Business briefs
17 Jun 2002
Including news from Intense Photonics, SpectraSwitch and Osram Opto Semiconductors.
With the help of GBP 7.75 million from venture capitalists
3i and
ACT, Scottish start-up
Intense Photonics has officially opened its headquarters in Hamilton, Scotland. The company, a spin-off from the
University of Glasgow, is gearing up to enter the marketplace with its integrated III-V technology in the second quarter of 2002.
US-based
SpectraSwitch, a manufacturer of optical switching components has teamed up with
Flextronics' optics-arm Flextronics Photonics, Singapore. Spectra Switch will license technology to Flextronics to help meet the market demand for high quality optical subcomponents.
OTM Technologies, an Israeli company that specializes in diffractive optics, has signed a joint development agreement with German semiconductor-light-source maker
Osram Opto Semiconductors. Together the companies will develop and manufacture OTM Technologies' laser point sensor for optical navigation applications.
Coherent-DEOS of the US has won the 2001 small business innovation research program Tibbetts award. The carbon dioxide laser manufacturer is a member of the
Coherent Photonics group. Presented by the
US small business administration, Coherent-DEOS received the award for its development of stabilized integrated far-infrared terahertz laser technology.
Solinet Systems, a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, has changed its name to
Ceyba. Ceyba is developing all-optical switching equipment for long haul and ultra-long haul markets and plans to release its first product for customer testing early next year.
