Quintessence Photonics Corporation Ships High Brightness Semiconductor Lasers for Israeli Navigation and Targeting Pod: Successful Acceptance Testing Enables Production Phase
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(SYLMAR, CA) Wednesday October 4, 2006 — Quintessence Photonics Corporation, subsidiary of QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB:QPCI - News), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers, announced today the first shipment of high brightness semiconductor laser modules to be integrated into an important military navigation & targeting Pod. The acceptance of these initial units will be followed up by shipments pursuant to a production contract between QPC and the Israel Ministry of Defense.
This shipment of high brightness laser modules and the successful acceptance testing of the lasers signals the completion of critical milestones which pave the way for the production phase. Production deliveries are expected to commence in December, 2006. QPC’s high brightness lasers utilize BrightLaseTM, a proprietary advanced semiconductor laser technology that uniquely delivers a high brightness laser beam from a compact, lightweight, rugged source. The Israel Defense Forces are world leaders in advanced navigation and targeting technology that enables fighter pilots to carry out precision operations. QPC lasers will enhance their system functionality with direct diode laser solutions that can do the job of much larger, inefficient, multi-stage lasers.
“QPC is proud to announce the shipment and successful acceptance testing of our BrightLaseTM laser modules into the defense market. We are committed to meeting our defense customers’ needs, and we look forward to exciting growth in this multi-billion dollar market,” stated Jeffrey Ungar, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of QPC.
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Quintessence Photonics Corporation (www.qpclasers.com) is a world leader in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the industrial, defense, and medical markets. Founded in the year 2000, QPCI is vertically integrated from epitaxy through packaging and performs all critical fabrication processes at its state-of-the-art high-technology facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Sylmar, CA.
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