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OSA Corporate Member News

Read about OSA Corporate Members making news in technology, business and finance. 

For more information on these or other OSA corporate members making news, or to submit your press release, please contact Angela Stark at astark@osa.org or 202.416.1443

July

Company Title Date
New Scale Technologies New Scale licenses its patented SQUIGGLE motor technology to major global manufacturer Alps Electric Company Ltd. 7/31/08
Goodrich Corporation Goodrich Corporation Acquires Recon/Optical, Inc. Assets 7/28/08
Lockheed Martin and Aculight Corporation Lockheed Martin Agrees to Acquire Aculight Corporation 7/28/08
Ocean Optics Ocean Optics Introduces Video Tutorials 7/24/08
Aerotech, Inc. Aerotech Opens Full Service Subsidiary in Japan 7/18/08
Tessera Technologies Tessera's OptiML Wafer-Level Camera Technology Honored by Advanced Packaging Magazine 7/17/08
IPG Photonics Corporation IPG Awarded Contract to Supply Fiber Lasers to German Luxury Automaker 7/15/08
QED Technologies QED Technologies Honored With R&D 100 Award For Innovative Metrology Tool 7/15/08
PD-LD Inc. PD-LD Welcomes New Sales Manager 7/11/08

June

Company Title Date
New Scale Technologies New Scale Technologies Named ‘Cool Vendor’ by Leading Analyst Firm 6/24/08
QPC Lasers QPC Lasers Ships Miniature 500 Watt Chip-Based Laser to North American Industrial Customer for Metals and Plastics Processing 6/23/08
QED Technologies QED Technologies Announces New and Improved Metrology Tool For Aspheres 6/17/08
Thorlabs, Inc. Thorlabs Brings Two Precision Thin Film Coating Facilities Online 6/16/08
Corning, Inc. Corning Announces Significant Milestone in High-Throughput Label-Free Screening for Drug Development 6/12/08
4D Technology Corporation 4D Technology Announces New Series of PhaseCam NIR Near Infrared Interferometers 6/11/08
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., Piezo Nano Positioning New Piezo Stage Controller Provides Better Trajectory Control for Nanopositioning Systems with up to 6 Axes 6/10/08
Reynard Corporation Reynard Corporation Announces Military Coatings on Galvo Mirrors: Durable high reflection coatings for superior performance 6/10/08
Aculight Corporation Aculight Expands “Argos” Laser Product Family 6/4/08
Aerotech, Inc. Motion Designer GUI software adds trajectory control, analysis and optimisation tools for complex motion profiles 6/1/08


May

Company Title Date
Raydiance, Inc. Raydiance Honored by Two Prestigious Industry Awards for Achievements in Business, Technology and Innovation 5/29/08
JDSU JDSU Software Feature Helps Extend Optical Transmission Distances in DWDM Networks 5/20/08
PD-LD Inc. PD-LD Introduces 905nm Pulsed Laser Devices 5/19/08
Finisar Finisar and Optium Agree to Combine in All-Stock Merger 5/16/08
4D Technology Corporation 4D Technology Announces New Family of Mounting Components for Laser Interferometers 5/15/08
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., Piezo Nano Positioning Nanopositioning Specialist PI Reorganizes Subsidiaries in Europe 5/9/08
Nufern Nufern releases polarization maintaining (PM) Gyroscope and Sensor fibers with reduced coating diameters 5/6/08
nLIGHT Corporation nLIGHT Extends Performance of Long Wavelength Laser Diodes 5/2/08


April

Company Title Date
Newport Corporation Newport Announces High-Energy Nd:YAG Laser 50/50 Beamsplitters 4/29/08
Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin and Rice University Partner on Nanotech Research 4/24/08
Optimax Systems, Inc. Optimax Optics Help Image Mars and Venus 4/17/08
PD-LD Inc. PD-LD Introduces Raman Sources at 532 nm 4/10/08
Ocean Optics, Inc. Ocean Optics Announces Three-Year Warranty on Spectrometers 4/4/08
nLIGHT Corporation nLIGHT Corporation Receives 2008 Governor’s Emerging Trader of the Year Award 4/1/08


March

Company Title Date
PD-LD Inc. PD-LD Provides Critical Video Transmission Modules 3/28/08
GigOptix, LLC Lumera Corporation Announces Agreement to Merge with GigOptix 3/27/08
3M Company 3M to Headquarter Optical Systems Business in Asia 3/19/08
Finisar Corporation Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System EDA Software Selected by Finisar to Support Development of Telecom Optics Products 3/19/08
Tessera Technologies Tessera Receives Job Development Investment Grant from the State of North Carolina 3/13/08
Semrock, Inc. Semrock® Introduces Value-Priced EdgeBasic™ Optical Filters for Raman Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Imaging 3/12/08

February

Company Title Date
Ocean Optics, Inc. Ocean Optics Introduces Maya Family 2/28/08
ColorChip ColorChip Announces Meteor II GPON Class B Enhanced Transceiver Release 2/27/08
JDSU JDSU Unveils All-In-One Solution for Optical Transport 2/26/08
TeraXion, Inc. TeraXion introduces a new wavelength-tunable dispersion compensator-TDCX at OFCNFOEC 2/20/08
Aculight Corporation Aculight Corporation Awarded SBIR Contract to Develop Laser-Based Vestibular Implant 2/15/08
Tessera Technologies Tessera's OptiML Wafer-Level Camera Technology Selected as Finalist in EDN Innovation Awards 2/14/08
New Scale Technologies New Scale awarded third U.S. patent for piezoelectric SQUIGGLE® motor technology and applications  2/4/08
Crystal Systems Crystal Systems Receives Funding for Extreme Intensity Ti:Sa Amplifier Crystals 2/1/08


January

Company Title Date
Nufern Nufern introduces new Erbium/Ytterbium co-doped and Ytterbium-doped LMA fibers 1/22/08
ASML Optics, LLC Strong Q4 Leads ASML to Record 2007 Full Year Earnings 1/16/08
Edmund Optics Edmund Optics Launches New Feature-Packed Website & Discussion Forum 1/14/08
G-S PLASTIC OPTICS G-S PLASTIC OPTICS Announces New Tooling 1/9/08
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., Piezo Nano Positioning Biotech and Optics Instrumentation Benefit from Zero-Wear Piezo Flexure Actuators 1/8/08


December

Company Title Date
Breault Research Organization, Inc. Breault Research Names Dr. Kevin Garcia Chief Executive Officer 12/21/07
Ocean Optics, Inc. Huge Winners Chooses Ocean Optics Fiber Optic Spectrometers for LED Sorting Systems 12/20/07
Optimax Systems, Inc. Optimax Recognized in Rochester Top 100 List and Inc. Magazine’s 5,000 List 12/19/07
Zygo Corporation ZYGO Receives Flat Panel Display Orders Exceeding $7 Million 12/19/07
JDSU JDSU to Acquire American Bank Note Holographics, Inc. 12/11/07
IPG Photonics Corporation IPG Photonics Announces New Results in Thick Plate Welding with 20 Kilowatt Fiber Laser 12/10/07
Bristol Instruments, Inc. Bristol Instruments Introduces Wavelength Meter for Mid-Infrared Lasers 12/5/07
PD-LD Inc. New Patent Approval PD-LD Protects ‘Dicing’ Technology for RGB Lasers 12/4/07

 

November

Company Title Date
Corning, Inc. Corning Cable Systems Announces First Sale of ClearCurve™ Product Solution 11/30/07
Breault Research Organization, Inc. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Discuss High-Tech Visa Reform Legislation at Optical Engineering Firm Breault Research 11/27/07
Raydiance, Inc. Ultrafast Laser to Help Tissue Bank Develop New Tissue-Processing Approaches 11/19/07
Edmund Optics Edmund Optics Receives DOE Energy Saving Award 11/13/07
Coherent, Inc. Ultrafast OPO Provides Critical Wavelengths for Deep Tissue Imaging 11/12/07
Finisar Corporation Finisar Accelerates 10G Ethernet Server Connectivity With the Introduction of Laserwire(TM), an Active Optical Cable Family 11/12/07
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., Piezo Nano Positioning Fast Microscope Automation: Piezo-Z-Stage Speeds up 3D-Imaging 11/6/07
IMRA America, Inc. and Toptica Photonics, Inc. IMRA and Toptica Sign License Agreement on Ultra-Fast Fiber Technology 11/5/07

 

October

Company Title Date
Nufern Nufern Honored as One of Connecticut's Fastest-Growing Technology Companies 10/23/07
New Scale Technologies New Scale Announces Commissioning of its New Micro-Precision Automated Manufacturing Line 10/19/07
Aculight Corporation Aculight Corporation Awarded SBIR Contract To Develop Optical Cochlear Implant 10/19/07
JDSU JDSU and Mintera Form Partnership to Provide Complete 40G Solution to Telecom Industry 10/16/07
Engineering Synthesis Design, Inc. (ESDI) Engineering Synthesis Design, Inc. Opens European Office 10/11/07
Zygo Corporation ZYGO Receives a $4.4 Million Order for Long-Range Night Vision Surveillance Systems 10/8/07
Ibsen Photonics A/S Ibsen Photonics Releases New 1310 nm, High-Resolution I-MON 10/5/07
CVI Melles Griot, Inc. CVI Melles Griot Continues Growth Strategy with Acquisition of Coherent Imaging Optics 10/2/07


September

Company Title Date
Penn State Electro-Optics Center PSU Inks $25 Million Navy Contract 9/28/07
Aculight Corporation Aculight Ranked Number 32 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington State 9/28/07
Colorado Photonics Industry Association Photonics Industry Association Grows into Tenth Year with New Director

9/21/07
PennWell Corp. PennWell to Launch BioOptics World Magazine and Website

9/18/07
Thorlabs, Inc. Thorlabs and Boston Micromachines Partner to Further Deploy Deformable Mirrors to the Photonics Industry 9/18/07
Photop Technologies, Inc. Photop Acquires OPDM 9/14/07
Luna Technologies Inc. Luna Technologies Announces the Optical Vector Analyzer ELp for Economical Polarization Characterization of Fiber Optic Components and Systems 9/12/07
TeraXion Inc. TeraXion Ships its 2000th Tunable Dispersion Compensators for 40 Gb/s Application 9/10/07
JDSU JDSU Advances Tunable "Transmitter-on-a-Chip" Technology 9/5/07


August

Company Title Date
Nufern Mode-filtered optical amplifier technology wins R&D 100 Award 8/29/07
IPG Photonics Corporation IPG Photonics Awarded $3.8 Million Contract to Supply Fiber Lasers to the U.S. Navy 8/27/07
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., Piezo Nano Positioning Piezo Technology Speeds Up Inner Ear Research 8/27/07
4D Technology 4D Announces PhaseCam 5030 8/20/07
Goodrich Corporation DARPA Selects Goodrich for Continued Development of Night Vision Technology 8/20/07
New Scale Technologies New Scale announces two new motor controllers for its miniature piezoelectric SQUIGGLE motors 8/20/07
Ocean Optics Ocean Optics Spectrometer selected for NASA LCROSS Mission to search out lunar water 8/16/07


July

Company Title Date
Coherent, Inc. Coherent Introduces New, High Power Yellow Laser 7/23/07
Corning, Inc. Corning Announces Breakthrough Fiber Optic Technology 7/23/07
Univ. of Central Florida, CREOL & FPCE, The College of Optics & Photonics UCF, Holochip Corp. Announce Global Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents 7/19/07
Raydiance, Inc. Raydiance and Food and Drug Administration Sign Cooperative Research and Development Agreement 7/16/07
Tessera Technologies Tessera and Alps Sign New Wafer Level Optics License Agreement 7/16/07

June

Company Title Date
Nufern Nufern releases fully functional 200W fiber laser designed to be industry’s most flexible & accessible 6/29/07
Timbercon, Inc. Timbercon Ranks 35th on the Portland Business Journal's Fastest Growing Private Companies for 2007 6/25/07
Aculight Corp. Aculight Corp. to help ready solid-state lasers for military and aerospace applications 6/14/07
Melles Griot, Inc. Melles Griot Announces New Yellow and Blue Solid-State Lasers with Fiber Beam Delivery 6/14/07
TeraXion, Inc. and JDSU JDSU selects TeraXion’s FBG filters for its fiber-based visible-wavelength solid-state laser 6/14/07
Newport Corp. Newport Launches the Pantera(TM) High-Power Picosecond Ultraviolet Laser 6/5/07
PennWell Corp. PennWell Acquires LEDs Magazine 6/1/07


May

Company Title Date
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. New Motion Controller Enables Picometer Positioning Resolution 5/31/07
QPC Lasers QPC Lasers Successfully Completes $9.5 Million Financing 5/30/07
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester University of Rochester Dedicates Goergen Hall 5/16/07
Corning, Inc. Corning Wins Two Major Awards for EAGLE XG™ 5/14/07
JDSU JDSU Acquires Innocor 5/10/07
Thorlabs, Inc. PhAST and Laser Focus World Select Thorlabs, Inc. to Receive Innovation Award 5/7/07
CVI Laser, LLC CVI Signs Agreement to Acquire Melles Griot 5/2/07
Breault Research Organization, Inc. Breault Research Organization (BRO) Partners with SolidWorks to Become OEM Distributor 5/1/07


April

Company Title Date
Coherent, Inc. Coherent, Inc. Acquires Nuvonyx, Inc. 4/26/07
Ocean Optics OmniDriver Spectroscopy Platform Eliminates Java Programming Dependence 4/24/07
IPG Photonics New China Office Capitalizes on Growth 4/16/07
Fiberxon, Inc. Fiberxon Named ZTE 2007 Best Global Partner 4/11/07
Photop Photop and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Create Joint Lab 4/9/07
Xponent Photonics Xponent Photonics Funding Round Nets $23 Million 4/5/07
Photonics Products Group, Inc. Photonics Products Group, Inc. Reports Profitable FY 2006 4/2/07


March

Company Title Date
Santur Corporation Santur to Supply StrataLight with Widely Tunable Lasers for 40G 3/27/07
Nufern Nufern Releases New Fibers for Couplers and FBGs 3/26/07
TeraXion Inc. TeraXion introduces New Dispersion Compensation Products at OFC/NFOEC 3/22/07
Coherent, Inc. Coherent Introduces New High Reliability CO2 Lasers 3/16/07
RSoft Design Group RSoft Announces a New Advanced CAD System for Photonics 3/16/07
Zygo Corporation ZYGO Facility Receives Certification for Medical Product Manufacturing 3/15/07
Covega Corporation Former Nortel Networks Executive Joins Covega Corporation’s Board of Directors 3/14/07
Polatis, Inc. Polatis Expands Worldwide Sales Force 3/13/07
QED Technologies QED Technologies Announces New Metrology Tool for Aspheres 3/13/07

February

Company            Title  Date
JDSU JDSU to Acquire Picolight 2/27/07
Lambda Research Corporation Lambda Research Corporation Announces The Release of OSLO® 6.4.3 Optical Design Software for Windows and Linux Platforms 2/21/07
New Scale Technologies SQUIGGLE Motor is Finalist for "Ultimate Product of the Year" Honors in Prestigious 2007 EE Times ACE Awards Competition 2/20/07
Ocean Optics Ocean Optics Releases OmniDriver Spectroscopy Development Platform For Universal USB Spectrometer Control 2/20/07
Avo Photonics Inc. Avo Photonics Expands Volume Manufacturing Operations 2/12/07
Corning Inc. Corning Outlines Growth Businesses 2/9/07
Edmund Optics Edmund Optics Presents Broadband Mirrors 2/5/07

January

Company            Title  Date
Tower Optical Corp. Tower Optical Launches Photonics Internet Site 1/22/07
Santur Corp.  Paul Meissner Joins Rapidly Growing Santur as CEO – Santur Continues to Build out Management Team 1/10/07
JDSU  JDSU to Acquire Casabyte; Expands Service Assurance Capabilities 1/4/07
Thorlabs Inc. Thorlabs Inc, purchses OFR, supplier of critical optical components 1/2/07