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Solar Light Company Acquires Gooch and Housego Orlando’s Assets
GLENSIDE, Pa., Sept. 18, 2018 — Solar Light Company Inc. has announced that the assets of Gooch and Housego Orlando have been acquired. The new entity will operate as Optronic Laboratories Inc., from its facility in Orlando, Fla. Optronic Laboratories Inc. will become an affiliate of Solar Light Company Inc.
Apply to Luminate, the OPI Accelerator, by Oct. 1 for Chance to Win $1M in Funding
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2018 — Luminate NY, an international business accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI)-enabled applications, is offering early-stage startups an opportunity to grow their businesses. Luminate NY provides significant support,...
CUNY’s Alù Receives $3.2M DARPA Award
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2018 — Andrea Alù, director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and Einstein Professor of Physics at The Graduate Center, has received a Defense...
Access Optics Gains ISO Certification
BROKEN ARROW, Okla., Sept. 18, 2018 — OEM medical device and defense optics supplier Access Optics LLC has announced ISO 13485:2016 certification for its medical device and quality management systems. The certification is a requirement for regulatory purposes and is an international...
EOT Acquires Laser Crystal Supplier FEE GmbH
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Sept. 18, 2018 — Electro-Optics Technology Inc. (EOT) has announced the recent acquisition of Forschungsinstitut für mineralische und metallische Werkstoffe, Edelsteine/Edelmetalle GmbH (FEE), a supplier of specialized laser crystals located in Idar-Oberstein,...
Veeco Epitaxy System Wins Max Planck Offer
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2018 — Veeco Instruments Inc. has announced that its dual chamber GEN10 automated molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) cluster system won the tender offer by the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics (MPI-MSP) to support world-class research on complex...
UK's Atomic Weapons Establishment Places Order for Optical Surfaces Lenses
KENLEY, England, Sept. 17, 2018 — Optical component and systems developer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from the U.K.'s Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for twelve ultrafast-focusing, 370-mm-diameter aspheric lenses for its Orion petawatt laser research facility. The...
EMCORE to Supply Fiber Optic Gyroscopes for Optical Targeting Systems
ALHAMBRA, Calif., Sept. 17, 2018 — EMCORE Corporation, a provider of advanced mixed-signal optics products, announced that it has been awarded a long-term contract valued at over $18 million over a 4-year period to supply high-performance fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) modules to...
Brimrose Receives SBIR Award for Nondestructive Testing in Additive Manufacturing
SPARKS, Md., Sept. 17, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Brimrose Technology Corp. a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research award in the amount of $149,995 to improve the manufacturing of small modular reactors by means of nondestructive testing. Penn State...
Free Webinars Will Cover Imaging, Lighting for New Technologies
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 14, 2018 — Please join us this September for three new webinars that will address imaging requirements for quantum research; the latest in super-luminant laser light sources; as well as how to achieve the best camera resolution for your application. Go to...
Intel, Philips Accelerate Deep Learning on CPUs in Key Medical Imaging Uses
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 14, 2018 — Intel and Philips have tested two health care use cases for deep learning inference models. In these tests, Intel and Philips achieved a speed improvement of 188× for a bone-age-prediction model, and a 38× speed improvement for a...
Ruettgers Joins Lumicell Board
WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 14, 2018 — Michael Ruettgers has been appointed to the board of directors for molecular imaging technology developer Lumicell Inc. “We are excited to add Mike’s leadership to our board,” said Andrey Zarur, chairman of Lumicell’s board...
Laser Technique Binds Aluminum with Plastic in Injection Molding
DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 13, 2018 — As developers in the automotive and airline industries push to make more efficient vehicles, they are looking for new and innovative ways to design sturdy, lightweight machines. Designing lightweight materials, however, requires carefully joining...
AFL’s Gallagher Appointed to Fujikura Board
DUNCAN, S.C., Sept. 13, 2018 — Jody Gallagher, president and CEO of fiber optic cable manufacturer AFL, has been elected to Fujikura’s board of directors at its annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo. Gallagher is the first non-Japanese board member elected to the board in...
Rostec Installs Mirror at Russian Academy of Sciences Observatory
MOSCOW, Sept. 13, 2018 — Civil and military industrial technology provider Rostec has installed a mirror at the Large Altazimuth Telescope (BTA) in the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in Karachay-Cherkessia. The key element of...
Penn State's Wang Receives NSF Award for Biomarker Research
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Sept. 12, 2018 — Yong Wang, professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award of some $320,000 to develop a technology that will more easily and accurately visualize trace biomarker proteins under a microscope....
U.S. Naval Research Lab Telescopes Being Used in NASA Solar Probe
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 12, 2018 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s expertise with sun-viewing telescopes is being used in NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission to better understand how the sun affects our solar system. Launched in mid-August, the mission to "touch the...
FLIR Systems Acquires Acyclica
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Sept. 11, 2018 — FLIR Systems Inc. has acquired Acyclica Inc., a developer of software for automotive roadway and intersection data generation and analysis. Acyclica’s solutions provide high-resolution, real-time traffic information to transportation...
Robot Equipped With 3D Camera Makes Swift Work of IKEA Chair Assembly
SINGAPORE, Sept. 11, 2018 — Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a robot that can independently assemble the individual components of an IKEA chair without interruption in less than 10 min. The robot uses an Ensenso N35 3D...
Jenoptik Modernizes, Bolsters Berlin Facility with Machinery, Staff
BERLIN, Sept. 11, 2018 — Jenoptik AG has modernized its facilities with new machines and higher staffing levels, saying it aims to prepare for the continuing high demand for semiconductor lasers. A new stepper is used to manufacture laser diodes to increase production...
Latimer Becomes VP of Sales, Marketing at FISBA
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 11, 2018 — Photonic solutions provider FISBA LLC has promoted Wallace Latimer to become vice president of U.S. sales and marketing. Wallace Latimer Latimer will be responsible for FISBA’s overall sales and marketing in the U.S., with his leadership aiming to...
UNSW Orders Aperture Optical Sciences Telescopes
CANBERRA, New South Wales, Sept. 10, 2018 — The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space, a research team located at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), has ordered multiple CC series telescopes from Aperture Optical Sciences Inc. (AOS). These telescopes provide the...
AKHAN Semiconductor Selected for US Army’s xTechSearch Pitch Competition
GURNEE, Ill., Sept. 10, 2018 — AKHAN Semiconductor Inc., a technology company specializing in the fabrication and application of lab-grown, electronics-grade diamonds, has announced that its Miraj Diamond technology has been selected by the U.S. Army to be part of the inaugural...
Flexible OLEDs to Provide Customizable Lighting Functionality in Textiles
DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 7, 2018 — Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (Fraunhofer FEP) have made advances in OLED elements for integrating into textiles. The OLEDs can not only light in color, but can also be designed...
SphereOptics Named Distributor for OSI Optoelectronics
HERRSCHING, Germany, Sept. 7, 2018 — SphereOptics GmbH is now the official distributor for OSI Optoelectronics Inc. OSI’s portfolio includes complete optoelectronic systems and solutions, photodiode arrays, color sensors, silicone photodiodes, and GaAs and InGaAs photodiodes....

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