Growing our core photonics businesses: Transcending the $10-million plateau.

An interview with president Jan Melles of Photonics Investments is presented. Topics discussed include the research presented by SPIE, a not-for-profit international professional society for optics and photonics technology, about the composition of the core optics and photonics components market, the challenges will face by the photonics component companies, and whether outside investments or merging with a larger competitor is a good quality option for small optics businesses.