News & Events

All of the banners are attention-grabbing and colorful. Only one group has over 70 companies at Photonics West, more than any of the others.  Something else distinguishes that group. Can you guess what it is? New York is a State, not a country! And yet we compete with countries to develop the optics, photonics, imaging and display technologies (and companies) of the future. And we do it on a shoestring,...Continue Reading

Albuquerque, NM – February 1, 2013 ─ The IDEX Optics & Photonics (IOP) platform announced that CVI Melles Griot will be moving forward as two companies, CVI Laser Optics and Melles Griot, effective immediately. The two companies had been acquired separately and merged into a single marketing name, CVI Melles Griot for several years.  The Melles Griot Optics Group has been based in a 35,000-square-foot facility located on Science Parkway...Continue Reading

Rochester, NY January 24, 2013 IDEX Optics & Photonics is proud to announce that Dr. Turan Erdogan has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Marketing & Business Development and will oversee all of the customer and product marketing activities for the platform.  Prior to assuming his new role, Dr. Erdogan was the Chief Technology Officer for IOP and was responsible for the optics technology and long-range product...Continue Reading

In our continuing effort to promote New York’s Optics, Photonics and Imaging Industry for new business development and employee recruitment, we recently shipped a new banner to San Francisco for Photonics West in February. The banner will be used over New York pavilions at key trade shows. After all, New York is competing not so much with other states as we are with other countries — where similar cluster efforts...Continue Reading

The CEO Seminars are generally scheduled for the first Thursday of each month at 3:30 PM.  The seminars for February and May are being skipped as there are out of town trade shows scheduled which will affect attendance.  In addition, we are rotating the venue to to make attendance easier for some folks.  Host sites will be responsible for food and beverages (alcohol is at the discretion of the host...Continue Reading

RRPC Networking On Thursday, January 24 Semrock held a tour for local RRPC members of its new high volume manufacturing facility. The new facility is located adjacent to their main building in Rochester, NY where Semrock houses over 120 employees. Rob Beeson, Semrock’s GM stated that this project has been a few years in the making in response to market signals for higher volumes of custom optical filters. The new...Continue Reading

Researchers at NASA Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL) have successfully tested a second-generation “Cobra” fiber positioner for astronomy, consisting of two rotary piezoelectric SQUIGGLE motors from New Scale Technologies. The second-generation design reduced the number of move iterations required to move an optical fiber to its target position for collecting astronomical data. Design improvements include modification of the hard stops to minimize friction and improve robustness. Details and test results were...Continue Reading

APPLIED IMAGE Group announced the acquisition of MICROTRONICS Inc, a key USA based “mask maker”. MICROTRONICS manufactures glass masks for the semiconductor, hybrid, MEMS, and electro-optical industries. Masks are primarily used to transfer electro-optical designs from the glass imaged plates (that MICROTRONICS manufactures) to the wafer, which becomes the final microelectronic or electro-optical components themselves. It will operate as a wholly owned division of the APPLIED IMAGE group. All of...Continue Reading

BIS published  proposed rule on Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) To Make the Commerce Control List (CCL) Clearer. Comments must be received by BIS no later than January 28, 2013. The proposed rule is here  (downloads a PDF from the Federal Register) On December 9, 2010, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking entitled Commerce Control List: Revising Descriptions of Items...Continue Reading

A workshop about the formation of a National Institute for innovation in Photonics and Optics Manufacturing Technology will be held at the University of Rochester on December 17th.  A preliminary agenda is attached. The proposed Institute will be part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), a $1Billion program announced by the Obama Administration on March 9th to establish 15 Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation across the country. We feel...Continue Reading