Advanced Photonix, Inc. Elects Two New Directors.CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998--Advanced Photonix, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. ) announced today that Harold A. Blomquist and M. Scott Farese were elected to the Board of Directors. Blomquist is currently the President of American Microsystems, Inc. (AMI) Japan, Ltd., in Tokyo, Japan; Senior Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of AMI GmbH in Dresden, Germany; Senior Vice President of Business Operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets Worldwide; and, a member of the Board of Directors for both AMI and AMI Holding Company. AMI is an electronic component manufacturer with 1997 sales of more than $250 million. Blomquist has a strong sales and marketing background. Farese is currently a Regional Sales Engineer/Representative for Filtertek Inc. Filtertek is the largest worldwide independent producer of custom filtration products and fluid control devices and the world's largest manufacturer of custom molded filter elements. Filtertek is a subsidiary of ESCO ESCO Energy Service Company ESCO Estonian Shipping Company ESCO Esfahan Steel Company (Iran) ESCO Electric Steel Company, Inc. ESCO Eastern Sydney Chamber Orchestra (Australia) Electronics Corp. Hayden Leason, a Director and more than 20% owner of Advanced Photonix, Inc., founded Filtertek which he sold in 1992 to Schawk Inc. Farese is the son-in-law of Leason. In making the announcement, Harry Melkonian, Chairman of the Board, said, "We are fortunate to have new directors with the backgrounds that can assist Advanced Photonix in its efforts to emerge as a significant growth company." Advanced Photonix is a high technology company which designs and manufactures silicon photodetectors, optoelectronic Refers to devices that function due to the interaction of light and electronics. For example, an electronic signal is the input to a laser diode, which generates light pulses that are transmitted through an optical fiber. hybrid assemblies and proprietary solid state Large Area Avalanche Photodiodes Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are photodetectors that can be regarded as the semiconductor analog to photomultipliers. By applying a high reverse bias voltage (typically 100-200 V in silicon), APDs show an internal current gain effect (around 100) due to impact ionization (avalanche . |
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