Block Engineering Press Releases
Jeff Sherman joins Block Engineering as Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Marlborough, Massachusetts – July 13, 2011
Block Engineering, a leading developer of MEMS, laser and FTIR spectroscopy sensors, announced today that Jeff Sherman has joined the company as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. more...
Block Engineering Announces Major Equity Investment
Marlborough, Massachusetts – April 4, 2011
Block Engineering, a leading developer of Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) based spectrometers, announced today that Michael L. Bickford, of Vero Beach, Florida, has made a major equity investment and has become a Director. more...
Block Introduces QScan™ Technology for Its QCL Spectrometers
Marlborough, Massachusetts – March 9, 2011
Block Engineering, a leading developer of mid-infrared spectroscopic devices, announced today the launch of its next generation QScan™ technology, which enables its Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) spectroscopic products to perform up to 100 spectral scans per second. more...
Block Engineering Receives Golden Gas Award for Quantum Cascade Laser Mid-IR Spectrometer
Marlborough, Massachusetts – February 24, 2011
Block Engineering has been awarded the Silver Medal in the Gases & Instrumentation 2011 Golden Gas Awards. The Golden Gas Award is an international competition sponsored by Gases & Instrumentation Magazine to recognize the leading new gas analysis products of 2010. more...
Block Engineering Wins Prism Award for LaserScan™ Spectrometer
San Francisco, CA – February 3, 2011
SPIE and Laurin Publishing name Block Engineering a Prism Award winner for its LaserScan™ Analyzer, a Quantum Cascade Laser based mid-infrared spectrometer for noncontact, standoff chemical analysis of surface contaminants. more...
Block Engineering Named Prism Awards Finalist for LaserScan™ Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometers
Marlborough, Massachusetts – November 12, 2010
Block Engineering, a developer of Quantum Cascade Laser-based spectrometers, has been named a finalist in the 2010 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The Prism Awards is an international competition sponsored by Photonics Media and SPIE. more...
Block Engineering Introduces Family of Quantum Cascade Laser Mid-IR Spectrometers
Marlborough, Massachusetts – August 17, 2010
Block Engineering, a leading developer of Mid-infrared spectroscopy sensors, announced today the launch of a family of next-generation, revolutionary spectrometers based on widely tunable quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). more...
Adam Erlich joins Block as VP of Marketing and Bus. Development
Marlborough, Massachusetts – February 17, 2010
Block Engineering announced today the addition of Adam Erlich as its new VP of Marketing and Business Development. Adam will lead all commercialization efforts for Block's technologies and products, especially its next generation MEMS and infrared laser based handheld and portable spectrometers. more...
Marlborough, Massachusetts – January 18, 2010
Block MEMS/Engineering announced today that it has been notified by the Army's SBIR Administration that it has been selected as one of the top 25 companies to receive additional support towards commercialization of its technology. more...
Block Engineering wins $4.38M government contract
Marlborough, Massachusetts – November 5, 2009
Block Engineering announced today that it has been awarded a new $4,380,000 government contract to develop a fieldable, handheld infrared spectrometer that utilizes Block's unique laser and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies. more...
Dr. Ninghui Zhu joins Block Engineering as VP of Manufacturing and Packaging
Marlborough, Massachusetts – June 19, 2009
Block Engineering announced today the addition of Dr. Ninghui Zhu as Vice President of Manufacturing and Packaging. Dr. Zhu will lead the design and packaging efforts at Block for all products, including the miniaturized laser and MEMS based spectrometers. more...
Block Engineering Wins $3,300,000 in Development Contracts
Marlborough, Massachusetts – April 23, 2009
Block Engineering announced today that it has been awarded a total of $3,300,000 in contracts from several DoD agencies to develop next generation, ultra-miniaturized infrared spectrometers. more...
Block Engineering Moves to a New Facility
Marlborough, Massachusetts – October 1, 2008
Block Engineering announced today that it has moved its headquarters to a new, state-of-the-art facility at 377 Simarano Drive in Marlborough, MA. more...
Dr. Erik Deutsch joins Block Engineering as VP of MEMS Engineering
Marlborough, Massachusetts – May 5, 2008
Block Engineering, LLC, a developer of miniaturized FTIR spectrometers based on unique microelectromechanical (MEMS) technologies, announced today the addition of Dr. Erik Deutsch as Vice President of MEMS Engineering. more...
Block MEMS Receives Micro/Nano Technology DARPA award
Marlborough, Massachusetts – October 23, 2007
Block MEMS, LLC, a leading developer of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based devices, has been awarded a research contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a unique Micro/Nano mechanical switch. more...
Block Engineering Names Dr. Petros Kotidis as Chief Executive Officer
Marlborough, Massachusetts – June 25, 2007
Block Engineering, LLC, a leading supplier of FT-IR spectrometers for defense and commercial markets, has named Petros A. Kotidis, PhD as its Chief Executive Officer. more...
Block MEMS Receives $4.5 Million Development Contract for MEMS gas sensor
Marlborough, Massachusetts – September 26, 2006
Block MEMS, LLC was recently awarded a $4.5 million contract by the U. S. Army Research Office. The contract, which is being managed by the Soldier Biological and Chemical Command (SBCCOM) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, provides funds to develop a miniaturized chemical detector using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. more...
