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  1. Navitar Expands AMETEK’s High End Precision Optics Capabilities 11/7/2022

    AMETEK, Inc. today announced that it has completed two acquisitions – Navitar, Inc. and RTDS Technologies Inc., acquiring approximately $100 million in annual sales.

  2. Zygo's Peter de Groot Elected To SPIE Presidential Chain 9/13/2022

    Peter de Groot, chief scientist at Zygo Corporation, has been elected to serve as the 2023 Vice President of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

  3. Zygo Announces A Brand Evolution To Reflect Its Half Century As A Global Leader 9/12/2022

    Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical instruments, components, and systems, has just completed a refresh of its brand to better reflect its leadership position in the sectors it serves.

  4. Zygo Corporation Collaborates With Digital Surf To Launch MX Software With Mountains Advanced Contour Module 9/12/2022

    Zygo Corporation has partnered with Digital Surf for the release of Mx™ with Mountains® Advanced Contour, a new software package for users of Zygo Corporation’s range of optical profilers.

  5. Zygo Launches Compass 2 With Diamond Turning Machine Integration Capability 7/11/2022

    Zygo Corporation announced the release of Compass 2, its latest optical profiler with Diamond Turning Machine (DTM) optimization and freeform surface metrology capability. Unlike comparable solutions, mold pins remain on their manufacturing fixture during metrology―shortening the time to data processing and minimizing uncertainty from remounting and re-aligning the sample.

  6. ZYGO Chief Scientist Nominated As Candidate For President Of SPIE 6/7/2022

    Peter de Groot, Chief Scientist at Zygo Corporation, has been nominated as a candidate for 2023 vice president of SPIE: the International Society for Optics and Photonics. The newly elected vice president will serve as president-elect in 2024 and president of the Society in 2025.

  7. Zygo Releases Mx™ 9.0 Software 5/20/2022

    Zygo Corporation, global leader in developing and supplying precision metrology instruments and optics, has announced the release of version 9.0 of its Mx software platform for complete instrument control and data analysis. Ease-of-use is central to two key new capabilities in Mx 9.0: support for Zygo’s Verifire Asphere+ (VFA+) instrument, and the addition of a “Robust Films” module that allows easy measurement of very rough films.

  8. Zygo Laser Optics Are Key To Recent Sustainable Energy Breakthrough 4/5/2022

    The current reliance on fossil fuels has obvious implications for ecosystems and climate, and ZYGO’s ongoing partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the United States is helping to bring safe, virtually unlimited carbon-free energy one step closer to reality. 

  9. Zygo Colleagues Co-Author Holography Historical Review 3/21/2022

    Chief Scientist Peter de Groot and Technology Fellow Leslie Deck at Zygo Corporation have co-authored of an historical review article that highlights the contribution of holography to the advancement of interferometric measurements of surface topography.

  10. ZYGO Launches Verifire Asphere+: Fast, Flexible, And Precise Asphere Metrology 10/20/2021

    Optical metrology leader Zygo Corporation, a business unit of Ametek Inc., announces today that it will be revealing its Verifire Asphere+, which represents the latest addition to the company’s VerifireTM series of laser Fizeau interferometers at the SPIE.OPTIFAB event 18-21 October 2021 in Rochester, NY, USA.