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Report on additive manufacturing and 3D printing says international competition growing
05/22/2013
In its annual analysis of additive manufacturing and 3D printing, Wohlers Associates says that the US leads with the largest installed base of additive manufacturing users. |
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Silicon photonics company Kotura to be acquired by Mellanox
05/17/2013
Sunnyvale, CA and Yokneam, Israel--Optical interconnect solutions company Mellanox announced its intent to acquire privately held Kotura, a developer of silicon photonics optical interconnect technology. |
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Laser World of Photonics hosted large and varied numbers of visitors, exhibitors, and products
05/16/2013
Economic reps at the Munich event, which drew almost 27,000 visitors from 74 countries, forecast solid industry growth, while 3D printing, medical technology, biophotonics, and resource efficiency were hot topics.
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NinePoint Medical launches OCT imaging system commercially
05/16/2013
NinePoint Medical has launched its NvisionVLE Imaging System—an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system—commercially in the U.S. |
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German VDMA says photonics market grows steadily
05/15/2013
Munich, Germany--The German Engineering Federation (VDMA) released a new report at LASER World of Photonics 2013 that examines 10 photonics sub-segments in all and analyzes them in detail for the 2005-2011 period. Importantly, ...
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Avago to acquire InP component maker CyOptics for $400M
05/15/2013
San Jose, CA, Singapore, and Lehigh Valley, PA--Avago announced the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire CyOptics, manufacturer of indium phosphide (InP) component technologies for communications markets. |
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Sony to commercialize its own form of digital paper
05/15/2013
Tokyo, Japan--Sony has developed a digital-paper device based on electrophoretic technology (the same basic approach as found in the Amazon Kindle reader, whose display is made by E-Ink of Cambridge, MA, the company that first ...
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CVI Laser Optics partners with optics distributor Acal BFi
05/13/2013
Albuquerque, NM--CVI Laser Optics and optical solutions distributor Acal BFi have signed a distributor agreement that covers sales and support of optical components and assemblies in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, ...
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PIXELTEQ adds new vice presidents of operations and technology
05/08/2013
Golden, CO--PIXELTEQ announced the addition of two semiconductor optics veterans to its management team to support its growing portfolio of OEM spectral filters, sensors, and imaging products. |
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Edmund Optics names Agnes Huebscher as European marketing director
05/02/2013
Barrington, NJ--Optical components maker Edmund Optics has appointed Agnes Huebscher as European marketing director—a role in which she will handle all marketing in Europe, including tradeshows, advertising, customer mailings, and e-mail campaigns.
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New director and mission transition at NIF
04/29/2013
Livermore, CA--Jeffrey Atherton has been named the new director of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, effective May 1. NIF itself is making a transistion to user facility. |
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