FLX Forward and Governor Cuomo announce the move of two new photonics companies to EASTMAN Business Park. Avogy and Photonica. 1400 new jobs. Over $1billion investment. Over one dozen New York Photonics CEO’s in the room, including Sydor, Optimax, Optipro, CEIS, RPO, JML. [wpvideo elPDFs2E] The press release: GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES LEADING PHOTONICS COMPANIES...Continue Reading
Paul Conrow has been teaching science at East High School for 15 years. On Wednesday, March 9th, he won the Rochester Museum & Science Center’s STEM Award for Secondary Level educators. But the icing on the cake happened as Conrow and his family were leaving the Strathallan Hotel, walking out the door to go home....Continue Reading
Integrated Photonics could hold the breakthrough. Next month, the worldwide semiconductor industry will formally acknowledge what has become increasingly obvious to everyone involved: Moore’s law, the principle that has powered the information-technology revolution since the 1960s, is nearing its end. The doubling of transistors on a given piece of silicon real estate has already started...Continue Reading
The impact of optics is all around us. Everything is connected to light ― and enabled by optics. But what will be the next breakthrough technology? Discover the power of optics with the Enabled by Optics Contest finalists. Double Helix is on a roll, having just won the Startup Challenge at Photonics West in San...Continue Reading
New York Photonics member and supporter, Harris Beach has achieved a successful jury verdict for Greatbatch Ltd. following a two-week trial in which Greatbatch claimed patent infringement by AVX Corporation cost Greatbatch $37.5 million in lost sales, price erosion, and other value. The trial was held January 11 – 25, 2016 in the United States...Continue Reading
New York Photonics “Second Tuesday” Networking Please join us on Tuesday, February 9th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm for February 2016 New York Photonics networking. The event will take place at the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC). There will be a bar and plenty of hors d’oeurves to sustain your networking and science inquiry fervor....Continue Reading
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today it has issued a Notice of Intent to fund up to two institutes as part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). For its first institutes, the Commerce Department will provide up to a total of $70 million per institute over...Continue Reading
38 representatives from New York Photonics Optics, Photonics and Imaging companies convened on Monday, December 14th to discuss the role of small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s) in AIM Photonics. AIM Photonics is one of the key institutes in president Obama’s National Network of Manufacturing Innovation. Vice President Joe Biden was in Rochester to announce AIM...Continue Reading
New York Photonics is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote and enhance the New York State optics, photonics and imaging industry by fostering the cooperation of business, academia and government.
