Energy and Collaboration Defined Photonics West 2024

Energy and Collaboration Defined Photonics West 2024

Members of the AmeriCOM team were among 24,000 participants in the recent 2024 Photonics West (PW) exhibition in San Francisco. The familiar “PW-buzz” of energy was ever-present, as was the sense of camaraderie characteristic of the optics, photonics, and imaging...
Valencia College Launches First Optics Program

Valencia College Launches First Optics Program

Central Florida faces a growing demand for precision optics technicians. Industry giants like Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies rely on technicians to help produce complex lenses for defense and national security systems. Other area optics...
SPIE Photonics Summit Recap

SPIE Photonics Summit Recap

Federal funding and policy are critical to the success of the optics, photonics, imaging, and laser industries which help support virtually every sector of the U.S. economy. For a second year in a row, a capacity crowd convened at the nation’s capital in...
OptiFABULOUS!!!

OptiFABULOUS!!!

Highlights from Optifab 2023 Thousands of optics industry experts and professionals from around the world gathered at North America’s largest optical fabrication exhibition. SPIE and APOMA organized Optifab 2023 in Rochester, NY in mid-October with a full agenda of...
Community Colleges Advocate for Support

Community Colleges Advocate for Support

Organizations involved in workforce development, like AmeriCOM, rely directly on community colleges to design and deliver the training programs that result in work-ready technicians. Josanne DeNatale, AmeriCOM’s National Marketing and Workforce Development Operations...