On Friday, September 15th Adele Ratcliff, Director of Manufacturing Technology at the Department of Defense, along with Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25) met with 14 different photonics and optics companies, trying to get a better idea of how they function as manufacturing organizations and the critical role they play in the DOD supply chain. On Thursday,...Continue Reading

AWARDS PRESENTED AT 2017 ANNUAL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 ROCHESTER, NY, September 12th. 2017 – The Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster/New York Photonics today honored three leaders in education and business for their contributions to New York’s Optics and Photonics Industry. RRPC Executive Director Tom Battley joined past years’ award winners to present the awards in...Continue Reading

New renaissance framework can be used by any organization, in any field, to sustain high growth The pioneering challenge is that it is hard to build an organization that can do both: incrementally innovate existing offerings you have now, and pioneer transformational offerings for the future. The more extreme the difference between those two creativities, the...Continue Reading

Light and Sound Interactive 2017 Co-located with the New York Photonics Annual Meeting September 12-14 Rochester Riverside Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Rochester, NY For businesses:  Showcase products at the Trade Show  Meet perspective employees at the Career Fair  Discover new technologies  Meet potential customers  Meet potential suppliers  Meet with startups  Networking  Enjoy entertainment For...Continue Reading

ROCHESTER, NY – The JML Optical family said goodbye to one of its most accomplished members this year. Gerry Lynch was one of the first employees shortly after JML was founded in 1972. She spent the next 45 years working with the company. Gerry was one of the very first female students to attend classes...Continue Reading

Bodo Ramelow, Prime Minister of Thuringia, Germany, and a delegation of scientists and dignitaries visited Rochester on May 14 and 15. The purpose of the visit was to advance the scientific, academic research and business relationship between Rochester and Jena, two “sister cities of light.” The ‘sister cities’ of Jena and Rochester (USA) have a...Continue Reading

Join us at Harris Beach for an enlightening discussion about the current climate, rules and regulations concerning International Trade.  These events at Harris Beach are always well attended by RRPC / New York Photonics members and involve plenty of lively discussion. 5:00pm Registration/Reception 6:00pm Dinner / Presentation As the global photonics marketplace expands its reach...Continue Reading

Over 80 people were in attendance at the New York Photonics networking session last night at Bergmann Associates‘ beautiful new office space in downtown Rochester. Theme of the evening: The Vision Thing We enjoyed a great evening in Tower280, a visionary space in a transformed Midtown Tower (Kudos to Morgan Properties, Buckingham Properties and Bergmann designers)....Continue Reading

Nearly 50 volunteers participated in the NPI Congressional Visits Day by visiting about 80 offices of representatives and senators from nearly two dozen states. Your New York team were among them! Source: NPI volunteers meet with congressional offices to support investment in photonics – Laser Focus WorldContinue Reading

Monroe County is celebrating National Small Business Week May 1st – May 5th with a week of local events aimed at recognizing small businesses while providing educational and development opportunities to businesses, employees and elected leaders.   Among the week’s speakers will be Zach Hobbs from Sydor Optics. Hobbs will discuss two projects undertaken at Sydor...Continue Reading