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Company started by MIT professors - legendary
scientist, Dr. Harold Edgerton, Dr. Kenneth F. Germeshausen and later joined by
Dr. Herbert E. Grier, in a garage on Boston’s Brookline Avenue. |
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Perfected multi-flash photography of athletes |
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Sports photography revolutionized by Edgerton’s flash
lamp and stroboscope technologies |
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Edgerton received the Medal of Freedom from the War
Department in recognition for his efforts to develop strobe lamp technology
powerful enough for aerial nighttime photography |
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EG&G incorporated to further Electro-Optic
research and development. Over the next thirty-five years, EG&G applied for
more than 50 patents |
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Acquired Reticon®, a leader in solid state imaging as
well as some of the most sophisticated large-scale integrated circuitry like
low-noise CCDs and self-scanning photo-diode arrays. |
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Purchased Vactec, an Optoelectronics technology and
application leader. |
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Added GE/RCA Electro-Optics Division with over 30
years of emitter and detector technology along with a state-of-the-art product
development and manufacturing facility. |
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Purchased Heimann Opto from Heimann Systems adding
thermopiles, pyroelectrics, photocells, image tubes, photo flash and industrial
flash lamp technologies. |
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Acquired Lumen Technologies including ORC (Optical
Radiation Corporation), ILC (International Lighting Company), and Hanovia
Lighting adding short arc Xenon lighting, Mercury Xenon lighting, flash lamps,
metal halide lamps, Hg capillary, quartz xenon, electroform reflectors and
aerospace qualified lighting. Brands included Cermax®, Q-arc, Wolfram and
Stepper. |
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With acquisition of the analytical instruments
business, Company changed name to PerkinElmer, changed ticker symbol to PKI,
and changed Optoelectronics business unit name to PerkinElmer Optoelectronics. |
History
of PerkinElmer Optoelectronics