They’re generally clustered in a separate grouping at the bottom of the table, are known collectively as the lanthanoids, and these are their names, in order of atomic number (57-70): lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, and ytterbium.
China accounts for 95 percent of global production and about 60 percent of consumption of rare earths, which include such metals as dysprosium, terbium, thulium, lutetium and yttrium, according to the U.
patent on Flat-Top optics beam shaping technology and filed patent on pulsed Thulium Fiber Laser technology; * Growth of 32% year over year in LED Systems business; relocated to new R&D/manufacturing facility; * Several major medical/bio-medical product customer wins; medical sales grew 28% vs.
for fiber-based assemblies; New product introductions including: Cold Ray Laser for bio-medical market, Cobra Slim LED System for solar panel/flat panel inspection and Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser for military applications; Granted US patent on Flat-Top optics beam shaping technology and filed patent on pulsed Thulium Fiber Laser technology; Growth of 32% year over year in LED Systems business; relocated to new R&D/manufacturing facility; Several major medical/bio-medical product customer wins; medical sales grew 28% vs.
NASDAQ: STKR) ("the Company"), a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today announced it had received a follow-on development order from one the world's largest defense contractors for the Company's pulsed Thulium Doped Fiber Laser (TDFL).
2007 Business Highlights * Growth of 48% year-over-year in high margin specialty optical fiber (SOF) business * Key investments in medical product research and development and increased emphasis on medical market business development * Sizeable contract wins in target vertical markets including bio-instrumentation and security and defense * Acquired Spectrode, LLC and its next-generation pulsed thulium doped fiber laser technology for use in advanced countermeasure defense systems * Key operational management hires and new board members "While pleased with the 55% increase in year-over-year revenues, we remain focused on increasing the pace with which operational improvements are impacting our financial performance," stated Mark W.
NASDAQ: STKR), a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industry leading OEMs, today announced the acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of Spectrode LLC, a developer of pulsed Thulium Doped Fiber Laser Technology.
