CVI Launches F-Theta Lens Product Line at Photonics West.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- CVI Laser, LLC is adding a series of F-Theta lenses to its extensive optical component product offering for the industrial materials processing market. F-Theta lenses are used to collimate the output of a scanning mirror system. These systems are used in laser marking, welding, and cutting applications.

"We have delivered high energy optics to the industrial market for over 32 years. This is natural fit to the rest of our product line of beam-steering optical components and assemblies. Our industrial customers have been asking us to provide these lens options, and we are responding," says Bob Soales, VP of Sales and Marketing.

"This is just one of six new products we are features at Photonics West 2005. CVI maintains an extensive catalog with over 400 product lines and 195,000 unique standard part numbers. Our customers tell us that CVI can be depended on to have the largest inventory of whatever they are looking for. Our unique 'build your own part' ordering scheme started in the first catalog is also online at www.cvilaser.com. In addition to these new catalog products, we are adding capabilities for our OEM customers such as diamond-turning 13nm optics for the next generation semiconductor market, and high damage DUV coatings," says CEO Stuart Schoenmann.

Serving semiconductor, biotech, industrial, commercial and research industries, CVI combines 30 years of optics manufacturing expertise with precision machining and mechanical design to produce integrated opto-mechanical assemblies. CVI is a leading manufacturer of optical components, providing engineering, rapid prototype delivery, high volume production, and system integration for challenging optical requirements. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, CVI operates manufacturing facilities in New Mexico, the British Isles, and Korea with sales representatives and distributors located worldwide.

CVI Laser, LLC is an ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturer and distributor of precision optics, coatings, and assemblies.

For further information, please contact Lynore Abbott, Marketing Communications Manager, 200 Dorado Place S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87123, by phone at 505-296-9541, by e-mail at [e-mail], or visit the CVI website at www.cvilaser.com.