Nicholas P. Economou

FEI Co. manufactures and distributes laboratory analytical instruments. It designs, manufactures, and supports a range of microscopy workflows that provide images and answers in the micro, nano and picometer scales. The company was founded by Lynwood W. Swanson in 1971 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.

Palomar Medical Technologies LLC engages in the research, development, manufacturing and distribution of light based systems for cosmetic treatments. The company is involved in developing a differentiated product mix of light-based systems for various treatments through its research and development as well as with its partnerships throughout the world. It is continually developing and testing new indications to further the advancement in light-based treatments. The company operates through two segments: Professional Product and Consumer Product. The Professional Product segment includes all of its light-based products and services for the professional market. The Consumer Product segment includes PaloVia. It offers products based on technologies that include hair removal, body sculpting, including laser-assisted liposuction, removal of vascular lesions such as rosacea, spider veins, port wine stains and hemangiomas, wrinkle reduction, removal of leg veins, removal of benign pigmented lesions such as age and sun spots, freckles and melasma, tattoo removal, acne treatment, skin resurfacing, treatment of red pigmentation in hypertrophic and keloid scars, treatment of verrucae, skin tags, seborrheic keratosis, skin tightening through soft tissue coagulation, removal of scars, including acne scars, stretch marks and warts and soft tissue coagulation. Palomar Medical Technologies was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Auxora, Inc. produces and supplies optical thin film filters. The firm's filters can be used in optical telecommunication, data communication, CATV, bio-technology, high power lasers, instruments and other different markets. Its products include filters, packaged device and module. The company was founded by Xinxiong Zhang in January 2000 and is headquartered in Duarte, CA.

Xradia, Inc. designs and manufactures 3D X-ray microscopes (XRM) for industrial and research applications.The company was founded in 2000 and it is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Laser Light Engines, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of laser-driven light engines. It specializes in laser illumination for performance digital projection, such as three-dimensional cinema, large venue, and rental/staging. The firm sells to original equipment manufacturers and system integrators for use in digital projection and other display applications. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Salem, NH.

Confluent Photonics Corp. provides optical transport solutions for the cable television industry. It develops wafer-scale integrated optical components for telecommunications. The firm's products and technologies are used for TV system operators to expand the capacity and bandwidth of existing fiber optic cable infrastructure. Confluent Photonics is headquartered in Salem, NH.

Axsun Technologies, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of miniaturized optical micro-instruments. Its products include OCT swept lasers, OMx optical monitors, NIR spectroscopy, and Anavo handheld analyzer. The company was founded by Peter S. Whitney and James Gerard Lewis in 1998 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Alis Corp. develops and sells ion microscopes and imaging systems. Its product includes atomic-level helium ion. The company was founded by Bill W. Ward in 2005 and is headquartered in Peabody, MA.