California-based Oclaro Inc. has agreed to acquire the local Spectra-Physics operation of Newport Corp. as part of an asset-exchange deal. Oclaro plans to consolidate some of Spectra-Physics' laser ...

Described as the single largest merger in the history of the photonics industry, lasers supplier Spectra-Physics announced a brand integration with six Thermo Electron businesses in January.

MKS Inc. is demonstrating a new range of photonics technologies at this week’s Laser World of Photonics, in Munich. In Hall A3, booth 314, MKS and its Photonics Solutions Division (PSD) brands Newport ...

California based Newport Corporation (www.newport.com) has formed a Fiber Laser Business Group within its Spectra-Physics Lasers Division to lead the corporation’s efforts in fiber laser and amplifier ...

PATRICK L. EDSELL has been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Spectra-Physics, Inc. since it went public in October 1997. Prior to that, he served as President of the Spectra-Physics' ...

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