First Thursdays of the Month Lennox Tech Center Multimedia Room The RRPC and Worldleaders continue their series for CEO members that are interested in enabling their organizations to win more sales. The program is delivered by Worldleaders Sales Solutions and designed to provide a fact-based training approach specifically for RPPC CEO’s.  It’s not sales pitch. ...Continue Reading

QED Technologies, pioneer and exclusive provider of Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF®) polishing and Subaperture Stitching Interferometry (SSI®) metrology platforms for the precision optics industry, announced the introduction of a new service: QED Optics. QED Optics specializes in precision optics polishing and metrology services using QED’s MRF and SSI technologies.  Services are offered on a contract basis...Continue Reading

APOMA General Meeting at Photonics West Ballroom A – Intercontinental Hotel 8:30-10am, Wednesday, 25 January, 2012 Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 elements that have valuable uses in optics, energy and military equipment. REEs gained global attention when prices began to rise in 2009, a trend that continued into 2011. During this...Continue Reading

Establishing The Pipeline For New Talent In 2006 it became clear to RRPC Members that the Monroe Community College Optics program, the only program of its kind in the nation, was in dire straights. With very few annual registrations and fewer graduates, the program was a clear target for elimination by the College. The RRPC,...Continue Reading

SEMATECH Means Opportunity Regional optics, photonics and imaging companies have been trying to reach out to Albany Nanotech since the school’s inception. To date, UA staff have been unwilling to host meetings of a technical nature with RRPC / New York Photonics members under our own auspices, and have encouraged companies to participate in technology...Continue Reading