| |
Press Releases
Axsun Announces New Sample Interface for Anavo™, The Industry’s
Fastest Handheld NIR Analyzer at Pittcon 2008 (Booth 5509)
Anavo (TM) Analyzer boasts fastest measurement time in the industry
in a rugged, handheld configuration
Billerica, MA, March 3, 2008 - Axsun Technologies, Inc.,
a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic spectrometers, announced
the availability of a new sample interface for the Anavo (TM) Analyzer,
the fastest handheld NIR spectrometer on the market. This rugged
analyzer, based on Axsun’s advanced MEMS-based spectrometer
is targeted at material identification applications ranging from
plastics compounding and recycling, to incoming raw materials inspection
to field measurements in the food and agriculture industry. The new
flexible sampling interface will enable the Anavo to measure materials
in a wider range of form factors and will allow non-contact measurements,
providing more flexibility to the user. Complete
Release
Axsun Introduces Channel Power Monitor product at ECOC 2007
Cost-efficient Optical Monitor Broadens Axsun’s
Industry Leading Optical
Channel Monitor Product Family
Billerica, MA, September 16, 2007 - Axsun Technologies Inc., a leading
developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems,
today announced further expansion of their industry-leading OMx™ optical
monitor product family with the introduction of the Channel Power
Monitor (CPM), Optical Power and Wavelength Monitor. Introduced for
the first time at the European Conference on Optical Communication
(ECOC) in Berlin, Germany, Axsun’s new optical monitor product
delivers the right balance of performance, scalability and economics
needed for cost-conscious metro applications.
Complete Release
Axsun Introduces Family of Advanced Tunable Components at
ECOC 2007
Billerica, MA, September 16, 2007 - Axsun Technologies Inc., a
leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components
and subsystems,
today announced a family of Tunable Filter products. Based on
Axsun Technologies’ industry-leading optical integration platform,
Axsun Tunable Filters offer the industry’s highest resolution
tunable filter performance in a compact footprint, enabling optical
subsystem OEMs to integrate high resolution filtering into compact
next-generation optical modules.
Complete Release
Axsun Introduces High Performance C+L Optical Monitor at OFC/NFOEC
2007
Extended-Range Optical Monitor Broadens Axsun’s Industry
Leading Optical Channel Monitor Product Family
Billerica, MA, March 26, 2007 – Axsun Technologies Inc., a
leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components
and subsystems, today announced further expansion of their industry-leading
OMx™ optical monitor product family with the introduction of
the industry’s first high resolution C+L Band Optical Monitor.
Introduced for the first time at OFC/NFOEC conference and exposition
in Anaheim, CA, Axsun’s new OMxCL, delivers industry-leading
performance across the entire C+L bands in a single compact integrated
package.
Complete Release
Axsun Introduces Fastest Handheld NIR Analyzer at Pittcon 2007 (Booth
4390)
Anavo (TM) Analyzer boasts fastest measurement time in the industry
in a rugged, handheld configuration
Billerica, MA – (February 21, 2007) - Axsun Technologies, Inc.,
a leading manufacturer of MEMS-based micro-optoelectronic spectrometers,
announced today the introduction of the Anavo(TM) Analyzer, the
fastest handheld NIR spectrometer on the market. This rugged analyzer,
based on Axsun’s revolutionary MEMS-based spectrometer is targeted
at material identification applications ranging from plastics and
polymer recycling, to incoming raw materials inspection to field
measurements in the food and agriculture industry
. Complete Release
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES TO PRESENT AT NEEDHAM & COMPANY GROWTH
CONFERENCE
Billerica, MA - (January 2, 2007) — Axsun Technologies announced
today that they will present the Axsun “spectral engine” story
at the Ninth Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference at The
New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY. Dr. Petros Kotidis, Vice President
of Business Development at Axsun, will present the company’s
products, technology and growth prospects on Wednesday, January 10,
2007 beginning at 8:30 am eastern time at the Chairman’s Office
Conference Room.
Axsun Technologies, Inc. to Expand MEMS-Based Offerings in Industrial
Process Spectroscopy, Homeland Security and Optical Communications
Following Closure of $15M Series D Funding
ESI, Inc leads financing round, joining previous venture capital
and private investors
Billerica, MA – (November 7, 2006) - Axsun Technologies, Inc.,
a leading manufacturer of MEMS-based micro-optoelectronic “spectral
engines,” announced today the closure of a $ 15 M financing
round. Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI; Nasdaq: ESIO), a
leading supplier of innovative production laser systems for microengineering
applications, led the Series D equity round, which was joined by
current investors Prism Venture Partners, Vantage Point Venture Partners
and Stata Venture Partners along with other private investors. In
addition to the equity financing, Axsun closed an asset backed loan
agreement with Bridge Bank. Axsun will use the proceeds to enhance
its core “spectral engine” offerings in industrial process
spectroscopy, including the PAT Pharmaceutical, homeland security
and optical communications markets.
Axsun, Inc., has invited Steve Harris, vice president of R&D
at ESI, to join its board of directors. Mr. Harris joins Ray Stata,
Axsun CEO Dale Flanders, Bill Seifert from Prism Ventures and David
Fries from Vantage Point Venture Partners on the board. Complete
Release
Axsun, Inc., Citing Increased Demand for MEMS-based Spectrometer,
Expands into Europe Billerica, MA – (August 14, 2006)
- Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of MEMS-based
micro-optoelectronic spectrometers
and optical channel monitors, announced today an expansion into Europe
with the establishment of a direct office in the UK. Complete
Release
Axsun Technologies Announces New $2.5M U.S. Army Contract - Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries , today announced that the company has received a $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop and implement technologies for automated assembly of micro-mechanical devices. Axsun is currently working with the Army to develop advanced versions of the LIGA process, a technology for fabricating highly precise micro components from metals and plastics. Complete Release
Axsun NIR IntegraSpec™ Analyzer Wins
R&D 100 Award -- Billerica, MA, August 9, 2005 – Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, has been notified that the Axsun NIR (Near Infrared) IntegraSpec Analyzer has been selected as one of the 2005 Top 100 new products by R&D magazine. D escribed as "the Oscars of Invention" by The Chicago Tribune, the prestigious R&D 100 Awards have been recognizing excellence in innovation for 42 years. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies Announces New Extended Wavelength Range For IntegraSpec™ NIR Microspectrometer -- Billerica, MA, June 15, 2005 – Axsun Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, announced new extended bandwidth versions of its IntegraSpec XL, XLP, and NIR Analyzer product families. Based on an NIR spectrometer platform with a tunable laser-based light source, integrated wavelength and amplitude references, and detector, IntegraSpec products address a broad range of NIR spectroscopic process applications, monitoring vapor, liquids, and solids. Configured as rugged, maintenance-free systems, IntegraSpec products are readily integrated into the process stream. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies Announces New High Speed Products for Industry-Leading Optical Monitor Family -- BILLERICA, Massachusetts and ANAHEIM, California (March 7, 2005) – Axsun Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, today announced two new high-speed products in the industry-leading OMx™ optical monitor product family. First field deployed in 2001, today OMx monitors are used in over half of all new telecommunications systems employing optical monitoring. The OM4 and OM5 products offer the industry-leading performance equivalent to Axsun’s established OMx products, but operate up to 10 times faster, completing measurements in 100 milliseconds. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies to Launch IntegraSpec™ XL Product Family, the First NIR Micro-Spectrometer With a Tunable Laser Designed for Condensed-Phase Samples at PITTCON® -- BILLERICA, MA, and ORLANDO, FL, (Feb. 28, 2005) – Following its 2004 PITTCON Editors’ Bronze Award for best new product, today Axsun Technologies, Inc. launched a groundbreaking new platform of tunable-laser-based products to enable continuous quality monitoring in process applications at PITTCON 2005. These include the IntegraSpec XLP system for pharmaceutical Process Analytical Technology (PAT) applications, the IntegraSpec XL line for industrial-process applications, and new versions of its award-winning NIR Analyzer. PITTCON 2005 opens today at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando. A leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, Axsun is exhibiting at Booth 2382. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies Signs Technology Agreement with a GE Business Unit -- BILLERICA, Massachusetts (January 18, 2005) – Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, today announced that it has signed an agreement with a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE) to help develop a new type of rugged handheld devices. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies to Launch Powerful New IntegraSpec TM XP NIR Micro-Optical Spectrometer Platform for Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Applications at IFPAC -- BILLERICA, Massachusetts (January 11, 2005) – Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, will launch its new IntegraSpec TM XP NIR micro-spectrometer platform, optimized for liquid and gas-analysis in pharmaceutical manufacturing, at IFPAC , an annual international forum on process analytical technology. IFPAC will be held January 10-13, 2005, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies’ Richard Crocombe to Moderate PITTCON 2005 Symposium -- Miniature Spectrometers for Process Analytical Chemistry: Towards a Spectroscopic Sensor – BILLERICA, MA (December 17, 2004) Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, announced today that Richard Crocombe, the company’s director of marketing for optical micro-instrumentation, will chair a PITTCON 2005 Symposium, “Miniature Spectrometers for Process Analytical Chemistry: Towards a Spectroscopic Sensor” on Thursday, March 3rd. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies to Introduce Powerful New NIR Analyzers at EAS – BILLERICA, MA (November 11, 2004) Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, will demonstrate two new Axsun NIR Analyzers at the Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, to be held at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, New Jersey, November 15 – 18, 2004. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies and GSK Develop Support for
the FDA’s Process Analytical Technology Initiative -- BILLERICA, Massachusetts (September 30, 2004) – Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, today announced the successful completion of tests at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) using the Axsun NIR-APS analyzer to analyze core drying functions, an important element in meeting GSK’s commitment to implementing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Process Analytical Technology (PAT) initiative. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies to Introduce New Applications-Development Platform with its Award-Winning Axsun NIR-APS Analyzer at FACSS BILLERICA, Massachusetts (September 28, 2004) – Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, will introduce the Axsun NIR-APS Analyzer Accessory Kit for its award-winning NIR-APS Analyzer at FACSS 2004 (Booth 106). FACSS, the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies , will host its 31st Annual Meeting October 3-7, 2004, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies Supplies Optical Monitors to Movaz Networks (September 14, 2004) - Axsun Technologies Inc. today announced that the Axsun® OMx™ optical monitor has been selected to provide real-time monitoring of the optical layer in Movaz Networks’ RAY ROADM™ product (Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer). Less than one-tenth the size of optical monitor solutions based on bulk optics, Axsun OMx monitors provide feature high-resolution spectral analysis, for network fault management and optical signal routing in high performance optical communications systems. Complete Release
Axsun Technologies' New Spectrometer Honored with
2004 PITTCON® Editors' Award at Company's PITTCON Debut -- "BILLERICA, Massachusetts (March 16, 2004) - Describing the product as "a breakthrough in miniaturized, yet powerful NIR spectroscopy," the PITTCON Editors awarded the Bronze prize for best new product to the Axsun NIR-APS (near-infrared application prototyping system) analyzer. PITTCON, the foremost tradeshow for analytical instruments and laboratory equipment, was held last week in Chicago, with approximately 1,200 exhibiting companies and 25,000 attendees from 80 countries participating. According to the panel of editors and journalists covering PITTCON, the judging session for this year's awards produced "one of the closest results in recent years, with little separating the winners of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards." Out of the hundreds of new products exhibited at the show, the editors nominated 22, out of which the final awardees were chosen. " Complete Release
Axsun Technologies Introduces a Breakthrough NIR Analyzer for Process Applications at PITTCON© 2004 -- "CHICAGO, IL and BILLERICA, MA (March 8, 2004) - Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, will unveil its latest product at PITTCON 2004 (Booth 4811) - the Axsun NIR-APS (application prototyping system), a powerful near-infrared analyzer. Rugged, versatile, and designed for the exacting demands and hostile environments of process applications, the Axsun NIR-APS makes real-time, on-the-spot measurements feasible and affordable. Big on features, yet miniature in size, these fully integrated NIR spectrometers can be placed strategically throughout the process line. " Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies Announces General Availability of the SpectralEye™ Interrogator — "BILLERICA, MA, December 17, 2003- AXSUN Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, today announced the general availability of the SpectralEye™ Interrogator family of products. The SpectralEye Interrogator makes fiber-optic sensing economically viable, eliminating the need for custom solutions that are costly to develop, deploy and maintain." Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies Announces Its Powerful All-In-One Spectrometer at FACSS 2003 — "FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, and BILLERICA, MA, October 20, 2003 - AXSUN Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, will preview its sensor-sized instrument at FACSS 2003 (Booth 302). According to Jack Kay, president and chief executive officer of AXSUN, the company applied its expertise in micro-optics and precision manufacturing of telecommunications devices to pioneer completely new, miniaturized, high-performance analytical instruments. The AXSUN spectrometer has all the power and functionality of a laboratory spectrometer, yet is tough enough to put on the production floor." Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies Announces Development of SpectralEye™ Interrogator — "BILLERICA, MA, October 16, 2003 — AXSUN Technologies Inc., leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic instruments and components, today announced the initial release of the SpectralEye Interrogator, the result of joint development with Belgium-based FOS&S Inc. SpectralEye Interrogators provide easily integrated measurement options for Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and other optical sensors. " Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies Announces ISO 9000:2001 Certification — "BILLERICA, MA, September 16, 2003 – AXSUN Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, today announced that the company’s quality management system has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification." Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies Announces New Family of Advanced Tunable Filters — "Billerica, MA, June 2, 2003 — AXSUN Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, today announced the availability of the AcuTune (TM) Tunable Filter product family. Based on AXSUN Technology’s industry-leading optical platform technology, AcuTune Tunable Filters offer the industry’s most advanced filter performance, but are small enough to seamlessly integrate with today’s electronic systems."
Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies to Supply Optical Monitors to Lucent Technologies — "BILLERICA, MA, May 20, 2003 — AXSUN Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, today announced an agreement to supply optical monitors for Lucent Technologies’ Metropolis® systems. AXSUN OMx monitors will provide real-time monitoring of optical signal integrity in Lucent’s Metropolis® Enhanced Optical Networking (EON) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system."
Complete Release
AXSUN Technologies Announces New Optical Monitor Product and Product Family Qualification — "ATLANTA, GA, March 24, 2003 — AXSUN Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, today announced the introduction of the OM2 optical monitor, the latest member of the industry leading OMx optical monitor family. The company also announced successful completion of Telcordia qualification testing of the entire OMx product line. The AXSUN OMx product family offers the industry’s most comprehensive range of optical monitors..."
Complete Release
Press Release Archive
© Axsun Technologies
|
|
|
|
