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Mirror Tech Days July 31 – August 3, 2012 Hyatt Regency, Rochester, NY USA The Only Conference of Its Kind Every year Tech Days summarizes the USA Government’s investment strategies and activities in developing technology for any application requiring optical components (e.g. telescopes, imaging systems, seeker/trackers, high-energy laser systems, solar energy, etc.). Tech Days covers technology investment efforts in: optical materials; substrate design & manufacture; optical fabrication and metrology technology;...Continue Reading

The Rochester Engineering Society is hosting a networking event for engineering professionals and students.  The format will be casual with opportunities to meet with others in the engineering community, a reception-style setting with simple cheese tray and cash bar. Wednesday, March 21st 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Avenue, Rochester To help energize the evening’s interactions, noteworthy leaders from the “Imaging City” will give short presentations...Continue Reading

Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) invites you to attend the 7th annual CCMR Facilities 101 Date: Thursday April 5th Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Location: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cost: $55.00 Facilities101 is an in-depth introduction to the laboratories, equipment, and staff managed by the CCMR and made available to industry. This 1-day course provides an opportunity to meet the technical staff managing these facilities, take tours of...Continue Reading

The Wall Street Journal reports: Following 12 straight years of declines, U.S. manufacturers added 109,000 workers to their payrolls in 2010 and another 237,000 in 2011. And in January of this year, the number of manufacturing jobs increased by 50,000. Yet this vibrant sector is being held back—and not by imports. Instead there is a serious labor shortage. In an October 2011 survey of American manufacturers conducted by Deloitte Consulting...Continue Reading

Photonics West 2012 exceeded 1210 exhibiting companies, and once again drew record attendance. Every company that we talked to at Photonics West is enjoying a backlog, but after the recent economic sleigh ride, remains cautious. Registration attendance was 20,324 (up 4.8% over 2011) 5,487 Conference Attendees 8,130 Exhibition-Only Visitors (an increase of 6.3%) 6,707 Exhibitor Representatives 61 Technical Courses and Workshops 4348 Technical Presentations in 74 Conferences A look ahead...Continue Reading

IDEX Corporation Forms Optics & Photonics Platform Albuquerque, N.M. – January 24, 2012 –  Driven by rising demand for custom-engineered solutions for photonics-enabled instrumentation, the IDEX Optics & Photonics (IOP) platform  combines mission-critical technology, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities with proven IDEX commercial and operational excellence tools to provide its customers with shorter time-to-market and unparalleled collaboration, quality, and service. The IOP platform currently consists of three business units:  ATFilms, CVI...Continue Reading

2011 was an odd year.  The volatility reminded me of the Led Zeppelin song, “Dazed and Confused.”  The S&P 500 moved at least 2% on more than 60 days (which in 2005, for example, it didn’t do once).  Those people who have superior information and market sense — traders and professional money managers – did a poor job.  Most money managers underperformed their indices. Meanwhile, at the start of the...Continue Reading

Cosmo Optics,  Advanced Glass Industries, EMF and Corning collaborated on a project to help scientists study the smallest building blocks of matter and test the fundamental theories of physics. Cosmo Optics in the Town of Wallkill, NY has done the fine detail work to turn a 256-pound chunk of flawless fused silica — quartz — into a prism for particle physics experiments by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and French...Continue Reading

Roger Linder recently joined the QED team as North American Sales Manager.  Roger graduated from the R.I.T. School of Engineering and is a licensed Engineer in the State of New York.  His experience includes a wide array of engineering in both the municipal and private consultation sectors.   Additionally, Roger has been selling engineered components for over 12 years in the industrial, power generation and food and beverage disciplines.Continue Reading

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.  RRPC companies are closing more sales using things we’ve learned together at these sessions. Meetings...Continue Reading