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Their expertise brings a welcome new dimension to the ISP Optics market position as Infrared Optics Company. The new division called ISP Optics Design and Engineering Israel, will bring design and engineering capability in house for ISP and immediate new products such as thermal zoom lenses, thermal lens kits, complete optical modules as well as full custom design support and service for SWIR, MWIR and LWIR. ISP Optics Corporation of Irvington, New York, a leading manufacturer of precision infrared optical components, has acquired the coating assets of Opticorp Inc., of of Chelmsford MA, a provider of high quality infrared optical coatings. The DAK Group, an Investment Banking firm headquartered in Rochelle Rochelle Park NJ, served as financial advisor to ISP Optics In combining the expertise and technology of these two leading edge optical companies, ISP Optics continues its vertical integration in the infrared industry, striving to provide its customers with complete infrared optics solutions. David Smith, the owner of Opticorp Inc., will continue as the manager of coating operations for ISP Optics. Mr. Smith stated: We are very enthusiastic about our new relationship with ISP Optics. We have been providing optical coatings to ISP Optics for many years, and the quality of their optics and the knowledge of their staff has always been first rate. Our combined experience in optical fabrication, diamond turning, and optical coatings will allow ISP Optics to provide a streamlined experience for our customers, allowing us to provide quality and performance in less time." Joseph Menaker, President of ISP Optics was pleased to announce the acquisition: It is very exciting to welcome on board the extremely capable, devoted and experienced group of people from Opticorp. We have been doing business with Opticorp for many years, during which time they have always delivered high quality and reliable coatings to us. We are certain that the addition of Opticorp will open new strategic venues for ISP Optics and enhance our product offering to our customers. ISP Optics supplied 10 lenses and window which were used in In the near-IR camera that is mounted on the 3.5 meter WIYN telescope at Kitt Peak. See detailes at: ISP Optics custom lenses were used in the design of Michigan Infrared Combiner. August 2007, Infrared Combiner willl be used together with multiple telescopes to view Altair's bulging middles. The full article Spinning Star was published in August 2007 issue of Photonics Spectra. June 2006. In order to meet the increasing demand for infrared optics ISP Optics of Irvington NY has expanded its diamond turning operations by moving to a brand-new, temperature controlled facility and adding two new Nanotech 250 UPL single point diamond turning lathes. Mr. Washer was previously employed as DT Manager of Exotic Materials and held various positions at Nanotechnology Systems and Precitech. December 2005. ISP Optics started the production of infrared diffractive optics at Irvington, NY plant. The infrared diffractive surfaces are manufactured on a single point Nanotech 350 UPL diamond turning lathe. The inspection of the infrared diffractive optics performed on Taylor Hobson Form Tallysurf, ZYGO NewView microscope and ZYGO GPI interferometer. The computer code to fabricate the diffractive surfaces is generated by DIFFSYS software. May 2, 2005: ISP Optics Corporation ( ISP Optics ) and Ohyo Koken Kogyo Co., LTD ( OKEN ) signed a two-way exclusive rights agreement to distribute each other optical products in Japan and USA accordingly. OKEN www.oken.co.jp is a Japanese manufacturer of high quality single crystals of large diameter grown using refined materials by Bridgman-Stockbarger Method. "Deep Impact The ISP Optics CaF2 prisms were used in the NASA "Deep Impact" mission. Please see the CNN.com article about "Deep Impact" mission below: ISP Optics Corp of Irvington felt the recent recession "almost immediately" in late 2001, company Pre