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Kodak Introduces New EKTAR 100 Film for Commercial Photographers

Large-format photographers will now be able to shoot with the world’s finest grain color negative film, as Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced the upcoming availability of its KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAR 100 Film in 4x5 and 8x10 sheet formats. EKTAR 100 Film, also available in 35mm and 120 formats, is the ideal choice for commercial photographers and advanced amateurs for applications such as nature, travel, fashion and product photography, where the emphasis is often on color and detail.

17 Feb 2010

Nemotek Launches Wafer-Level Camera Lens for Laptop and Mobile Phone Applications

Nemotek Technologie, a manufacturer of customized Wafer-Level Cameras for portable applications, today launches its first two-element VGA wafer-level lens. Providing an advanced camera lens design with lower distortion, better resolution and higher image quality, the two-element lens utilizes glass wafers instead of traditional plastic. Marking the first steps in the next-generation of wafer-level lenses, Nemotek brings to market a compact, reflowable lens that provides high-end features at lower costs.

17 Feb 2010

Avago Introduces 25Gbps SerDes IP for Optical, Copper and Backplane Applications

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial, and consumer applications, today announced that it has demonstrated serial 25Gbps SerDes performance in 40nm CMOS technology. This milestone is the latest achievement in Avago’s history of breakthrough ASIC Intellectual Property (IP) performance.

17 Feb 2010

KODAK Adds New Features to Scan Station 500

Updates to the KODAK Scan Station 500 help businesses of all sizes achieve greater productivity, efficiency and cost savings with networked document scanning. With enhanced daily duty cycles of 3,000 scans, the Scan Station 500 enables users to capture larger volumes of documents in a working day.

17 Feb 2010

Astronomers Use Telescopes to Reveal Star Formation in Galaxies

University of Arizona astronomers help explain why fewer stars are born today than in the early universe

17 Feb 2010

Zone-Plate Array Optical Detection System Can Efficiently Detect Biological Reactions in Lab

Scalable and reusable optical detection system boasts the sensitivity of a large microscope in a much smaller, cheaper package

17 Feb 2010

Impact Components Chosen as Sole Distributor of Innodisplay’s LCD Solutions

Impact Components has reached an agreement with Innodisplay, to be the sole distributor of Innodisplay’s full line of industrial & commercial application LCD A/D controller cards & open frame LCD kits in North America.

17 Feb 2010

Rudolph Receives Multiple Orders for S3000A and MetaPULSE Thin Film Metrology Systems

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities, announced today that it has received multiple orders from a long-standing customer valued at $5 million for its S3000A™and MetaPULSE® III thin film metrology systems.

17 Feb 2010

Gadir Solar Employs Oerlikon Thin Film Silicon PV Technology

Oerlikon Solar, the world’s leading supplier of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) production equipment, today announced that Gadir Solar is using its amorphous thin film silicon PV technology at the solar fabrication plant located in the bay of Cadiz, Spain. Gadir Solar’s plant, one of the largest in Europe, began operation in October 2009.

17 Feb 2010

Universal Display's White OLED Lighting Advancement Receives Credit from DOE

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED™ technology and materials, today announced that the company has been honored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its advances in white OLED lighting performance. The company was recognized during ‘Transformations in Lighting’, the DOE’s annual Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Workshop, held February 2-4 in Raleigh, NC.

17 Feb 2010

LNS to Support Establishment of Bosch's New PV Cell Manufacturing Site in Germany

Linde Nippon Sanso (LNS), a company of The Linde Group, and Bosch Solar Energy, have announced an extension of their collaboration at Bosch’s new crystalline Si solar cell manufacturing site in Arnstadt, Germany. Under the new agreement, LNS will supply silane and ammonia gas, both critical materials in the fabrication of Bosch’s high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) cells.

17 Feb 2010

Carmanah Receives $275,000 Worth Order for Solar LED Airfield Lights

Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) has received an order valued in excess of $275,000 USD through its authorized South African distributor, Sun Solutions, to supply solar powered LED airfield lights to Waterkloof Air Force Base in South Africa (ICAO: FAWK). The Air Force Base is home to the South African Presidential Squadron and is a designated supply hub for World Cup 2010.

17 Feb 2010

Six Solar Energy Installations Activated by PES and Diocese

Perpetual Energy Systems (PES), a national power purchase agreement (PPA) provider/financier of solar powered renewable energy systems, and the Diocese of San Jose (Diocese), in conjunction with MBL-Energy (MBL) and Photon Energy Services (Photon), today announce the activation of six distributed solar energy installations, consisting of an aggregate nameplate capacity of 886 kW DC.

17 Feb 2010

Constellation Energy to Support Development of Solar Power Systems

Constellation Energy announced today that it will support the development of commercial photovoltaic power systems with a $90 million solar capital commitment

17 Feb 2010

Solyndra and Advanced Green Technologies Partner for PV Systems Distribution

Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Advanced Green Technologies, a worldwide renewable energy solutions and building-integrated solar energy products provider, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

17 Feb 2010