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World's First Fully Automated System for High Volume Manufacturing of LEDs

Obducat's new lithography system is ready to be launched. The system, named Sindre 400, is the world's first fully automated system for high volume manufacturing of LEDs. Sindre 400 is a vital contribution to the development within CleanTech, since, thanks to greatly increased energy and material efficiency, it reduces the use of natural resources.

26 May 2009

Flexible Thin-Film PV Modules to be Designed into the Development of a Hybrid UAV

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), the most recent company created by ITN Energy Systems who established AST in 2005 to manufacturer state of the art, thin-film monolithically-integrated CIGS flexible photovoltaic modules, announced that its state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules will be designed into the development of a hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (H-UAV) called the Silent Sentinel developed by Bye Aerospace, Inc. The H-UAV will be designed primarily for military use; however, its capabilities will also include a broad spectrum of civil applications.

26 May 2009

ABTech Completes Cylindrical Optics Module Assembly Machines for Columbia University's Nevis Astrophysics Laboratory

ABTech Inc, an ultra-precision air bearing motion system manufacturer in Swanzey, New Hampshire, has completed the first of two cylindrical optics module assembly machines for Columbia University's Nevis Astrophysics Laboratory.

26 May 2009

Scientific and Industrial Metrology Leader Launches New Optical Profiler Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leader in scientific and industrial metrology, today announced the launch of its Veeco Confocal Metrology (VCM™) Optical Profiler Systems.

From Veeco 26 May 2009

Significantly Improves the Efficiency of the Transmission of the Light Produced by LEDs through the New Silicone Encapsulating Material

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo, President Chihiro Kanagawa) has developed and begun sales of its "ASP Series" of silicone encapsulating material for HBLEDs (High Brightness Light-Emitting Diodes). The company is beginning sample shipments, mainly for backlighting applications in LCD TVs.

26 May 2009

Colour LEDs Produce Amazing Effects

Siemens has long been based at Lindenplatz in Hamburg's St. Georg district. To redesign the square the company has joined other local businesses in a public-private partnership project in collaboration with the city of Hamburg.

25 May 2009

VITRONIC Unveils the Latest Spectroscopy Technology for Solar Cell Production

At this year's Intersolar dated May 27th to 29th in Munich it's possible to see the joint solution for layer thickness measurement from the companies tec5 and VITRONIC: State-of-the-art inline spectroscopy technology for solar cell production can be found at tec5's booth.

25 May 2009

NIST's New LIDAR Has Unique Combination of Capabilities

By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a laser ranging system that can pinpoint multiple objects with nanometer precision over distances up to 100 kilometers. The novel LIDAR ("light detection and ranging") system could have applications from precision manufacturing lines on Earth to maintaining networks of satellites in perfect formation, creating a giant space-based platform to search for new planets.

24 May 2009

SANYO Breaks Record for the World's Highest Energy Conversion Efficient Solar Cells

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) announced today it has broken its own record for the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency in practical size (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells, achieving a efficiency of 23.0% (until now 22.3%) at a research level for its proprietary HIT solar photovoltaic cells.

22 May 2009

Laser Research And Theory Helps Physicists Build on Einstein's Work

Ultrafast laser research at Kansas State University has allowed physicists to build on Nobel Prize-winning work in photo-electronics by none other than Albert Einstein.

21 May 2009

New Turnkey Diode Laser System from Coherent Offers Modular Flexibility and 400 W of Power

A new turnkey diode laser system from Coherent (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) offers modular flexibility and output power of up to 400W at 976 nm.

21 May 2009

Custom Museum Lighting with LUXEON LEDs

Long-life LED luminaires in hard-to-reach recesses are providing a unique viewing experience at the new Yitzhak Rabin Museum in Tel Aviv and minimizing disruption to visitors from unplanned maintenance.

21 May 2009

Kodak Receives Frost + Sullivan Award for Work in OLED Solid State Lighting Technology

Eastman Kodak Company has been named by Frost + Sullivan as the recipient of the 2009 OLED Lighting Enabling Technology of the Year Award in the field of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Solid State Lighting (SSL) Technology.

21 May 2009

Novel "Cloud Tomography" Scan Helping Scientists Diagnose Role of Clouds in Climate

During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use high-tech scanners - analogous to those used in medical settings - to make observations of clouds.

21 May 2009

EMCOR Awarded Contract to Install New Energy Efficient Street Lighting System

EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, reported that as previously noted on its 4/28/09 First Quarter Earnings Call, its subsidiary Welsbach Electric of Long Island has been awarded a contract to perform the electrical construction related to the installation and maintenance of a new energy efficient street lighting system and its maintenance in the Town of Islip on Long Island, New York.

21 May 2009