Kotura names Samir Desai Vice President of Business Development
05/21/2012
Monterey Park, CA - Silicon photonics manufacturer Kotura, Inc. has appointed Samir Desai as Vice President of Business Development to oversee expansion of Kotura's strategic relationships and business development activities.
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Laser Operations names new CEO and Senior Director of Manufacturing
05/21/2012
Sylmar, CA - Laser Operations, manufacturer of the technology-leading line of high-powered QPC Lasers announced today the appointment of Vittorio Fossati-Bellani to the position of Chief Executive Officer. |
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EMVA names Toni Ventura-Traveset as new president
05/18/2012
Frankfurt, Germany--The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) has named Toni Ventura-Traveset of Datapixel as the association's new president, effective May 4. |
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Rochester Precision Optics launches ASE Optics Europe
05/17/2012
Rochester, NY-–Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) and subsidiary ASE Optics have launched ASE Optics Europe to strength its presence with European customers. ASE Optics Europe provides optical engineering and design for technolog...
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IEEE awards Corning Incorporated with Milestone Award for low-loss optical fiber
05/17/2012
Corning, NY--Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced that it has received a Milestone Award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for the invention of low-l...
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Materials agreement for white OLED lighting announced by Universal Display Corporation and Fraunhofer IPMS-COMEDD
05/17/2012
Dresden, Germany and Ewing, N.J., April 24, 2012 — Fraunhofer IPMS – COMEDD (Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden) and Universal Display Corporation announced an agreement for Universal Display to provide...
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SUSS MicroTec AG acquires 100 percent of shareholding in SUSS MicroOptics S.A.
05/17/2012
Garching, Germany – SÜSS MicroTec AG, a supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, has increased its shareholding in SUSS MicroOptics S.A., Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from 85 pe...
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Jennifer Kruschwitz named 2012 Technology Woman of the Year
05/16/2012
Rochester, NY - Digital Rochester recently presented its 2012 Technology Woman of the Year award to Jennifer Kruschwitz. |
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Edmund Optics' Robert Edmund named finalist for outstanding entrepreneurship
05/16/2012
Barrington, NJ - Optical components maker Edmund Optics' CEO and chairman, Robert Edmund, was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 program in the Greater Philadelphia region. |
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Focal Point, Piezosystem Jena partner to deliver autofocus systems for bioimaging
05/15/2012
Focal Point and Piezosystem Jena, autofocus systems and nanopositioning solutions makers, respectively, have entered into a new partnership to deliver autofocus systems for biological imaging applications. |
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Canadian government awards funds to Genia Photonics and Photon etc.
05/15/2012
Montreal, Canada--Two photonics firms in Quebec, Genia Photonics and Photon etc., have has been awarded financial assistance. Genia will receive $300,000 in repayable funding and Photon etc. will get $500,000 in repayable fundi...
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MARKET INSIGHTS: Photonics shows strength in Shanghai
05/14/2012
Since first opening in 2006, LASER World of Photonics China has established itself as the leading lasers and optics tradeshow in China. |
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