Bernard J. Couillaud

Coherent, Inc. is a provider of laser solutions and optics for microelectronics, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, scientific and aerospace, and defense markets. It operates through the following business segments: OEM Laser Sources (OLS) and Industrial Lasers & Systems (ILS). The OLS segment focuses on laser sources and complex optical sub-systems, typically used in microelectronics manufacturing, medical diagnostics, and therapeutic medical applications. The ILS segment covers laser sources, sub-systems, and tools, which are used for industrial laser materials processing. The company was founded by Eugene Watson on May 26, 1966, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Lambda Physik AG manufactures pulsed ultraviolet lasers. It operates in three strategic segments: Lithography, industrial, medical and scientific applications. Its lasers are used to measure pollution, enable IC designers to package denser circuitry for more semiconductors, enable manufacturers to lower the cost of flat panel displays, allow engineers to drill nozzles & shape surfaces and permit surgeons to operate on tissues as delicate as the human eye. The company is headquartered in Gottingen, Germany.

Bookham, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and provider of optical solutions for telecommunication optical networks. It designs, manufactures and markets optical components, modules and subsystems such as transmitters, network lasers and transceivers and has facilities in United Kingdom, two in the United States, one in Canada and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China. The company was founded in 1988 and is located in San Jose, CA.

Academie des Technologies engages in the technology industry. The company was founded in December 2000 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Oclaro, Inc. engages in the design, manufacturing and marketing of optical components and modules for the long-haul, metro and data center markets. It also provides solutions for optical networks and high-speed interconnects for streaming video, cloud computing, application virtualization and other bandwidth-intensive and high-speed applications. The company was founded on July 6, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.