Labsphere, Inc.

Since 1990, Guild Optical Associates Inc. has been one of the leaders in the fabrication of custom Sapphire Optical components. The company s product list includes windows, lenses, special shapes and metalized optics for hermetic sealing applications. Guild Optical Associates Inc. serves many industries, including the aerospace, automotive, medical and process monitoring industries. The company also specializes in the precision fabrication of custom optical components. It also offers mirrors, filters and custom shapes of all types for optical and non-optical applications.

Omega Optical has grown steadily throughout its three-decade history. What started as a 'one-man' operation in a garage is now a $10 million company with more than 125 employees and 33 international distributors. The company, its founder, and an assortment of collaborators hold a variety of patents. Omega's filters are used in instruments that have led to scientific advancements in the life sciences, clinical medicine and astronomy. They have helped unlock the mysteries of the human gene sequence and probe the depths of the universe. The company is located in a new 30,000-square-foot world headquarters and manufacturing facility, which opened for operation in January 2005 on the Delta campus in Brattleboro, Vt.

Amphenol Printed Circuits, an ISO 9001 company, manufactures a family of proprietary and conventional flexible printed circuits. APC offers its customers a complete printed circuit interconnection solution, from initial design to circuit fabrication, high-level assembly and functional testing. APC's products replace wire, tape cable and connectors. Founded in 1976, the company manufactured products in Merrimack, N.H., until it moved to a larger facility in Nashua, N.H., where it has two buildings with more than 75,000 square feet of manufacturing space. APC's products are used by nearly 450 companies in the electronics industry from consumer goods to aerospace. APC is a subsidiary of the Amphenol Company, one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world. The parent company designs, manufactures and markets electrical, electronic and fiber optic systems.