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Laser Industry News 2004 p13:

• GlobalSpec enhances engineering web site
  Troy, NY, March 26, 2004--GlobalSpec, a specialized search engine and online resource for engineers and technical professionals, has launched a more powerful search functionality, deeper engineering content, and "The Engineering Web." Search enhancements include "The Engineering Web," defined as the slice of World Wide Web that focuses solely on engineering-related information.
• NEMI and IEEE CPMT formalize relationship
  Herndon, VA, March 26, 2004--The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI), an industry-led consortium focused on strengthening the global electronics supply chain, and the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) have entered into a formal agreement that outlines key areas of collaboration between the two organizations.
• Newport books multiple semiconductor subsystem orders
  Irvine, CA, March 22, 2004--Newport Corporation has booked three separate orders for semiconductor capital equipment subsystems that total more than $6 million.
• Cree to buy GaN substrate business from ATM
  Durham, N.C., March 25, 2004--Cree has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the gallium nitride (GaN) substrate and epitaxy business of Advanced Technology Materials (Danbury, CT), through an asset purchase transaction. Under terms of the agreement, Cree will purchase the assets of the business, including related intellectual property, fixed assets and inventory, in exchange for cash.
• BU Photonics Center moves forward with Nanophotonics Lab
  Boston, MA, March 24, 2004--The Photonics Center at Boston University announced it has begun building a $1.5 million Nanophotonics Laboratory, scheduled to open this September. The facility will enable engineers and developers from different industries and areas of specialization to integrate advances in nanophotonics, nanobiosystems, and nano-electromechanical systems into application focused platforms.
• Coherent promotes Spinelli to CTO
  Santa Clara, CA, March 19, 2004--Luis Spinelli has been appointed to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief technology officer of Coherent.
• USDC partners with Honeywell on night vision imaging
  San Jose, CA, March 18, 2004--The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) awarded a research and development contract to Honeywell's Defense and Space business (Albuquerque, NM). The $233,000 award will focus on evaluating military night vision imaging systems (NVIS) to provide recommendations to the Department of Defense for modifications to relevant military standards.
• Michigan Aerospace wins $2.1 million LIDAR contract
  Ann Arbor, MI, March 23, 2004--Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) received a $2.1 million, two-year contract from the University of New Hampshire as part of a larger grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to demonstrate its proprietary ground-based light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system (GroundWinds) for measurement of high altitude winds from a platform looking down on the atmosphere (BalloonWinds).
• CIP to showcase R&D capabilities
  Ipswich, England, March 22, 2004 A leading photonics research facility is throwing open its doors to representatives from universities across the country to demonstrate its ability to undertake collaborative research. The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP) based on Adastral Park in Ipswich will host two tours of its facility for university representatives, on March 31 and April 2.
• Wavelight changes relationship with Lumenis
  Erlangen, Germany, March 15, 2004 WaveLight Laser Technologie has terminated its distribution contracts with Lumenis (Yokneam, Israel) in Europe and other areas outside of the United States

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