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Laser Industry News 2008 p1:

• New market report assesses growth of high-brightness LEDs in lighting
  August 15, 2008--Strategies Unlimited has released a market report on high-brightness LEDs in lighting; dramatic improvements in the technology and cost reducation have contributed to rapid market growth.
• Arbor Photonics obtains exclusive license for chirally coupled core fiber
  August 15, 2008--Optical fiber technology from the University of Michigan will enable more average peak power for fiber lasers than current fiber.
• TRUMPF reports 10% sales growth in past fiscal year; expects single-digit growth ahead
  August 14, 2008--The TRUMPF Group reports that the company's sales increased to 2.14 billion Euros (US$3.15 billion) in the 2007/2008 fiscal year.
• Konica Minolta and Universal Display corporation announce license agreement
  August 14, 2008--Konica Minolta licenses Universal Display's proprietary UniversalPHOLED and other OLED technologies to make and sell energy-efficient white OLED lighting products with novel design features and environmental "green" benefits.
• Asylum Research settles patent dispute with Veeco
  August 13, 2008--Asylum Research Corporation (Santa Barbara, CA), a manufacturer of atomic-force microscopes (AFMs) and accessories, as well as AFMs integrated with confocal microscopes, announced that the patent litigation between it and Veeco Instruments Inc. (Plainview, NY) that started in September 2003 has been settled.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific ranked as leading IR spectroscopy vendor
  August 13, 2008--Thermo Fisher Scientific (Madison, WI) received the highest overall vendor rating for infrared (IR) spectroscopy instrumentation according to the Worldwide Molecular Spectroscopy Survey published by Strategic Directions International (SDi) in July 2008. The primary factors for selection of an IR vendor include performance, service, instrument specifications, and vendor experience.
• OIDA announces Photonic Integration Forum
  August 13, 2008--The Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (OIDA; Washington, DC) has announced a new Photonic Integration Forum to be held October 6-7, 2008 in Monterey, CA. Photonic integration is widely regarded as the optical industry's best hope for scaling to meet future bandwidth requirements while similarly reducing cost per bit.
• SPIE Optics and Photonics draws sustainable technology, optics/photonics experts
  August 12, 2008--A packed all-conference plenary audience heard how "brain sport" is advancing solar-energy technology, as SPIE (Bellingham, WA) Optics and Photonics 2008 rolled through its first day in the San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Hotel and Marina.
• Laser manufacturer IPG Photonics reports 27% sales growth
  August 11. 2008--Net income in second quarter of 2008 increases by 34%; IPG agrees to purchase Russian components subsidiary NTO IRE-Polus in October.
• IPG awarded contract to supply fiber lasers to BMW for door welding applications
  August 8, 2008--Fiber laser and amplifier manufacturer IPG Photonics Corporation (Oxford, MA) announced that its German subsidiary, IPG Laser GmbH, received a major order for multi-kilowatt, continuous-wave Ytterbium fiber laser systems totaling 63 kW in power from the BMW Group in Munich, Germany for a new production line for the welding of automotive doors. The contract represents the first large-scale production use of fiber laser systems for the German automobile manufacturer.

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