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Laser Industry News 2007 p1:

• Kollsman wins $26.5 million contract for laser spot imagers
  December 31, 2007, Merrimack, NH--Kollsman has been awarded a $26.5 million contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to provide 503 Laser Spot Imagers with Protective Optic Covers, plus appropriate cables, batteries, cases, manuals, and training materials.
• Source Photonics (formerly Luminent) files registration statement for IPO
  December 28, 2007, Chatsworth, CA--MRV Communications and Source Photonics (a wholly owned subsidiary of MRV, formerly Luminent) announced that a registration statement has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the proposed underwritten initial public offering of the Class A common stock of Source Photonics. The number of shares to be offered and the price range of the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
• Palomar, Gillette delay launch of in-home laser hair-removal device
  December 26, 2007, Burlington, MA--Palomar Medical Technologies and The Gillette Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Procter and Gamble Company) have agreed to extend the launch of a home-use, light-based hair removal device for women until no later than February 29, 2008.
• Breault Research names Kevin Garcia as new CEO
  December 21, 2007, Tucson, AZ--Breault Research Organization (BRO) has appointed Dr. Kevin Garcia, 45, to be the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2, 2008.
• ROFIN-SINAR to acquire Nufern
  December 20, 2007, Plymouth, MI and Hamburg, Germany--ROFIN-SINAR Technologies (RSTI), a developer and manufacturer of lasers and laser-based solutions, signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Nufern (East Granby, CT) as a wholly-owned subsidiary of RSTI, in a cash transaction, expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2008.
• Rudolph to grow semiconductor inspection product line with acquisition of Applied Precision
  December 20, 2007, Flanders, NJ--Rudolph Technologies, a provider of process characterization equipment and software for thin-film measurement and macro defect inspection, signed an agreement to acquire the net assets of the semiconductor business of Applied Precision (Issaquah, Washington). Applied Precision is a provider of wafer probe card metrology systems and process management systems to semiconductor final manufacturing facilities.
• NASDAQ delists Coherent stock
  December 20, 2007, Santa Clara, CA-- Coherent announced that its stock has been delisted December 19th, despite its recent progress in filing late forms with the SEC.
• Zecotek avalanche photodiodes to be used in European hadron calorimeter
  December 19, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada--Zecotek Photonics, formerly Zecotek Medical Systems, has received an order for a supply of its proprietary micro-pixel avalanche photodiodes (MAPD) solid-state photo detectors from the Institute of High Energy Physics Research (INR).
• EMCORE to acquire telecom assets of Intel's Optical Platform Division
  December 18, 2007, Albuquerque, NM and Santa Clara, CA--EMCORE Corporation and Intel Corporation announced a definitive agreement for EMCORE to acquire the telecom-related portion of Intel's Optical Platform Division for $85 million. The telecom assets to be acquired include intellectual property, assets and technology relating to tunable lasers, tunable transponders, 300-pin transponders, and integrable tunable laser assemblies.
• Photron's high-speed camera wins "Crash Test Innovation of the Year" award
  December 18, 2007, San Diego, CA--Photron, a high-speed imaging system and image-analysis software supplier, was awarded the prestigious "Crash Test Innovation of the Year" award for its Fastcam MH4, a multi-head, high-speed video system. Automotive Testing Technology International (www.ukintpress.com), internationally-recognized and dedicated to the very latest R&D within the area of automotive test and evaluation, announced Photron's award in November, 2007.

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