In brief: JDSU, Endwave, OIDA and UCSB
JDSU has entered into an agreement to sell its site in Ottawa, Canada, to its contract manufacturing partner Fabrinet for an undisclosed sum.
Fabrinet will hire 300 of JDSU's staff that are employed at the Ottawa site, which produces optical subsystems and certain test and measurement products.
The transaction, which is expected to close in the third fiscal quarter of 2006, will not affect JDSU's InP and GaAs laser chip manufacture, as this takes place in San Jose, CA.
Endwave CFO resignsJulianne Biagini has resigned as chief financial officer of Endwave.
Biagini, who will leave the company on April 25, said: "It was a difficult decision to leave the CFO position at this stage of Endwave's revenue growth. While my decision is based on family priorities, it is my intent to ensure a smooth and seamless transition when my replacement is announced."
Spin Hall effect researchers win $25,000Four researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), have been awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Newcomb Cleveland prize for observing the spin Hall effect.
The team of Yuichiro Kato, Roberto Myers, Arthur Gossard and David Awschalom share a $25,000 prize for observing the effect in GaAs and InGaAs devices.
Bergh retires as OIDA presidentArpad Bergh has retired as president of the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA), and has been replaced by Michael Lebby.
Bergh was co-founder of the OIDA and has served as president since 1991. Prior to joining the OIDA he worked at Bell Laboratories and Bellcore, where he was executive director of Applied Research Program Development.
