Optoelectronics Report articles from December 2004

Optoelectronics Report archives from December 2004

SEMI forecasts 59% growth in 2004.
December 15, 2004... CHIBA, JAPAN -- The market for semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to grow 59% in 2004, to the second largest annual level ever recorded, according to the year-end edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment Consensus Forecast,...

Bookham announces further cutbacks.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... SAN JOSE, CA -- Bookham has adopted an additional cost-reduction plan to reduce its overhead structure by an additional $6 million to $8 million per quarter. This plan is in addition to the ongoing cost reductions of $10 million to $12...

Ink-jet OLEDs.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Ink-jet OLEDs: Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, NJ), a developer of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies for flat panel displays, lighting, and other opto-electronic applications, signed a multi-year technology development...

Honored.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Honored: On behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lutz Stratmann, the Minister of Science and Culture for Lower Saxony, awarded the Order of Merit to the founder of Lambda Physik, Dr. Dirk Basting, in Berlin. Basting...

Software eases export compliance issues.
December 15, 2004... BUFFALO, NY -- Coherent (Santa Clara, CA) is among a number of companies that are using an automated software system from eCustoms to ensure compliance with strict export laws designed to safeguard U.S. homeland security. Coherent, which...

IR partners.(Japan Laser Corporation)(Jenoptik Laser)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... IR partners: Japan Laser Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) and Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme (Jena, Germany) have decided to bundle their activities in the Japanese market for thermographic cameras. An agreement to this effect was signed by the two...

LCD glass.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... LCD glass: Speaking at the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, in early December, James Flaws, vice chairman and CFO of Corning (Corning, NY), told analysts that while the company's fourth-quarter guidance was...

U.S. distributor.(RPMC Lasers is appointed distributor for Bright Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... U.S. distributor: Bright Solutions (Cura Carpignano, Italy), a manufacturer of continuous-wave diode-pumped lasers and OEM fiber-coupled laser diode products, has selected RPMC Lasers (O'Fallon, MO), a distributor of multimode laser diode...

Marking partners.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Marking partners: Sherwood Technology (Widnes, Chesire, England) signed a supply license agreement with Domino, a producer of CO2 laser-marking systems, to supply Sherwood's DataLase and Masterbatch marking technologies to the global market....

OFS pursues breakthroughs in fiber-laser design.
December 15, 2004... MURRAY HILL, NJ -- With a new two-year Advanced Technology Program (ATP) award in its pocket, OFS Laboratories is hoping to achieve the breakthroughs in optical fiber design that will enable the performance improvements necessary to spur...

Paradigm Lasers relocates to Washington.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... SPOKANE, WA -- Paradigm Lasers, a designer and manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state laser systems, has moved operations from East Rochester, NY to the Spokane Valley. The company is now operating and leasing a 5000-sq-ft facility at...

Optoelectronics Report 40.(Illustration)
December 15, 2004... Optoelectronics Report 40 52-week Company Ticker Nov. 30 Dec. 13 Low High ADC Telecom ADCT 2.45 2.54 1.75 3.85 Agere...

Dip-pen patent.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Dip-pen patent: NanoInk (Chicago, IL) has been issued United States Patent #6,827,979, the third US patent related to its Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) technology and the sixth issued or allowed worldwide. According to the company, Patent...

Nd:YAG distributor.(Radiant Dyes )(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Nd:YAG distributor: Radiant Dyes (Wermelskirchen, Germany) is now selling the new line of Nd:YAG laser systems developed by Innolas (Krailling, Germany). In addition, Peter Menzenbach has joined the Innolas team as sales manager.

U.S. rep.(Kylia)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... U.S. rep: Kylia (Paris, France), a supplier of high performance optical components based on crystal on silica technology, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Bizzen (San Francisco, CA), a unique sales and marketing firm, to...

Done deal.(Palm Microlaser Technologies AG )(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Done deal: Carl Zeiss AG (Oberkochen, Germany) has acquired Palm Microlaser Technologies AG (Bernried, Germany), a manufacturer of microdissection and micromanipulation systems using laser microdissection and pressure catapulting technology....

Private funding.(Syntune AB )(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... Private funding: Syntune AB (Stockholm, Sweden), a developer of innovative single-chip tunable lasers, raised SEK 42 million (US$6.2 million) in a private equity financing round led by Innovations-Kapital of Sweden and co-led by Teknoinvest...

Fiberoptic sonar sensors target harbor surveillance.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2004... WOODLAND HILLS, CA -- Enhanced maritime security in major ports across the United States may soon become a reality, thanks to a new harbor defense system being developed and tested by Northrop Grumman Corporation to identify and track...

Long road ahead for Airborne Laser.
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, DC -- The Airborne Laser met its objectives when it achieved "first light" on November 10, program manager Colonel Ellen Pawlikowski told a post-test briefing. But while she was happy to report the successful test, she made it...

High-power fiber lasers ready for growth.
December 1, 2004... PORTOLA VALLEY, CA -- Fiber-laser revenues are set to grow to $256 million by 2008 and are likely to have a significant impact on the penetration of high-power lasers into the manufacturing environment, according to a new report from Ashmead...

Changing course.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Changing course: TriQuint Semiconductor (Hillsboro, OR) is exiting the pluggable optical module business to focus on indium phosphide (InP) components, chips, and subassemblies as part of a "repositioning" of its optoelectronics business...

Divesting assets.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Divesting assets: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC; San Diego, CA) signed a definitive agreement to sell its subsidiary Telcordia Technologies (Piscataway, NJ) to Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus for $1.35...

ILDA meeting honors best designs, new products.(International Laser Display Association )
December 1, 2004... LAS VEGAS, NV -- Members of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) honored the best and brightest in their industry with awards for outstanding technological, artistic and career achievement at the group's annual awards banquet...

Frost & Sullivan: Blu-ray battles for top spot.
December 1, 2004... LONDON, ENGLAND -- Competition is heating up between Blu-ray and high-definition digital versatile discs (HD-DVD) as they battle it out to become the next standard optical storage format for DVDs. A new Technical Insights analysis from Frost...

Lighting patent.(OptoLum Inc. recieved a patent for solid state lighting)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Lighting patent: OptoLum (Phoenix, AZ) has been awarded a patent that significantly extends the company's already broad coverage as granted in its original core patent on thermal management of light emitting diodes (LEDs). U.S. Patent...

Licensing pact.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Licensing pact: Molecular Imprints (MII; Austin, TX), the leading manufacturer of Step and Flash Imprint Lithography (S-FIL) technology, has completed an exclusive licensing agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the use...

Fiberoptic gyros.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Fiberoptic gyros: KVH Industries (Middletown, RI) announced today that it has received $1.2 million in new orders for its high-performance fiber optic gyro (FOG) systems. The FOGs included within these orders will be used to provide support...

Tech innovation.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Tech innovation: SEMI (San Jose, CA) has issued a "call for innovations" for the third annual Technology Innovation Showcase to be held in conjunction with SEMICON West 2005 (July 12-14, San Francisco, CA). The application deadline is...

OSA/SPIE report outlines transportation market.(Optical Society of America)(International Society for Optical Engineering)
December 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, DC -- A new report from the Optical Society of America (OSA) and SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering outlines opportunities for optics and photonics in the transportation industry. The report, Riding on Light:...

Optoelectronics report 40.(Illustration)
December 1, 2004... Optoelectronics Report 40 52-week Company Ticker Nov. 12 Nov. 30 Low High ADC Telecom ADCT 2.55 2.45 1.75 3.85 Agere...

Honored.(Christoph Harder )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Honored: Christoph Harder of Bookham (Zurich, Switzerland) received a prominent award for his ground-breaking work on laser technology at LEOS 2004 in Puerto Rico. The IEEE/LEOS 2004 Aron Kressel award was awarded to Harder, Volker Graf, and...

LED license.(Light Emitting Diode )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... LED license: Super Vision International (Orlando, FL), a manufacturer of fiberoptic lighting and LED lighting products, has signed three more licensees to its variable color lighting system patent and its Laidman technology portfolio. The...

Sensor contract.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Sensor contract: Sabeus Photonics (Chatsworth, CA), a developer of fiber optic sensing technology for military surveillance applications, was awarded a $1.3 million development contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to develop a...

Molded optics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Molded optics: Corning (Corning, NY) and Hitachi-Maxell have entered into a nonexclusive licensing agreement that will allow Hitachi-Maxell to utilize Corning's precision molded optics (PMO) patents in the manufacture of aspheric glass...