Empire State Development has approved $81 million in funding to Rochester’s AIM Photonics project. The money will be used to fund the Testing Assembly and Packaging Facility for the Photonics Institute. The TAP is due to begin construction this summer in the Eastman Business Park on Ridge Road in Rochester. The $81 million will cover […]
Rochester’s AIM Photonics Institute has announced a patent and licensing agreement with IBM which brings that company into the photonics consortium. They call it another major step in establishing the silicon photonics industry in upstate New York. Finger Lakes Forward, the regional economic development consortium, says the collaboration will help develop standardized parts and products […]
Governor Cuomo and state economic development officials have announced that a former Kodak building on Lake Avenue will be the site for a big part of the National Photonics Initiative in Rochester. Just before a Photonics Board meeting to vote on the selection, the governor announced that the AIM Photonics Testing, Assembly and packaging Facility will be […]