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IncomwinsManufacturingExcellenceAward,CEOspeaksatWorcesterBusinessJournal’sManufacturingSummit

Innovationleaderrecognizedforproductdesign,community/educationalpartnershipsandcontributionstothegrowthofmanufacturinginCentralMassachusetts

Charlton,Mass.—Apr.28,2016—Incom,theworld’slargestsupplierofglassandpolymerfusedfiberopticsolutions,receivedtheWorcesterBusinessJournal’sProductandDesignInnovationManufacturingExcellenceAwardforcommercializationofLargeAreaPicosecondPhotodetectors(LAPPD™).President/CEO,MichaelA.Detarando,acceptedtheawardonbehalfofIncomatthe2016ManufacturingSummitonApril26.DetarandoalsoparticipatedintheSummit’s“Collaboration,ConnectivityandPartnerships”panel,moderatedbyPeterRussooftheMassachusettsManufacturingExtensionPartnership.“It’sanhonortoberecognizedbytheWorcesterBusinessJournal,ourpartnersandthecommunityforadvancedmanufacturingdesignandinnovation,”saidDetarando.“Incomiscommittedtocombiningthemostprogressivecomponentswithunparalleledtechnologyexpertisetoempowercustomers,researchersandinstrumentmakerswithsolutionsthatadvanceproductdevelopmentanduserexperience.”IncomearnedtheawardforLAPPDresearch,developmentandcommercialization.Aphotodetectorisascientificinstrumentusedformeasuringthetimeofarrivalandpositionofphotons,andotherrelativisticparticles.At400cm2,LAPPDistheworld’slargestmicrochannelplate(MCP)basedphotodetectorwithunprecedentedimagingcapabilitiesofinteresttothehigh-energyphysics,medical,defenseandaerospaceindustries.LAPPDsmeasure,characterizeandrecordthebehavioralchangesoflightbytrackingtheworld’sfastestmovingparticle—aphoton—inawaythatnoothercommerciallyavailableproductcan.Fundamentalparticlesthatcan’tbeseencannowbestudiedandunderstoodbasedonhowtheyinteractwith,andaffect,light.AdvancesthatLAPPDsenableinclude:• High-energyphysicsresearch,measuringenergyproducedfromparticlecollisions.• Lifesavingearlydetectioncapabilitiesthroughpositronemissiontopography,mass

spectrometersandmedicalimaging,toquicklyandaccuratelyidentifybodyanomalies.• Detectionofradioactivematerialsforscientificandmedicalapplications.

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