II-VI to double manufacturing capacity of optical filters
02 Mar 2021
For applications in PCR Covid-19 test instrumentation and 5G optical access, firm to invest over five-year period.
Demand drivers are PCR testing for Covid-19 and buildout of 5G optical access. IIâVI, a provider of precision optics for life sciences and optical networks, is to begin the expansion of its manufacturing footprint in Santa Rosa, California, with the aim of doubling over the next five years its manufacturing capacity of optical filters for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) instrumentation and 5G optical access networks.
The company stated that ârapid growth in PCR testing for Covid-19 and the ongoing buildout of the 5G optical access infrastructure are simultaneously driving the demand for optical filters with high performance and reliability, necessitating sustained multiyear investments in production capacity.â
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Teledyne Imaging to Present its Latest Vision Solutions for Scientific and Industrial Imaging at Photonics West Digital Forum
Teledyne Imaging, a Teledyne Technologies company [NYSE: TDY], represented by Teledyne’s Princeton Instruments, Photometrics, e2v, DALSA, Acton Optics, and Lumenera will showcase their newest technologies at the SPIE’s Photonics West Digital Forum taking place March 6-11, 2021.
Visitors to the virtual event can expect a wide range of new products and innovative solutions for scientific imaging and spectroscopy at the Teledyne Imaging digital marketplace storefronts. Product and application specialists will be available to text and video chat with you about your specific requirements. There will also be recorded product and application videos in addition to traditional technical sessions.
Record sales as MKS books major laser order
28 Jan 2021
MKS Instruments, the corporate home of a number of well-known photonics brands, has posted record sales and earnings for the final quarter of 2020.
Continued strength in the semiconductor market and a recovery in other industrial sectors using lasers and optical components pushed quarterly sales to $660Â million - well above the $600Â million previously forecast by the firm, and up 32Â per cent on the same period in 2019.
Of that total, MKSâ âadvanced marketsâ business unit - which includes most of the companyâs photonics businesses - contributed $267Â million, up 17Â per cent year-on-year from $228Â million.