Lumonics Ltd.
Title
Lumonics Ltd.
Lumonics Research Ltd.
Lumonix
GSI Lumonics
Novanta Inc.
Type
Company
Coverage
Ottawa, ON
Begin Date
1970-01-01
Active Until
2002-01-01
Location
105 Schneider Road in Kanata, ON (1974)
Product Areas
Optics
Lasers
Activities
Designing
Manufacturing
Timeline
- 1970 – Founded by G.A. Maunchel, A.R. Crawford, and A.R. Buchanan. Buchanan was a former employee of Leigh Instruments and Computing Devices of Canada. (Wikipedia; “2 Canadian firms get laser contracts”)
- 1970 – “...the tentative company submitted, and successfully won, an application for the right to manufacture and sell Transversely Excited Atmospheric (TEA) gas lasers invented at the Government's Defence Research Establishment in Val-Cartier, Quebec.” (“2 Canadian firms get laser contracts”)
- 1974 – The company constructs and moves into a new square foot plant at 105 Schneider Road in Kanata, ON. (Wikipedia)
- 1977 – Lumonics develops and manufactures excimer laser. (Wikipedia)
- 1980 – Company goes public, listed on TSX (Wikipedia)
- 1982 – Company acquires JK Lasers. (Wikipedia)
- 1989 – Private ownership again, under Japanese firm Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. (Wikipedia)
- 1995 – Company goes public again. (Wikipedia)
- 2000 – Company merges with Massachusetts-based General Scanning Inc., becoming GSI Lumonics. (“Spinoff Doctors”)
2001 – Company spins off optical division, possibly largely consisting of Interoptics, to create company Wave Precision. (“Spinoff Doctors”)
2002 – Affected by 2001 recession, company leaves Canada; a number of former GSI Lumonics employees go to LightMachinery. (Wikipedia; “About”; “LightMachinery” LinkedIn)
- 1970 – “...the tentative company submitted, and successfully won, an application for the right to manufacture and sell Transversely Excited Atmospheric (TEA) gas lasers invented at the Government's Defence Research Establishment in Val-Cartier, Quebec.” (“2 Canadian firms get laser contracts”)
- 1974 – The company constructs and moves into a new square foot plant at 105 Schneider Road in Kanata, ON. (Wikipedia)
- 1977 – Lumonics develops and manufactures excimer laser. (Wikipedia)
- 1980 – Company goes public, listed on TSX (Wikipedia)
- 1982 – Company acquires JK Lasers. (Wikipedia)
- 1989 – Private ownership again, under Japanese firm Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. (Wikipedia)
- 1995 – Company goes public again. (Wikipedia)
- 2000 – Company merges with Massachusetts-based General Scanning Inc., becoming GSI Lumonics. (“Spinoff Doctors”)
2001 – Company spins off optical division, possibly largely consisting of Interoptics, to create company Wave Precision. (“Spinoff Doctors”)
2002 – Affected by 2001 recession, company leaves Canada; a number of former GSI Lumonics employees go to LightMachinery. (Wikipedia; “About”; “LightMachinery” LinkedIn)
Sources
“About” Light Machinery (https://lightmachinery.com/about/) [25-07-24]
“LightMachinery” LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightmachinery/about/) [25-07-24]
“Lumonics” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumonics) [05-10-23]
“2 Canadian firms get laser contracts". The Globe and Mail. 23 July 1970. p. B11.
Orton, Marlene "Spinoff doctors: GSI Lumonics, Wave Precision and the new road to growth". The Ottawa Citizen, 6 March 2001: HT22, 25
“LightMachinery” LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightmachinery/about/) [25-07-24]
“Lumonics” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumonics) [05-10-23]
“2 Canadian firms get laser contracts". The Globe and Mail. 23 July 1970. p. B11.
Orton, Marlene "Spinoff doctors: GSI Lumonics, Wave Precision and the new road to growth". The Ottawa Citizen, 6 March 2001: HT22, 25
Collection
Citation
“Lumonics Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/2273.
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