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  <description><![CDATA[Avago Technologies Limited announced an agreement to acquire optical chip and component supplier CyOptics for $400 million.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[QD Vision announces a $20-million round of financing to ramp up production of its Color IQ optical components for LCD applications.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Aesthetic laser company Cynosure announced the definitive acquisition of its competitor, Palomar Medical Technologies in a cash and stock transaction worth $294 million. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[IPG Photonics Corporation (U.S.A.) announced on March 13 the acquisition of privately held Mobius Photonics.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Inrad Optics announced layoffs of eight employees at two of its production facilities, a reduction of 9 percent.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[IPG Photonics announces three changes to senior management designed to strengthen the company's global operations, sales and marketing. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Laser manufacturer TOPTICA Photonics AG acquired the majority ownership of laser diode manufacturer eagleyard Photonics GmbH. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Photonics components manufacturer Gooch & Housego announced an agreement with Han’s Laser to provide acousto-optic Q-switches for use in high-power laser systems. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[A report released by Wintergreen Research (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A.) this week estimates that the optical component market will grow from $3.6 billion in 2012 to $12.3 billion by 2019. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[LG Electronics launched the first commercially available organic LED TV at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 in Las Vegas]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., acquired Antelope Valley Solar Projects, the world’s largest solar development.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[FLIR announced the agreement to acquire Lorex on October 25, 2012, subject to certain conditions. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The new fund has raised US$30 million in capitol and expects it could raise up to $70 million more to support companies with novel quantum technology. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Trumpf (Ditzingen, Germany) has announced a new joint venture with attosecond scientist Ferenc Krausz to develop and manufacture ultrashort pulse lasers for the scientific market.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[DigitalOptics Corporation undergoes a strategic refocusing of its core business to micro-electromechanical-systems (MEMS)-based camera modules used in mobile phones. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy awards small business funds to explore the technical merit and feasibility of innovative concepts in SSL technology.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The season of change is upon us. Numerous optics and photonics firms have made changes to their upper management this week.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent (France) has unveiled a new performance program with a focus on core products to help turn around the company. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Nanosolar Inc. announces change of executive leadership. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The market for OLED materials in 2012 is estimated to be $524 million. The significant growth from millions to billions predicted between 2015 and 2019 will be due primarily to growth in TV displays and lighting.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has agreed to purchase German photovoltaics firm Q-Cells for €40 million.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Laser Division of GSI Group  has rebranded as JK Lasers. A GSI Group subsidiary, JK Lasers marks its 40th anniversary this year as a developer and manufacturer of Nd:YAG and fiber lasers.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The 2012 IEEE Photonics Conference is scheduled for 23–27 September in San Francisco. The IPC will highlight breakthroughs in optics and photonics, and will feature a special section celebrating the 50th anniversary of the semiconductor laser.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Coherent announces promising results in its third fiscal quarter conference call on July 26.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ocean Optics’ Blue Ocean Grants Program Enters Second Year]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Ocean Optics is calling for applications to its Blue Ocean Grants program, which provides up to $100,000 (USD)for innovative and marketable technologies.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 2012 R&D 100 awards, an annual tribute to 100 of the most technologically significant products introduced every year. Winners include many optics and photonics products. ]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Olympus Corporation announces its "Back to Basics" strategy to return to its roots and create a new management structure.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[InView Technology receives patent that will reduce the cost of short-wave infrared cameras.]]></description>
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