Shore Cryotronics, a provider of instruments and systems for measurement and control solutions, has acquired Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics business of Woburn, Mass. Lake Shore will assume marketing Janis Research liquid nitrogen,...
NSF Grants $26M to Institutions to Establish Center for Quantum Networks
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 11, 2020 — The National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding an initiative to establish the Center for Quantum Networks (CQN) as part of its Engineering Research Center project. The five-year project will be led by the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona...

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