Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Comprehensive Review on Lighting Manufacturers in UK

This edition of the Plimsoll Analysis is the most comprehensive review yet of the UK Lighting Manufacturers industry.

16 Mar 2010

Streetlights Using Seoul Semiconductor LEDs Installed in Spain

Streets will be brighter, tourists safer, and electrical bills lesser in this Mediterranean resort region, thanks to 1,000 new energy-efficient and cost-effective streetlights using Seoul Semiconductor LEDs.

16 Mar 2010

Oculus3D to Introduce First Biodegradable 3D Glasses

Cereplast, Inc., designer and manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastic resins, and Oculus3D, a company focused on film-based 3D projection technology, today announced that Oculus3D will introduce the world’s first biodegradable/compostable 3D glasses as part of the OculR 3D viewing system to movie theaters.

16 Mar 2010

New NEC Digital Cinema Projectors Chosen for VSS-Southern Theatres' Locations

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today an exclusive agreement with Southern Theatres, LLC, management company for VSS-Southern Theatres, owners of The Grand Theatres and AmStar Cinemas, to provide digital cinema projectors at locations in nine states.

16 Mar 2010

Epilog Laser Teams Up with Adafruit to Sponsor iPad Contest

Epilog Laser, the leading producer of CO2 and fiber laser engraving, cutting and marking systems today announced the company is teaming with Adafruit Industries to sponsor the iPad Contest, presented by Gizmodo.

16 Mar 2010

Projector Company 3LCD Maintained 51 Percent Market Share in 2009

3LCD, the world's leading projection display technology, today announced it maintained market share leadership throughout all of 2009.

16 Mar 2010

Corning Reports Strong Growth in LCD TV Retail Sales

Investors got a first look today inside Corning Incorporated’s new Generation 10 LCD glass substrate facility in Sakai City, Japan, and heard good news about worldwide LCD TV retail sales.

16 Mar 2010

Seesmart Seeks Right Distributors to Sell LED Products Across the U.S.

Seesmart, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has limited openings in specific territories for United States Distribution of their innovative LED products.

16 Mar 2010

PureSpectrum's CFLs and Dimming Ballast to Undergo EPRI Testing Process

PureSpectrum is submitting its dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) and will submit its step dimming electronic ballast for linear fluorescent lighting for testing with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), an independent non-profit organization which provides information and guidance for member utility companies which represent more than 90 percent of the electricity generated in the United States.

16 Mar 2010

FBH Scientists Discuss Laser Technologies at Laser Optics Berlin Show

Due to their reliability, small size, high output power and high efficiency, semiconductor lasers are increasingly gaining market share in many laser applications.

16 Mar 2010

Litron Sets Open Door Policy in Laser Welding

It’s been the norm in the laser welding and job shop industry to keep “the process” a secret from the customer. To only tell them what they need to know and not let on about what goes on behind the scenes. Clients are then handed a bill and left to wonder what really happened with their parts, and what they’re paying for.

16 Mar 2010

Cole-Parmer Offers Portable, Versatile Handheld Microscopes

Imagine plugging a microscope into the USB port of your PC or laptop and viewing images with 10x to 200x or even 500x magnification. The latest models of handheld microscopes from Cole-Parmer offer just this portability, convenience, and versatility.

16 Mar 2010

CSMC Uses Soitec's SOI Substrates for Display Applications

The Soitec Group (Euronext Paris), the world's leading supplier of engineered substrates for the microelectronics industry, announced today that the company has entered into an agreement to supply silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates to CSMC Technologies Corporation ("CSMC"), a leading pure-play specialty analog foundry based in China.

16 Mar 2010

RF Micro Devices Manufactures First PV Cell Using GaAs Machinery

RF Micro Devices, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced it has successfully manufactured the industry's first photovoltaic cell using high-volume six-inch gallium arsenide (GaAs) machinery.

16 Mar 2010

LUXEON c LED Reduces Users Operating Costs and Energy Consumption

Addressing the lighting industry’s need for smaller, more powerful, and long-lasting LEDs for applications like refrigerators, freezers, and washing machines, Philips Lumileds today is introducing LUXEON c, the company’s latest addition to its LUXEON power LED portfolio.

16 Mar 2010