CVI Promotes Lynore Abbott to Marketing Director.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- CVI announced today that Lynore Abbott has been promoted to the position of Marketing Director. As Marketing Director, Abbott will be responsible for managing marketing activities for North America and coordinating worldwide marketing activities in Europe and Asia. She will be responsible for growing brand leadership, integrating new capabilities into the product mix, and facilitating customer access to CVI's worldwide capabilities.

Abbott has been with the company since 2004 as Marketing Communications Manager. Abbott will continue to report to Robert Soales, VP of Sales and Marketing.

"CVI has a tremendous breadth of capabilities around the world. We fabricate and integrate optical components and assemblies across the spectrum, from X-ray to the Infrared. Marketing's role is to enable our customers via CVI's worldwide capabilities," says Soales. "We are looking to Lynore to integrate the business strategies for CVI's growth into the marketing plan and improve our worldwide market presence."

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, California, the British Isles, and Korea with sales representatives and distributors located worldwide.

For further information, please contact Bob Soales, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, 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.