Corporate Profile for Optos North America, dated March 10, 2000.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: March 10, 2000
Company Name: Optos North America
Address: 199 Forest Street
Marlborough MA 01752
Main Telephone
Number: 508-486-9303
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) http://www.optos.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Douglas Anderson
Chief Financial
Officer: Ian Stevens
Investor Relations
Contact: Ian Stevens
Business number: 011441383843300
E-mail address: istevens@optos.com
Public Relations
Contact: Karen E. Miller
Business number: 508-486-9303
E-mail address: kmiller@optos.com
Industry: Medical Device
Company Description: Optos North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Optos plc, is headquartered in Marlborough, MA, and currently employs nine people. The company plans to hire an additional 100 employees to support the local manufacture, service, sales and marketing of the Panoramic200 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Panoramic200 is the world's first system capable of producing a single, high-resolution, ultra widefield color image A (digital) color image is a digital image that includes color information for each pixel. For visually acceptable results, it is necessary (and almost sufficient) to provide three samples (color channels of the retina without the need for pupil dilation dilation /di·la·tion/ (di-la´shun) 1. the act of dilating or stretching. 2. dilatation. di·la·tion n. 1. . Pupil dilation, commonly used in retinal retinal /ret·i·nal/ (ret´i-n'l) 1. pertaining to the retina. 2. the aldehyde of retinol, derived from absorbed dietary carotenoids or esters of retinol and having vitamin A activity. exams, often causes the patient to have blurred vision and extreme sensitivity to light for hours after the exam. Optos plc employs 40 technical, production and administrative personnel at its development center in Dunfermline, Scotland. The company is also developing additional products and services for eye care professionals throughout the world. Visit the Optos web site at www.optos.com. |
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