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•Number Employed: 5,000

•New, emerging industry: Deals with manipulation of light and touches virtually all high tech products - including CDs, lasers and telecom.

•Major Companies: Ball Corp., Agilent Technologies, Research Electro-Optics, Colorlink Inc., Meadowlark Optics, ILX Lightwave, Rocky Mountain Instrument Co.

•Major Locations: Metro Denver, Boulder

•Photonics businesses & related organizations: 242

•Additional Information and Statistics:
- Ranked 5th in the nation for Photonics Manufacturing
- Universities with Photonics programs: University of Colorado, University of Denver, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines
- Federal Labs: National Renewable Energy Lab, National Institute of Standards & Technology, National Center for Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Colorado Advanced Photonics Technology Center: Non-profit organization dedicated to commercialization of photonics technologies.
- Colorado Photonics Industry Association: 60-member organization,
www.coloradophotonics.org