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Scanning Microwave Microscopy from Agilent Technologies Wins Major Innovation Award

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its Scanning Microwave Microscopy Mode (SMM Mode) has been named one of 10 2009 Prism Award winners by judges from SPIE and the advisory board of Laurin Publishing's Photonics Spectra magazine.

8 Feb 2010

DSM Optimizes its KhepriCoat Solar Anti-Reflective Coating System

DSM Functional Coatings today announced the further optimization of its KhepriCoat™ solar anti-reflective coating system

8 Feb 2010

Luxottica Partners with Essilor for Australian, New-Zealand Markets

Luxottica Group (MTA: LUX; NYSE: LUX), a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of premium fashion, luxury and sports eyewear, and Essilor International (NYSE Euronext: EI), the world leader in ophthalmic lenses, announced today that the two companies have formed a long-term joint-venture for the Australian and New-Zealand markets.

8 Feb 2010

Olympus Announces µTOUGH-6020 Compact Digital Camera for Outdoor Activities

Sporty Tough for outdoor activities featuring "5x Zoom" and "DUAL IS"

8 Feb 2010

Roth + Rau to Acquire 100% of OTB Solar

Roth & Rau AG is to take over from the OTB Group B.V., Eindhoven, Netherlands, 100% of the shares in that company´s subsidiary OTB Solar B.V. (OTB). OTB´s product portfolio consists of systems and technologies for the solar industry, especially antireflective coating systems and turnkey production lines for use in the manufacture of crystalline silicon solar cells. Moreover, OTB´s core competencies also include high-rate PECVD coating processes and industrial ink-jet printing applications with interesting potential for use in the production of new, high-efficiency solar cells.

8 Feb 2010

Broadcom to Acquire Supplier of EPON Chipsets and Software

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Teknovus, a leading supplier of Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) chipsets and software. EPON is a technology providing broadband services at up to 10 Gigabits per second over fiber optic cables. EPON represents approximately 94% of the FTTx (e.g. Fiber-to-the-Home) connections in the Asia Pacific region. According to the Dell’Oro Group, the Asia Pacific PON market is expected to grow from 22.8 million to 94.5 million subscribers by 2014, a CAGR of 33% (2009-2014).

8 Feb 2010

World's Slimmest Camera with 5X Zoom Lens Available from Olympus Imaging

The world's slimmest 5x zoom and HD movie recording capability

8 Feb 2010

Olympus Imaging Launches New Compact Digital Camera Featuring 10X Zoom

The new flagship of the µ Series line of Slim & Stylish Zoom Cameras

8 Feb 2010

Recolight Releases New Video to Showcase Lamp Recycling Services

Recolight, the UK’s leading specialist WEEE compliance scheme for lamps, has launched a film to highlight the services it provides and to raise awareness of the importance of recycling Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs).

6 Feb 2010

Gulf Power and Pensacola City Partner to Test LED Lights for Streets

Gulf Power is teaming up with the City of Pensacola to test a new lighting technology for streets and selected downtown areas. The two-year test, which also involves the Electric Power Research Institute, will analyze Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights for energy savings and maintenance costs and serve as a research database for utilities and municipalities for evaluating LED technology for more uses.

6 Feb 2010

LED Manufacturer Claims Record in White LED Technology

An LED manufacturer has claimed that one of its lights produced 208 lumens of light output and achieved 208 lumens per watt efficacy at a correlated colour temperature of 4579k.

6 Feb 2010

New H4D-40 Camera from Hasselblad Features 33x44 mm CCD Sensor

The announcement of Hasselblad’s H4D line of cameras and True Focus technology heralded the beginning of a new chapter in the history of medium format DSLRs. Now, with the launch of the H4D-40, Hasselblad is announcing its intent to bring the advantages of Medium Format DSLRs to high-end 35mm photographers

6 Feb 2010

AAXA Technologies Unleashes Industry's First Laser Pico Projector

World's Smallest 20 Lumen Pico Projector!

6 Feb 2010

Edmund Optics Releases 2010 Unique Stock Optics Catalog

Edmund Optics has printed and electronically published its 2010 Unique Stock Optics Catalog both online and offline, so that whether you search for an EO part number in either the printed book or its interactive digital counterpart, each product is instantly accessible within a few page turns.

6 Feb 2010

Market Research Report on China PV Power Station

China has become the largest Solar Cell Module producer in the world since 2008, and this figure includes the output of Taiwan, which accounted for 40% in the worldwide. Due to the short demand of photovoltaic products in the home markets, almost less than 1%, the Solar Cell Module in china are almost exported. However, this situation has changed since 2009. The construction photovoltaic subsidy policy, issued in March, 2009, was once considered optimistic in the photovoltaic industry. Although there was no great demand in the actual implementation, this indeed showed that Chinese photovoltaic market had come out. The following Golden Sun policy, issued in July, 2009, brought about a real demand of 640MW. Meanwhile, many project subsidies will have been allocated to the project owner before the December 31st, 2009. This phenomenon suggests that it is a government-supported industry and appropriate measures can be taken efficiently.

6 Feb 2010