Dresden, Germany - Scientist Jan Meiß has been awarded with the "Green Photonics“ for young academics on the 23rd of April 2012 at the Hanover Fair.

Rochester, NY-–Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) and subsidiary ASE Optics have launched ASE Optics Europe to strength its presence with European customers. ASE Optics Europe provides optical engineering and design for technology companies.

Corning, NY--Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced that it has received a Milestone Award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for the invention of low-loss optical fiber, which has played a pivotal role in changing the way the world communicates.

San Jose, CA--The SunPower Foundation announced that it is teaming up with One Million Lights, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that provides solar lighting to rural communities globally, to launch a solar education program for K-12 schools called One Million Students.

Dresden, Germany and Ewing, N.J., April 24, 2012 — Fraunhofer IPMS – COMEDD (Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden) and Universal Display Corporation announced an agreement for Universal Display to provide its proprietary UniversalPHOLED® phosphorescent OLED materials for driving energy efficiency in COMEDD’s white OLED lighting panels.

Garching, Germany – SÜSS MicroTec AG, a supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, has increased its shareholding in SUSS MicroOptics S.A., Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from 85 percent to 100 percent.

Campbell, CA--SPIE and the OSA have named R. Barry Johnson of Alabama A&M University as the recipient of the societies' joint 2012 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award.

Rochester, NY - Digital Rochester recently presented its 2012 Technology Woman of the Year award to Jennifer Kruschwitz.

Barrington, NJ - Optical components maker Edmund Optics' CEO and chairman, Robert Edmund, was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 program in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Mountain View, CA--Optoelectronics software provider Synopsys completed the acquisition of photonics design and simulation software company RSoft Design Group, extending its optical solutions offering.

Glasgow, Scotland--The UK-based Business Growth Fund has invested £3.85 million of capital in M Squared Lasers, taking a minority stake in the company and joining the board of directors.

Washington, DC--NASA awarded $3 million to Space System/Loral to host a space laser communications relay demonstration terminal payload aboard a Loral commercial satellite.

Plymouth, MN--Vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) specialist Vixar raised $2.5M in Series B financing from Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP) to commercialize its VCSEL technology.