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LDK Solar Signs Wafer Supply Agreement for 6 Years

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a wafer supply agreement with Silcio S.A. Greek for 6 years commencing in 2008 through 2013. This agreement includes 50 MW of silicon wafer with a fixed amount of deposit.

4 Apr 2008

Sunovia Announces Technology and Manufacturing Breakthroughs by EPIR Technologies

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce technology and manufacturing breakthroughs by EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR). EPIR's research and development efforts have formed a cornerstone for products that enabled the U.S. military's night vision superiority.

4 Apr 2008

Propelling the LED Driver IC Market into the Future

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "LED Driver ICs: Application Drivers, Technology Developments + Product Introduction Trends" to their offering.

4 Apr 2008

LSG Launches Industry's Widest Line of Replacement LED Lamps

Lighting Science Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of intelligent and energy-efficient light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions, has launched the industry's widest line of replacement LED lamps for both commercial and residential lighting applications.

3 Apr 2008

29% Yearly Growth Confirms Leadership for the Seventh Year in a row

Alcatel-Lucent further reinforces its optical networking leadership by consolidating its #1 position with a 24% market share for the full year 2007, according to Ovum RHK.

3 Apr 2008

Joint Laboratory Selects EnviroScope AFM to Aid in Cutting-Edge Physics Research

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced today that the prestigious 'Unité mixte de Physique' (UMP), a joint laboratory between the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and Thales Group, has selected the EnviroScope(TM) Atomic Force Microscope to aid in the lab's cutting-edge physics research. Professor Albert Fert, the 2007 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, manages the UMP laboratory, which is based in Palaiseau, France.

From Veeco 3 Apr 2008

Plasma Video Displays for Cell Phones

At a press conference on Tuesday, Panasonic revealed major changes in its telecommunications and high definition television divisions. New low-voltage plasma technology, partly sourced from AbleComm, Inc., is uniting the two divisions in new product initiatives, including plasma video displays for cell phones to use with AT+T's recently announced Mobile TV service.

3 Apr 2008

Company Awarded Contract to Produce Infrared Window Assemblies and Hybrid Circuits

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. announced today that Thin Film Technology, Inc. (TFT), a unit of its Williams Advanced Materials Inc. (WAM) subsidiary, has been awarded $9.8 million in new contracts to provide Visi-Lid(TM) hermetic window assemblies and thin film hybrid circuits to DRS Technologies Sensors + Targeting Systems, Infrared Technologies Division. The contract is for a period of up to 16 months.

3 Apr 2008

Sensorii Delivers Suite of Enhancement, Camera Control Tools for Outdoor Cameras

Vumii, a developer of highly engineered yet easy to use long-range, day/night surveillance camera systems, announced the introduction of Sensorii, a new software platform designed to provide security personnel with a means to better manage pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) video cameras as well as heighten situational awareness for improved perimeter protection.

2 Apr 2008

Changing 100 Lives in 100 Minutes

In just 100 minutes on Wednesday, April 9, the lives of 100 low-income people in cities and towns across the United States will be changed forever, as their failing eyesight goes from murky to new-found clarity at all distances with crystalens® cataract-lens implants, free of charge.

2 Apr 2008

LDK Solar to Deliver 640 MW of Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to MBPV under Agreement

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a ten-year contract which is a blend of "Take or Pay" linked with market-based pricing to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to India-based Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Limited (MBPV), a subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited (MBI).

2 Apr 2008

EMCORE Corporation Receives Follow-on Order from Concentration Solar la Mancha

EMCORE Corporation a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that it has been awarded a $4.6 million follow-on production order for solar cell receiver assemblies from Concentration Solar la Mancha of Manzanares (Ciudad Real), Spain.

2 Apr 2008

Solar Flares Get Much Hotter When They Stay Focused

A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused."

2 Apr 2008

New Hybrid Contact Lens for People Over 40

SynergEyes, Inc. has launched its revolutionary new hybrid contact lens specifically designed for people over 40 dealing with a vision condition known as presbyopia. The "hybrid" design of the SynergEyes(R) Multifocal bonds a "hard" and "soft" contact lens together resulting in a one-of-a kind vision correction option that provides crisp, clear vision at both near and in the distance in a comfortable, healthy contact lens.

2 Apr 2008

ADTRAN Announces Addition of Gigabit Passive Optical Network Technology to Total Access 5000

ADTRAN®, Inc. today announced the addition of Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology to the Total Access® 5000 Ethernet Multi-service Access and Aggregation Platform.

2 Apr 2008