Avo Photonics
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| Company type | Contract manufacturing |
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| Industry | Photonics |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Joseph L. Dallas, Ph.D. |
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Key people |
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Number of employees | 105 |
Avo Photonics, Inc. is a service corporation that designs, develops, and manufactures private-label opto-electronic products for the medical, industrial, defense, aerospace, and communication markets.[1]
The company headquarters is located in Horsham, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, and consists of a 41,000 sq ft (3,800 m2) manufacturing facility that features 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m2) of clean room space.
Additional design verification is performed at Avo's satellite campus in Toronto, Ontario,[2] and the company has European distributorship in Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Norway.[3][4]
History[edit]
Avo Photonics was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers and laser physicists led by Dr. Joseph L. Dallas, co-creator of NASA's Space Lidar Technology Center.[5] Avo was acquired by Halma, p.l.c., in 2011 as part of their global photonics division.[6][7]
Design and development capability[edit]
Avo Photonics' design and development capabilities include optical, mechanical, thermal, and electrical modeling and design integration, as well as prototyping and testing.
Manufacturing capability[edit]
Avo Photonics is ISO 9001:2008-certified[8] and ISO 13485:2003-certified.[9] Its manufacturing capabilities include die bonding, laser welding, hermetic sealing, wire and ribbon bonding, fiber attach, vacuum packaging, and test and burn-in. In the past, Avo has manufactured such optical components and systems as diode-pumped solid-state lasers, fiber amplifiers, laser projector sources, high power isolators, tunable lasers, IR imagers, Lidar systems, Reagent photometers and space/airborne rangers.[5][10]
References[edit]
- ^ Optical Key Hole. "Interview with Dr. Jeff Perkins." Interview. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ Invest in Canada Bureau. “Avo Photonics delivers unique design-build services from Canada.” Invest in Canada. Spring 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ AMS Technologies. "Avo Photonics." [1]. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ Bloomberg Businessweek. Company Overview. [2] Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ a b NASA Spinoff. "The Space Laser Business Model."NASA's relationship with Avo Photonics 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Avo Photonics Acquired by Halma." Halma Press Release 2011 19 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ Optics. Org. "Halma picks up Avo Photonics in $9M cash deal." Optics.org Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ Avo Photonics Production Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ Dietrich. "Avo Photonics Awarded ISO 13485:2003 Certification" (PDF).
- ^ Avo Photonics Manufacturing Capabilities Retrieved 17 April 2012.