Originally Published EMDM November/December 2001
INDUSTRY NEWS
In Brief
Efos Changes
Name to EXFO Photonic Solutions
Efos Inc. (Mississauga,
ON, Canada) has changed its name to EXFO Photonic Solutions Inc. Several elements
of the firm will be modified to accommodate the name change, including the company’s
Web site at www.efos.com. The name change was adopted to emphasize the company’s
photonic capabilities. The company provides services to the fibre-optic, microelectronics,
medical device, and information display markets.
For more information,
contact EXFO Photonic Solutions, 2260 Argentia Rd., Mississauga, ON L5N 6H7,
Canada; phone: +1 905 8212600; fax: +1 905 8212055; e-mail: info@efos.com; Internet:
www.efos.com.
Coherent to
Provide Service in Switzerland
Coherent Inc.,
Semiconductor Div. (CSD; Dieburg, Germany), will provide direct sales, service,
and support to the high-powered diode laser market in Switzerland. “Due
to significant growth in the commercial high-power diode laser business in Switzerland,
specifically in solid-state laser pumping, instrumentation, medical, and materials-processing
applications, we have decided to serve the market directly from Dieburg,”
says Joerg Neukum, CSD’s sales manager. The new capabilities will cover
the company’s complete product line of diode lasers, power supplies, optical
accessories, and turnkey systems.
For more information, contact Coherent GmbH, Dieselstr. 5b, 64807 Dieburg, Germany; phone: +49 6071 968216; fax: +49 6071 968416; Internet: www.coherentinc.de.
EUCOMED’s
Global Conference Postponed
The Ninth Global
Medical Devices Conference on improving patient access to new medical technology,
scheduled for 17 and 18 October in Barcelona, Spain, has been postponed until
late May or early June 2002. Officials postponed the conference in response
to the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. on 11 September.
“The decision to postpone this major event was not an easy one to take,
and will certainly not be easy to implement. We nevertheless feel that this
is the right thing to do. The Global Conference needs to have global support
and global participation,” says Michael C. Baker, director general of EUCOMED
(Brussels).
The Global Harmonization
Task Force Conference, which was scheduled for 11–16 October at the same
venue, has also been postponed.
For more information, contact EUCOMED, Place St. Lambert 14, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium; phone: +32 2 7722212; fax: +32 2 7713909; e-mail: eucomed@eucomed.be; Internet: www.eucomed.org.
Shield Medicare Expands Cleanroom Facility
Shield Medicare Ltd. (Farnham, Surrey, UK), a manufacturer of sterile contamination control products and medical devices for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and hospital marketplace, expanded its cleanroom facility at its South Wales location. The newly expanded facility includes three separate Class 10,000 cleanrooms with four distinct Class 100 areas for product manufacture. The additional cleanroom capacity allows the company to expand its range of sterile alcohols and biocides and its contract manufacturing business.
For more information, contact Shield Medicare Ltd., 5 Harlands Business Park, Harlands Close, Farnham GU9 9JE, Surrey, UK; phone: +44 1252 717616; fax: +44 1252 715269; Internet: www.shieldmedicare.com.
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