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• 12/29/2011 -- Newport Corp. to acquire ILX Lightwave Corp. for $9.3M
  Irvine, Calif. – Newport Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ILX Lightwave Corp. for $9.3 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on ILX's net assets at closing.
• 12/22/2011 -- Slower pace for German machine tool orders
  Frankfurt am Main, Germany – Following the turbocharged upturn of the past few months, the German machine tool industry is once again sailing into calmer waters. In the third quarter of 2011, order bookings rose by 29%.
• 12/14/2011 -- NKT Photonics gives license to PCF technology
  Birkerod, Denmark – NKT Photonics has licensed parts of its unique photonic crystal fiber technology to GLOphotonics. The technology was originally developed by researchers at the University of Bath and the Technical University of Denmark.
• 11/28/2011 -- Extech Instruments relocates to New Hampshire
  Nashua, N.H. - Extech Instruments, makers of handheld test and measurement tools, has relocated its headquarters and its FLIR Systems’ Commercial Systems division to an all-new facility in Nashua.
• 11/17/2011 -- Call for proposals open for laser tech innovation award
  Aachen, Germany – The call for proposals is open for the Innovation Award Laser Technology. This award is a European research prize provided with 10,000 Euro prize money and awarded at two-year intervals jointly by the associations Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V. and the European Laser Institute (ELI).