Date: Apr 28, 2016 Author: Press Release Source: PR Newswire (
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CHARLTON, Mass., April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Incom, the world's largest supplier of glass and polymer fused fiber optic solutions, received the Worcester Business Journal's Product and Design Innovation Manufacturing Excellence Award for commercialization of Large Area Picosecond Photodetectors (LAPPD™). President/CEO, Michael A. Detarando, accepted the award on behalf of Incom at the 2016 Manufacturing Summit on April 26. Detarando also participated in the Summit's "Collaboration, Connectivity and Partnerships" panel, moderated by Peter Russo of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
"It's an honor to be recognized by the Worcester Business Journal, our partners and the community for advanced manufacturing design and innovation," said Detarando. "Incom is committed to combining the most progressive components with unparalleled technology expertise to empower customers, researchers and instrument makers with solutions that advance product development and user experience."
Incom earned the award for LAPPD research, development and commercialization.
A photo detector is a scientific instrument used for measuring the time of arrival and position of photons, and other relativistic particles. At 400 cm2, LAPPD is the world's largest micro channel plate (MCP) based photo detector with unprecedented imaging capabilities of interest to the high-energy physics, medical, defense and aerospace industries.
LAPPDs measure, characterize and record the behavioral changes of light by tracking the world's fastest moving particle—a photon—in a way that no other commercially available product can. Fundamental particles that can't be seen can now be studied and understood based on how they interact with, and affect, light. Advances that LAPPDs enable include:
High-energy physics research, measuring energy produced from particle collisions.
Life saving early detection capabilities through positron emission topography, mass spectrometers and medical imaging, to quickly and accurately identify body anomalies.
Detection of radioactive materials for scientific and medical applications.
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Incom is the world's largest supplier of glass and polymer fused fiber optic solutions that enable innovation in the medical, scientific, display and defense industries. Combining the most progressive components with unparalleled technology expertise, Incom empowers customers, researchers and instrument makers with fiber optic solutions that advance product development and user experience. @IncomUSA | Facebook: Incom, Inc. | LinkedIn: Incom, Inc. www.incomusa.com
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