Visit Gooch & Housego; including the two latest acquisitions; Crystal Technology and EM4, at booth 1222 to learn more about the exciting solutions form one of the industry’s leading optic innovators.

Gooch & Housego, the global optical components and systems manufacturer is stepping up production of components at its fiber optics facilities due to problems in the global supply chain caused by flooding in Thailand.

Jon was previously CEO of Crystal Technology where over the past 30 years he contributed in a variety of roles including sales, operations and quality.
Jon is ideally placed to take on this role, having a strong commercial background and a sound knowledge of the markets. We have asked Jon to focus his efforts initially on integration of our three AO activities; his efforts will broaden as time progresses. Jon will now become the main point of contact and person to report to from the sites concerned with the above products.

The OL 731 USB Smart Detector, from the Life Sciences & Instrumentation division of Gooch & Housego, was recently featured on an episode of the Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters."  The segment entitled "Let There Be Light," which aired on the Wednesday, June 22nd episode, tested the theory of whether an underground chamber can

Gooch & Housego the global optical components and systems manufacturer is pleased to announce that a project in which it’s the lead partner has been selected for funding by the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board in the recent call for proposals on “Technology Inspired Collaborative Research and Development”.

CORM (Council for Optical Radiation Measurement) has posted to their website the presentations from their recent meeting, held May 4 - 6, 2011 in Gaitherburg, MD.  CORM focuses on the changing needs of industry in the development of physical standards, calibration services, and interlaboratory collaboration programs.

http://www.cormusa.org/2011_Presentations.html

The CORM 2011 conference will be held at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland from May 4 - 6, 2011. The conference topics include:

The OL 770 Test & Measurement System is being utilized by Atlas Material Testing in both their solar simulator classification services and I-V curve tracing services.  Photovoltaic (PV) testing standards require the use of specific classes of solar simulators to determine performance measurements.  With these services, Atlas is able to help companies in the solar industry substantiate product warranty and efficiency claims.  The OL 770 is able to verify that Atlas's customers' test systems meet the standards that classify solar simulators for PV applic

Gooch & Housego, a global manufacturer of optical components and systems, is delighted to announce the appointment of Sébastien Lenoir as its South Europe Account Manager.

Sébastien will join G&H on 1st March 2011 and will be based in the French Sales Office in Paris.

His impressive career started with BFI-Optilas in ‘99 as sales and marketing engineer of the optics and laser division. In 2001 Sébastien joined AA SA Optoelectronic as sales and marketing manager responsible for the Europe and Asia markets. In 2008 he joined Alfaphotonics, a

Gooch & Housego the global optical components and systems manufacturer are pleased to announce that they have recently been awarded a substantial contract to supply fibre optic products to Michelson Diagnostics for their VivoSight OCT scanner.