Optoelectronics Report articles from January 2004

Optoelectronics Report archives from January 2004

Scipher shuts down MicroVue.
January 15, 2004... LONDON, ENGLAND -- Troubled technology development and licensing company Scipher plc has announced the closure of its subsidiary MicroVue. With premises in Dalgety Bay, Scotland and a proposed facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan, MicroVue was jointly...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 15, 2004... In the January 1, 2004 OER, there was an error in the article "World markets offer laser makers some success" in the section "Defense and industrial markets." The revenues for Thales (Paris, France) in the first half of 2003 were actually...

OLED market.
January 15, 2004... OLED market: Kyocera (Kyoto, Japan) is entering the organic laser-emitting diode (OLED) display business following the acquisition of International Display Technology, a TFT LCD subsidiary of leading Taiwanese LCD manufacturer ChiMei...

R&D pact.
January 15, 2004... R&D pact: The Air Force Research Laboratory (Kirtland Air Force Base, NM) and Ionatron (Tucson, AZ) have signed a research agreement to permit joint research on ultrashort, ultra-high-intensity lasers to produce ionized optical, plasma...

European photonics industry forms consortium.
January 15, 2004... PARIS, FRANCE -- The beginning of 2004 saw a boost for the European photonics industry in the form of the newly founded European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), established to "create and maintain sustainable growth for the industry."...

Princeton Lightwave woos three Epitaxx execs.
January 15, 2004... CRANBURY, NJ -- Princeton Lightwave, a manufacturer of near-infrared lasers and application-specific detectors for communications, instrumentation, and defense, has appointed three new senior executives in R&D and operations, all formerly...

Global laser market grew 15% in 2003.
January 15, 2004... NASHUA, NH -- Despite the general economic malaise of the past few years, sales of all types of lasers grew 15% in 2003 over 2002 to reach $4.9 billion, according to the latest Laser Focus World market survey (see OER, January 1, 2004). This...

New leadership.
January 15, 2004... New leadership: James Bilbro, assistant director and chief technician for optics at Marshall Space Flight Center NASA, was elected 2004 president of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE; Bellingham, WA). Malgorzata...

U.S. distributor.
January 15, 2004... U.S. distributor: Advanced Laser Diode Systems (Berlin, Germany), a supplier of picosecond laser diode systems and ultrafast photo detectors for OEM, life science, and telecommunications applications, has appointed Market Tech (Scotts Valley,...

Series C.
January 15, 2004... Series C: OmniGuide Communications (Cambridge, MA) closed a $15 million Series C financing round. New investors are Westbury Partners, which led the round, and Gainesborough Investments. First-round investors Ray Stata, OmniGuide's acting CEO...

Back issues.
January 15, 2004... Back issues: A long-time reader of Laser Focus World magazine is offering, free of charge, early issues of the magazine to anyone who is interested in taking them off his hands. Available are all issues from 1965 to 1980, with the exception...

Cognex eyes profitable future in machine vision.
January 15, 2004... NATICK, MA -- Machine vision systems developer Cognex has formed two new teams within its Modular Vision Systems Division to focus on new markets and applications. "Since the mid-1980s, the growth driver in our business has been the...

Forum to focus on bio-optics and defense.
January 15, 2004... NASHUA, NH -- Penn Well Corporation and Breault Research Organization have partnered to bring the investment community a conference designed to highlight opportunities in optics technologies and applications. Sponsored by Laser Focus World...

Optoelectronics Report 40.
January 15, 2004... Optoelectronics Report 40 Company Ticker Dec. 15 Jan. 14 ADC Telecom ADCT 2.63 3.59 Agere Systems AGRa 2.95 3.40 Agilent A ...

Industrial lasers.
January 15, 2004... Industrial lasers: The University of Michigan College of Engineering is sponsoring the Automotive Laser Application Workshop (ALAW) 2004 conference, March 8-10 2004. The theme for ALAW 2004 is Laser Tehnologies: Flexibility, Speed, and...

New COO.
January 15, 2004... New COO: Ricardo Diaz has been appointed COO of StockerYale (Salem, NH). He will be based at the company's Montreal (Canada) facility and will oversee operations in Montreal, Salem, and Cork, Ireland. Diaz was previously a general manager for...

Patent challenge.
January 15, 2004... Patent challenge: Olympus Corporation has submitted a request to the US Patent and Trademark Office to re-examine certain claims on a patent owned by Given Imaging (Yokneam, Israel). According to Given officials, the process is expected to be...

Biometrics market gets government boost.
January 15, 2004... NASHUA, NH -- Traditionally defined as "the statistical analysis of biological observations and human phenomena," the concept of biometrics has been around for centuries. Today biometric applications range from law enforcement and homeland...

Laser markets see 15% growth in 2003: review and forecast, part 1: nondiode lasers.
January 1, 2004... The Laser Focus World 2004 annual review and forecast of the laser markets is conducted in conjunction with Strategies Unlimited, an optoelectronics market research firm based in Mountain View, CA. Part I of the review reports on the overall...

Where the numbers come from.
January 1, 2004... The Laser Focus World Annual Review and Forecast of the Laser Marketplace is based on a worldwide survey of laser producers and covers 27 types of lasers and 20 applications. Information about diode-laser markets is provided by Strategies...

World markets offer laser makers some success.
January 1, 2004... LONDON, ENGLAND--Sadly, 2003 proved to be a lackluster year for the laser and electro-optics industry in Europe. Not only was the telecom market still firmly in the doldrums, but other sectors were hit as well. (Ed. Note: At year's end, three...

Industrial lasers survive roller-coaster ride.
January 1, 2004... STURBRIDGE, MA--The industrial laser market in 2003 took more twists and turns than a roller coaster at an amusement park. Going into 2003 the industry was mildly optimistic that the corner had been turned and that 2003 would be the...

Medical market reverses downward trend.
January 1, 2004... NASHUA, NH--Sales of medical-laser equipment remained flat throughout 2003, reflecting the economic doldrums in most of the major world markets. With the bulk of the revenues in this market still depending on consumer-based applications in...