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Aide Solar Announces New Polycrystalline Black Frame Solar Panels

Aide Solar, a large-scale producer of photovoltaic modules, today announced that its new 230 watt poly-crystalline black frame solar panels have debuted as an energy-efficient feature on the NextGen “Home for the Generations” at the International Builders Show (IBS) in Las Vegas, January 19-22, 2010. The 1,800 sq. foot home spotlighting friendly products and a greater focus on energy efficiency was built onsite at IBS as part of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s "Builders’ Challenge.”

20 Jan 2010

New EikonTouch USB Fingerprint Reader Now Available from Fulcrum Biometrics

Fulcrum Announces Reseller Agreement with UPEK for USB Readers and Modules

20 Jan 2010

Market Research Report Added on Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Market Review of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation

20 Jan 2010

Market Outlook on Large Area TFT-LCD Panel Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Outlook for the Worldwide Large Area TFT-LCD Panel Industry in 2010 and Beyond

20 Jan 2010

Research Report on Solar Photovoltaic Market in Germany

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The German Solar Photovoltaic Market: A New Era Of Competition Dawns

20 Jan 2010

Saflex Launches New Thin Gauge PVB Encapsulant for Photovoltaic Applications

As solar module manufacturers strive to realize cost structures meeting grid parity, Saflex®, a unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), recently announced the commercial availability of a new thin gauge polyvinyl butyral (PVB) based encapsulant designed specifically for photovoltaic applications. The new product, Saflex PA41, significantly reduces encapsulant usage while maintaining module durability and processing performance. The global launch of Saflex PA41 comes shortly after successful completion of IEC 61646 certification testing on thin film photovoltaic modules manufactured with the Saflex encapsulant.

20 Jan 2010

Lite-On Green Completes 2MWp Solar Plant at IKEA Genk-Winterslag Warehouse, Belgium

Lite-On Tech (2301.tw) today announced its subsidiary, Lite-On Green Technologies, Inc. (LOGT), a PV solar system integration company based in Taiwan with global operations, has completed the 2 MWp roof-top solar power plant at IKEA Genk-Winterslag warehouse in Belgium, which is IKEA’s largest PV solar power plant to date.

19 Jan 2010

Vytran to Showcase Precision Optical Fiber Processing Equipment at California Photonics West Exhibition

Vytran, an innovative supplier of fiber fusion splicing, assembly and fiber-based glass processing solutions, will demonstrate its precision optical fiber processing equipment at the Photonics West 2010 exhibition from January 26-28 in San Francisco, California. The company will also feature its products and technologies at the affiliated Biomedical Optics (BiOS) exhibition on January 23-24.

19 Jan 2010

Odersun's CIS-Based Solar Modules Obtain IEC Certification

With certification for its thin-film modules German solar company Odersun AG starts ramping-up production

19 Jan 2010

X-FAB Offers Foundry Technology for Blu-ray, High-Speed Optical Data Communication

X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analog/mixed-signal foundry, today expanded its 0.35 micrometer technology offerings with the first foundry technology optimized for Blu-ray and high-speed optical data communication applications.

19 Jan 2010

Enhanced Skinny-Trunk 12 Fiber Optic MTP Connector Features Highest Precision Thermoplastic Ferrule

CABLExpress® has upgraded its Skinny-Trunk™ 12 fiber optic MTP (Multifiber Termination Push-on) connector with the industry’s highest precision thermoplastic ferrule designed to lower insertion loss, one of the biggest issues facing data systems today.

19 Jan 2010

Vertilon Announces New PhotoniQ PMT Data Acquisition Systems for Optical Sensors

Vertilon Corporation, a leader in high performance multichannel data acquisition systems for optical sensors, announced today that it has added the IQSP418 and IQSP518 to its PhotoniQ product line.

19 Jan 2010

AMD LASERS Releases Picasso Lite Soft Tissue Dental Laser

AMD LASERS today announced the introduction of the Picasso Lite soft tissue dental laser

19 Jan 2010

SBIR Selects Block MEMS/Engineering for Commercialization Pilot Program

Block MEMS/Engineering announced today that it has been notified by the Army's SBIR Administration that it has been selected as one of the top 25 companies to receive additional support towards commercialization of its technology. The CPP group has gone through a detailed evaluation of all companies in the SBIR program and has selected the top companies that mostly support the CPP mission of addressing high priority Army needs, exhibiting potential for accelerated transition and offering high commercialization potential. Block was selected for its "MEMS Enhanced Laser Spectrometer for Ultra-Sensitive Toxic Chemical Detection" technology, which utilizes a combination of micro-optical and laser technologies to develop an infrared, handheld laser spectrometer.

19 Jan 2010

Researchers Develop New Zoom Objective with Deformable Mirrors for UAVs

Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs deployed on landscape analysis missions carry optical measuring equipment that is required to operate free of chromatic aberration

19 Jan 2010