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LightPath Technologies to Highlight Molded Infrared Aspheric Lenses at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Conference
LightPath Technologies Will Be Showcasing Its Black Diamond Molded Infrared Aspheric Lenses at the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium Navy Opportunity Forum in Orlando, FL From April 5th - 9th
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ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - March 1, 2010) - LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ : LPTH )
will be presenting the latest developments in Molded Infrared Aspheric
optics at the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium Navy Opportunity Forum in
Orlando, FL from April 5th - 9th in Booth 530. In addition to exhibiting
its products at the conference, LightPath Technologies will be presenting a
technical paper on Wednesday, April 7th comparing its molding technologies
to traditional infrared aspherical lens manufacturing techniques.
LightPath Technologies is working to bring low cost infrared optics to the
defense and commercial infrared markets. LightPath Technologies is
targeting such high growth market areas as IR countermeasures,
thermography, gas sensing and thermal imaging for commercial night vision
systems. These expanding markets have a combined current estimated value
of over $2.5 billion.
LightPath's CEO, Jim Gaynor, commented, "LightPath Technologies is making
strategic investments in our infrared product line and we are excited about
the opportunity to communicate the technical achievements we have made in
molding infrared aspheric lenses over the past 24 months at this
conference. We believe that molding infrared lenses will become a
strategic technology that enables the development of a wider market for
infrared technologies."
Information about the Defense, Security & Sensing Conference can be found
on the web at www.spie.org.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath manufactures optical products including precision molded aspheric
optics, GRADIUM® glass products, proprietary collimator assemblies, laser
components utilizing proprietary automation technology, higher-level
assemblies and packing solutions. LightPath has a strong patent portfolio
that has been granted or licensed to us in these fields. LightPath common
stock trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the stock symbol LPTH. For
more information visit www.lightpath.com
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