2008 Industry news
Phyworks recruits applications engineering manager
20 November 2008
Phyworks has appointed Dave Priyan as applications engineering manager to support the company’s expanding range of high performance transceivers, transimpedance amplifiers and equaliser/re-timer ICs.
Seno signs up VisualSonics
20 November 2008
Seno Medical Instruments has signed a licensing agreement with VisualSonics for the exclusive rights to Seno’s Opto-Acoustic small animal imaging (preclinical) technology.
Optis grows North American team
19 November 2008
Light simulation company Optis has expanded its North American sales and engineering teams.
Trumpf opens laser LITE building
19 November 2008
Trumpf has opened a research and manufacturing facility in Farmington, USA to expand production of laser resonators.
Andor increases Japanese sales
19 November 2008
Andor Technology has strengthened its position in Japan, the company reports, since it began its Japanese operations in August 2000 by opening an office in Tokyo.
Laser light scattering company picks up industry award
19 November 2008
Molecular and nanoparticle characterisation company Wyatt Technology Corporation's CEO and founder, Dr Philip J Wyatt, has been awarded the 2009 Prize for Industrial Application of Physics by the American Physical Society (APS).
SPIE names its first senior members
19 November 2008
Twenty SPIE members have been appointed as senior members in a new programme that honours their contributions to the optics and photonics community.
JDSU acquires Circadiant to up SFP+ and 10 GigE tech
19 November 2008
JDSU has acquired Circadiant, a company specialising in SFP+, 10 GigE and other stressed signal test solutions.
MED makes addition to Asian sales team
19 November 2008
MicroEmissive Displays is increasing its sales management team in Asia to provide strategic support to its customers and distributors in the region. Kazuhisa Okamura has been appointed to the newly created role of vice president of sales - Japan.
SPIE signs agreement with Japanese photonics centre
18 November 2008
The Photonics Advanced Research Center (PARC) at Osaka University and SPIE have signed an agreement to cooperate more closely in fostering information exchange and other activities to help advance photonics research.
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Ophir-Spiricon appoints new controller
18 November 2008
'Outstanding' SPIE Lithography Asia conference
17 November 2008
Bookham bags core partner award
17 November 2008
PerkinElmer announces new strategic direction
12 November 2008
Fibre Photonics appoints nonexecutive director.
12 November 2008
Firstsight swaps to Stemmer branding
12 November 2008
Avo Photonics expands technical team
5 November 2008
Schott acquires majority share of Moritex
5 November 2008
Qioptiq Coatings sold
5 November 2008
Optek and Osram partner up for LED tech
31 October 2008
Alfalight fires up $1.36m army contract
30 October 2008
Fiberguide appoints Eastern regional manager
29 October 2008
Meko appoints analyst director
29 October 2008
Oerlikon sells Optics business to Balzers
29 October 2008
Qioptiq opens Singapore site
29 October 2008
Hola from Edmund's websites
21 October 2008
Powerlase appoints apps engineering manager
21 October 2008
Trumpf closes financial year on a high
20 October 2008
P-OLED expert to present at Organic Electronics Week
16 October 2008
Latest on Trumpf and SPI takeover
9 October 2008
Change of MD at Laser 2000 France
6 October 2008
Michelson Diagnostics expands customer base
6 October 2008
Schott bids for Moritex
2 October 2008
Asylum Research appoints executive vice-president
1 October 2008
Dilas Diodenlaser forms business unit
1 October 2008
Avo Photonics expands Canadian operations
1 October 2008
Optis expands North America team
29 September 2008
Intense appoints global marketing VP
29 September 2008
Fiberguide Industries acquired by Halma
29 September 2008
Name change for Glendale
29 September 2008
LaserTechs takes over Koheras laser diode module business
26 September 2008
AILU to host breakfast meeting at Photonex
26 September 2008
Powerlase partners with French fibre laser company
18 September 2008
nLight appoints chief operating officer
17 September 2008
Deposition Sciences appoints sales engineer for US territory
17 September 2008
Avantes acquired by m-u-t
11 September 2008
Rofin to acquire Chinese laser company
8 September 2008
EO continues Asia expansion
8 September 2008
Edmund Optics sees 15 years in China
4 September 2008
nLight acquires majority interest in Optotools
4 September 2008
SPIE names 2009 officers and directors
4 September 2008
Avo Photonics names VP of sales and marketing
1 September 2008
Andor signs LED agreement
1 September 2008
Optis opens North American subsidiary
29 August 2008
SPIE Optics and Photonics sees successful year
26 August 2008
Dr Sue Mason joins Fujifilm Life Science
22 August 2008
UK laser maker bags 2008 Business Achievement Award
21 August 2008
Gooch and Housego appoints product manager
19 August 2008
Photon Science Institute gets laser safe
19 August 2008
SPIE exec elected to Edmund
8 August 2008
Pirelli and CyOptics launch integrated photonics alliance
28 July 2008
Aculight secures funding for laser-based nerve stimulator
25 July 2008
3rd Primes workshop to take place in September
23 July 2008
Optis appoints Pete Moorhouse as vice president of sales and marketing
16 July 2008
Trumpf commissioned to supply laser systems for shipbuilder Meyer Werft
16 July 2008
Gooch & Housego buys General Optics for $21m
8 July 2008
SPIE global development head announced
2 July 2008
Ophir-Spiricon revamps website
25 June 2008
XenICs opens up Singapore arm
25 June 2008
Labsphere appoints VP of sales and marketing
20 June 2008
Eckhard Beyer picks up laser gong
20 June 2008
Ocean Optics announces three-year warranty on spectrometers
20 June 2008
Fibre Technologies unveils future plans
20 June 2008
Photline Technologies merges with AdLightec
20 June 2008
Ultrafast lasers to hit the big time
12 June 2008
Hong Kong Optical Engineering Society launched
9 June 2008
Edmund gets a taste of Italy
9 June 2008
Sofradir appoints managing director for its subsidiary ULIS
9 June 2008
UK Photonics Cluster launches Collaborative Partner Programme
9 June 2008
SPIE Europe Security + Defence event
9 June 2008
PI opens UK office
5 June 2008
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory pats Fiberguide on the back
5 June 2008
Polish photonics club launched
30 May 2008
Former JDSU CTO joins Chiral Photonics board
29 May 2008
Telops hires operations manager
29 May 2008
Winner of Leibinger Research Prize announced
21 May 2008
Photonics' economic and social impacts detailed in European parliament talks
20 May 2008
Bookham expands board of directors with two new members
20 May 2008
Adept appoints applications support specialist
20 May 2008
Teem Photonics hires director of North American Sales and Marketing for Lasers
19 May 2008
StingRay Optics to Develop Catadioptric Lens Assembly
19 May 2008
Orb Optronix expands LED testing lab
19 May 2008
Technology Transfer Award recipients named
19 May 2008
Greenled growing in numbers
16 May 2008
Gentec-EO's website available in Chinese
16 May 2008
Z-Laser opens UK sales office
16 May 2008
Laseroptik doubles capacity for IBS coatings
14 May 2008
Edison Opto joins AbacusLED
13 May 2008
PI reorganises European subsidiaries
12 May 2008
Winner announced for laser innovation award
12 May 2008
Trumpf consolidates Chinese production
12 May 2008
National Instruments to Host NIWeek 2008 Graphical System Design Conference
9 May 2008
Gooch & Housego gets vendor gong
9 May 2008
SPIE Europe's Optical Systems Design event unveiled
9 May 2008
Ground and space exploration synergies drive SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation
9 May 2008
Bookham acquires Laser Controller from Precision Photonics
9 May 2008
SPIE Optics and Photonics agenda announced
9 May 2008
PerkinElmer acquires VaConics
6 May 2008
SPI Lasers scores $3m contract hat trick
6 May 2008
Trumpf opens laser factory in Connecticut
6 May 2008
CEMMNT appoints business development director
6 May 2008
Trumpf opens Japanese production plant
6 May 2008
Powerlase gets royal recognition for international growth
25 April 2008
Lighting Science Group buys Lighting Partner
23 April 2008
Jenoptik celebrates 15-year anniversary
21 April 2008
Rofin-Baasel named supplier of the year
17 April 2008
Photonics group set up to increase collaboration
15 April 2008
Past president accepts SPIE's highest honour
14 April 2008
Olympus opens life sciences R&D centre
14 April 2008
MED appoints operations manager
10 April 2008
nLIGHT receives 2008 Governor's Emerging Trader of the Year Award
2 April 2008
Orb Optronix launches website
1 April 2008
Photonics start-up shortlisted for Business Excellence Awards
1 April 2008
Lambda launches support sites
1 April 2008
Edmund Optics picks director of sales for the Americas
27 March 2008
Microsharp sharpens its precision microstructure coating line
27 March 2008
Ocean Optics appoints VP of Sales and Marketing
26 March 2008
GSI Laser chief announces China and EU expansion
25 March 2008
LML picks up manufacturing award
25 March 2008
Board of Laser Safety names executive director
20 March 2008
Laseroptik reports 100th Express coating order
20 March 2008
Partnership to produce driver and liquid lens for mobiles
20 March 2008
Qioptiq get to the Point Source
20 March 2008
Electronik Product of the Year named
20 March 2008
Nominations for International Laser Innovation Award announced
20 March 2008
Spectrum Detector and SRICO fly high with $100,000 contract
20 March 2008
Dilas opens facility in China
17 March 2008
Envin Scientific moves house
17 March 2008
Molded Aspheres agreement plans to save cash
7 March 2008
GSI Group Laser Division appoints product manager
6 March 2008
nLight names general manager for its Fibre division
6 March 2008
SPI Lasers appoints product line managers
6 March 2008
Optical engineer appointed at Optima Research
6 March 2008
Lawrence Livermore honours Saint-Gobain for NIF Optics
6 March 2008
Powerlase appoints head of engineering and operations to oversee manufacturing
3 March 2008
Optis appoints vice president of finance
27 February 2008
DSI appoints West Coast sales engineer
27 February 2008
Duo makes a splash with liquid lenses for mobiles
26 February 2008
Worcester Polytechnic gets gift from IPG Photonics
25 February 2008
Ophir-Spiricon offers fast track shipping
25 February 2008
Edmund Optics ramps up engineering staff
25 February 2008
Unmanned vehicles, sensors, and space missions scheduled for Defense and Security event
25 February 2008
Bookham hits half-a-million laser mark
18 February 2008
JPSA appoints sales manager
18 February 2008
Trumpf Laser acquires parts of Fisba
13 February 2008
Bookham signs up telecommunications veteran
12 February 2008
Dynasil acquires Precision Optics product line
11 February 2008
Gooch & Housego picks up supplier gong
8 February 2008
SPIE Photonics West - the aftermath
4 February 2008
New website for metrology expertise
4 February 2008
Edmund Optics moves German offices
4 February 2008
National Instruments named as top company to work for
28 January 2008
SPIE Photonics West will move to Moscone
28 January 2008
IMEC goes to Taiwan
23 January 2008
Four million polarisation stabilised VCSELs shipped
22 January 2008
Albany Nanocollege and IMEC to collaborate on EUV lithography
22 January 2008
Global sales appointments at Gooch & Housego
21 January 2008
Artisan Software Tools completes a management buy-out
21 January 2008
NDC Infrared Engineering celebrates 10 year anniversary
21 January 2008
LightPath announces a $10m venture with Chinese partner
21 January 2008
Rofin/ Baasel Lasertech appoints new division manager of R&D Department
18 January 2008
Rofin/Baasel Lasertech appoints new managing director
18 January 2008
Nemoptic appoints CFO
18 January 2008
LightPath announces new CEO
18 January 2008
Intense enters China with A&P Instruments
15 January 2008
Photonex 07: The trends and talk
15 January 2008
Sepnet regroups for photonics financial support
14 January 2008
Five become one global photonics company
11 January 2008
Nerac and Harlin integrate service offerings to UK technology companies
10 January 2008
Peter Allard joins Alpine Research Optics as West Coast sales manager
10 January 2008
SPI expands North American sales team
9 January 2008
LEDs light Scottish bridge
9 January 2008
New deep-UV metrology lab for Alpine Research Optics
9 January 2008
SPIE Europe announces plans for Photonics Europe Symposium
9 January 2008
Cobolt announces new CEO
8 January 2008
Breault Research names new CEO
8 January 2008
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