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17 Jul 2018

Newport Corporation
Newport are a manufacturer of photonics products. The company have a laser business division and manufacture a variety of laser types. Many of the fiber lasers sold by Newport are produced by its subsidiary, Spectra-Physics (USA). The fiber lasers are suitable for material processing, sensing (LiDAR) and healthcare applications. Newport largely operate as an independent company but is a subsidiary of MKS Instruments (USA) since 2016.
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17 Jul 2018

Lumentum Operations LLC
Lumentum are a photonic products manufacturer. The company specialise in manufacturing fiber lasers and diode lasers. IDTechEx had a discussion with Lumentum at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA).
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17 Jul 2018

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Furukawa Electric are a multinational corporation that primarily manufacture electrical equipment. The company have an Industrial Laser System Department, which specializes in high-power fiber lasers. Furukawa also own OFS (USA), which manufacture optical fibers and related components.
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17 Jul 2018

Fujikura Ltd
Fujikura are a multinational corporation that manufacture electrical equipment, and the company specialize in power and telecommunication systems. Fujikura have recently established a fiber laser business division and are emerging as a key player in Japan.
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17 Jul 2018

Connet Laser Technology Co., Ltd.
Connet are a fiber laser manufacturer that specialize in lasers for LiDAR and sensing applications. IDTechEx had a brief discussion with Connet at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA).
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17 Jul 2018

Coherent Inc.
Coherent are a laser manufacturer. IDTechEx had discussions with Coherent at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA) and LASYS 2018 (Germany).
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17 Jul 2018

Amplitude Systemes
Amplitude Systemes are a laser manufacturer that specialize in ultrafast fiber lasers. IDTechEx had a discussion with Amplitude at SPIE Photonics West 2018 (USA).
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17 Jul 2018

Polysolar
Polysolar was founded in 2007 as a provider of BIPV solutions for residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Initially the company developed an amorphous silicon technology, but now offers Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) based panels which bring greater flexibility in terms of design and transparency. The company is based in Cambridge in the U.K., and won the Cognicity Challenge in 2015 (a ÂŁ50,000 prize), which is an award setup by the Canary Wharf Group to promote smart-city technologies.
17 Jul 2018

Long term in vivo performance of tissue engineered heart valves
The aim of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is to create living biological tissue that can repair and replace damaged tissues in the body, something that cannot be achieved by medicine and medical procedures.
17 Jul 2018

Lightweight materials for aerospace & defense: the winners and losers
A new two-part webinar from IDTechEx is available on Additive Manufacturing and Lightweight Materials for Aerospace and Defense.
17 Jul 2018

A fresh way to research your market opportunities
Research your market by exhibiting at the IDTechEx Show!
Conducting market research on why companies want your product is usually a necessary step for successful commercialization. It is even more important when new technologies are developed that achieve things that were not possible before: Often the applications for the technology turn out to be very different from those intended by the creator.
17 Jul 2018

North Wales tidal energy project
Marine energy developer Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales, with initial sea trials of the company's DG500 tidal energy converter taking place in Holyhead harbour and the Holyhead Deep site.
17 Jul 2018

Shifting power in diabetes management: products behind the progress
Diabetes is unrivaled amongst modern health issues. The World Health Organisation reports that there are 422 million adults living with diabetes in 2017, and the number is expected to rise to 640 million by 2040.
17 Jul 2018

McLaren £1.2bn plan to go 100% hybrid by 2025
McLaren Automotive has announced its ambitious, wide-ranging business plan that will take the company to its fifteenth anniversary. McLaren is committed to ensuring that its sportscar and supercar range will be hybrid within seven years.
17 Jul 2018

Lockheed Martin and Arconic collaborate on 3D printing
As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin and Arconic announced a two-year Joint Development Agreement. Together, the companies will develop customized lightweight material systems and advanced manufacturing processes, such as metal 3D printing, to advance current and next-generation aerospace and defense solutions—including new structures and systems not currently in existence.
17 Jul 2018

CRISPR's growing pains
In the six years since its inception, CRISPR gene editing has experienced ups and downs, from giddy excitement over the technology's potential to cure genetic diseases to patent disputes, ethical considerations and cancer scares.
17 Jul 2018

Mass production of flexible displays at Royole campus
Royole Corporation announced that its massive 1.1-million-square-foot Quasi-G6 Mass Production Campus in Shenzhen, China is up and running for mass production of fully flexible displays.
17 Jul 2018

Strengthening US manufacturing using advanced robotics
The project focuses on advanced robotics manufacturing and will develop an operator-guided, semi-automatic assembly process using industrial robots integrated with multiple sensors.
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16 Jul 2018

Fuji Electric
Fuji Electric are a Japanese company has a wide range of products and solutions for different electrical applications
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16 Jul 2018

GeneSiC Semiconductor
GeneSiC is a company that has been working on SiC (silicon carbide) power and silicon high power devices for approaching 14 years