| Business Summary | | Coherent,
Inc.
is
a
provider
of
photonics-based
solutions
to
the
commercial,
scientific
and
telecom
markets.
Founded
in
1966,
Coherent
sells
products
in
over
80
countries
and
has
23
production,
research
and
service
facilities
worldwide.
Coherent
provides
its
solutions
to
a
broad
base
of
commercial
customers,
including
many
Fortune
500
manufacturers,
and
scientific
customers,
including
prestigious
universities.
In
the
commercial
arena,
Coherent
products
serve
a
wide
range
of
manufacturing
and
instrumentation
applications
that
include
optical
telecommunication,
semiconductor
manufacturing,
inspection
and
test,
advance
packaging,
reprographics,
and
a
variety
of
precision
instrumentation
applications
in
the
biotechnology
and
semiconductor
processing
industries.
In
the
electro-optical
scientific
market,
scientists
use
Coherent
lasers
to
enhance
their
research
efforts
in
such
diverse
fields
as
engineering,
genetics,
biology,
chemistry
and
physics. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Coherent,
Inc.
is
a
global
leader
in
the
design,
manufacture
and
sale
of
lasers,
laser
systems,
precision
optics
and
related
accessories.
For
the
39
weeks
ended
6/30/01,
sales
increased
32%
to
$363
million.
Net
income
from
continuing
operations
and
before
acct.
change
rose
53%
to
$27.7
million.
Revenues
reflect
higher
sales
volumes
in
commercial
solid
state
products.
Earnings
reflect
higher
interest,
dividends
and
investments
income
due
to
secondary
public
offering. | More
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Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Henry Gauthier, 60 Chairman | -- | -- | Bernard Couillaud, Ph.D., 56 Pres,
CEO, Director | $972K | $768K | Robert Quillinan, 53 CFO,
Exec. VP, Director | 461K | 983K | John Ambroseo, Ph.D., 39 COO | 630K | 1.1M | Kevin McCarthy, 44 Exec.
VP, CIO | -- | -- | Dollar
amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
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from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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