4 industry news
news in brief
Photonics21 emphasises
n Bookham has announced
industry impact
plans to merger with
telecoms player Avanex, Optics and photonics scientists and to the quality of life in Europe and Strathclyde, and SPIE Fellow Patrick
creating a combined innovators emphasised the impact elsewhere in the world. Meyrueis of Louis Pasteur Université
company led by Alain of photonics in improving quality Member of the European Strasbourg were among those
Couder, who will serve as of life and driving the economy, in Parliament Malcolm Harbour also visiting Harbour’s committee.
president and CEO. The strategy discussions in December at stressed in his talk the importance Five new members were
company is expected to the third annual meeting of of photonics. He encouraged the elected to the Photonics21
have two telecom divisions Photonics21. audience to communicate this Board of Stakeholders: Hans-
and one non-telecom Members were urged by importance with their EU MPs and Joachim Grallert, professor of
division. Photonics21 president Martin invited them to visit the SPIE Europe Telecommunications at the
n IMRA America and Goetzler, CEO of Osram, to focus on Photonics Europe conference and Technical University of Berlin;
Crystal Fibre have signed key viable activities and by Viviane exhibition in Brussels in April 2010. Eckhard Meiners, managing
a license agreement for Reding, EU Commissioner for Harbour, as chair of the European director of Trumpf Laser Marking
IMRA fibre technology. The Information, Media and Society, to Parliament Science Technology Systems AG; Jürgen Popp, scientific
technology enables Crystal submit fitting proposals for the FP7 Optics Assessment (STOA) Panel, director at the Institute of Photonic
Fibre to further expand its Programme as well as the future hosted a Photonics21 delegation Technology Jena; Klaas Vegter,
product offerings in the FP8 Programme, to help further supported by SPIE and the chief technology officer of Philips
field of fibres and fibre photonics. Reding characterised European Optical Society (EOS) last Lighting; and Berit Wessler, head of
components. IMRA has also the field as a principal driver of the April. Goetzler, SPIE past president Innovations Management at Osram
licensed its technology to economy and a major contributor Brian Culshaw of the University of Opto Semiconductors.
Teem Photonics.
n Hamamatsu Photonics is
expanding its Electron Tube
Intense and Sinclair Systems
Division facility in Iwata City
by revamping its offices.
n
combine for laser food labelling
nLight Corporation has
received $10.7m in the Intense is working with Sinclair ‘super-array’. DLAM technology ‘We are delighted to be
first closing of a new equity Systems, a supplier of fruit enables the construction of very working with Sinclair as a leader
financing, and will use labelling equipment, labels and wide laser arrays from smaller in the food labelling industry
the new growth capital to service, to develop a fully- monolithic arrays. Widths of more on the development of such a
drive continued product integrated module, incorporating than two inches are possible, cutting edge product,’ stated
development of integrated a high-performance laser diode where each channel is capable Berthold Schmidt, VP of product
laser modules and increase array, for use in the labelling of of delivering powers of several and market development
sales in its core industrial, fresh produce. hundred milliwatts. In combination at Intense. ‘This product
defence, and medical The laser print-head uses with advanced optics, this will demonstrates the unique ability of
markets. Intense DLAM technology, allow Sinclair labelling products to Intense to provide integrated high
n Onefive has signed incorporating individually print text and bar code information power OEM solutions based on
om
an agreement for the addressable lasers in an on to fruit labels in a single pass our individually addressable laser
acquisition of Advanced uninterrupted constant pitch at high speeds. array QWI technology.’
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Laser Diode Systems (ALS)
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n Powerlase has opened
Koheras and Arctic Photonics partner up
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an office in Japan, headed Koheras and Arctic Photonics for our SuperK range,’ said Tier 1 customers,’ said Arctic

by newly-appointed Takanori have signed a strategic Koheras CEO, Jakob Skov. CEO, Scott Buchter.
Uematsu. collaboration agreement. In the Arctic Photonics will In addition to the
ch 2009
agreement, Koheras will gain benefit with the extensive technological collaboration,
access to Arctic’s ultracompact, infrastructure available from the Koheras also acquires a stake
short pulsed solid state laser entire NKT Photonics Group, of in Arctic Photonics as part of
f
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technology and its laser design which Koheras is a part. ‘We the agreement.

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competence. are seeing impressive growth n In a separate move, Koheras
‘We see Arctic’s products in a variety of markets for our has relocated its facility to
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optics
www.electrooptics.com
as a very strategic element pulsed laser technology with larger premises in Cologne.
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