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Laser Industry News 2005 p10:

• Michael Lebby named executive director of OIDA
  June 23, 2005, Washington, DC--The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) announced today that Michael Lebby has been named its executive director.
• Labs and universities purchase nanofabrication tool
  June 21, 2005, Austin, TX--Molecular Imprints has developed a nanoscale lithography tool based on its step-and-flash imprint lithography (S-FIL) technology and has sold its system to a number of prominent nanotechnology centers. These centers include the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley, CA), the University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX), and the Pennsylvania State Nanofabrication Facility (State College, PA).
• M-Flex acquires assets of Applied Optics
  June 16, 2005, Anaheim, CA--Multi-Fineline Electronix (M-Flex), a provider of flexible printed circuit and value-added component assembly solutions to the electronics industry, has entered into an agreement with Applied Image Group (Rochester, NY) and its subsidiary, Applied Optics (Tucson, AZ), to purchase for approximately $6.3 million in cash substantially all of the assets of Applied Optics, which designs and manufactures optical and photonic imaging solutions.
• British Crown dubs former OSA president, Sir Peter Knight
  June 15, 2005, London, United Kingdom--OSA 2004 President, Sir Peter Knight, received formal honors last Saturday from the British Government and was knighted for his research into quantum optics during the Queen's Birthday Honours.
• Coherent buys Tui Laser
  June 13, 2005, Santa Clara, CA--Coherent has acquired privately held TuiLaser AG (Munich, Germany) for Euro 22.5 million (US$27.3 million).
• Canada opens Photonics Fabrication Centre
  June 13, 2005, Ottawa, Canada--The Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and Carleton University officially opened the NRC Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (NRC-CPFC) in Ottawa.
• Konarka and Solaris Nanosciences launch collaboration
  June 8, 2005, Lowell, MA, and Providence, RI--Konarka Technologies and Solaris Nanosciences have entered a joint development agreement to evaluate the performance and efficiency of solar cells made with Konarka's light-activated power plastic and Solaris' metal structures.
• JDS Uniphase expands portfolio with Photonic Power purchase
  June 6, 2005, San Jose, CA--JDS Uniphase Corporation has acquired privately held Photonic Power Systems, a provider of photonic power for the delivery of power over fiber. All eight of Photonic Power Systems' employees, currently located in Cupertino, CA, will transition to JDS Uniphase's corporate offices and will form the nucleus of JDSU's Photonic Power Business Unit.
• Unaxis Optics licenses its patented ColorWheels technology
  June 3, 2005, Balzers, Liechtenstein--Unaxis Optics has entered into a licensing agreement with a major Taiwanese optical manufacturing company for the exploitation of its patented ColorWheel technology for digital light processing (DLP)-based projection display applications.
• CVI Laser acquires Optical Components Inc.
  June 2, 2005, Albuquerque, NM--CVI Laser has acquired Optical Components Inc. (OCi; Covina, CA). This is the first acquisition for CVI Laser since partnering with Norwest Equity Partners (NEP; Minneapolis, MN) in May 2003.

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