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Headwall Photonics Fact Sheet

Founded: May, 2003

Headquarters: Fitchburg, Massachusetts

History: Management Buy-Out of Agilent Technologies Holographic Grating Operation, Agilent acquires American Holographic (2000), American Holographic established (1976)

Status: Privately-held, venture-backed

Market Position: High performance spectral instrumentation & components

Market Segment: Test & measurement, process manufacturing, military & defense

Innovation: High Volume Manufacture of Original Holographic Gratings

Product Attributes:

  • Application-Specific Wavelength Solutions
  • High optical performance
  • High efficiency
  • Low stray light
  • Small form factor
  • Environmentally stable
  • Telcordia compliant

Infrastructure: 20,000 Square Foot Manufacturing/Clean Room Facility, ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Investors: Agilent Technologies, Applied Spectral Partners, Private Equity Investors

Web Sites: www.HeadwallPhotonics.com, www.diffract.com

Headwall (def) - noun .
1. Mountaineering - a steep slope or precipice rising at the head of a valley or glacial cirque
2. Engineering - tackling and solving the toughest optical engineering problems in a collaborative manner to provide application-specific wavelength solutions for customers
 
Headwall Photonics, Inc's quality management system is ISO 9001:2008 certified, an internationally recognized standard.

Press Releases
September 2009 - NEC Space Systems Division Awards Contract to Headwall for Hyperspectral Payload on Japanese Satellite Project

In The News
SpectroscopyEurope Interview With Headwall Photonics on Hyperspectral Imaging Technology
January 2010

Hyperspectral Imaging - Cubes & Slices
Nature Photonics
November 2009

Headwall Photonics, Inc.'s quality management system is ISO 9001:2008 certified, an internationally recognized standard.
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