Boris Kobrin

Plasma-Therm LLC manufactures plasma etch, deposition, and advanced packaging equipment for specialty semiconductor and nanotechnology markets. Its products include versaline, singulator, vision series, lapevco, versalock and mask etcher series. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Applied MicroStructures, Inc. designs and manufactures molecular vapor deposition tools. It offers anti-stiction films, self-assembled monolayers, hydrophobic films, conformal coatings, moisture barrier films, hydrophilic films, bio-compatible or reactive coatings and compatible substrates. The company was founded by Richard C. Yi, Romek Nowak, Jeffrey D. Chinn, Richard S. Payne and Boris Kobrin in January 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

IntegenX, Inc. develops rapid human DNA identification technology, next-gen sequencing library preparation, and DNA/RNA ambient temperature stability and storage products. The firm platforms are the result of the integration of advanced fluidics, optics, and biochemistry capabilities to produce products for DNA-based human identity testing and forensics and biodefense applications. The company was founded by Stevan Jovanovich, Dennis W. Harris, Richard A. Mathies in 2003 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Corning Rochester Photonics Corp. manufactures diffractive optics and micro lenses for fiber optic uses. It offers diffractive optics, engineered and HiLAM diffusers, LED collimators, micro arrays and vortex phase plate products. The company was founded by Dean Faklis, Milton Chang and G. Michael Morris in 1989 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

BRAGG Photonics, Inc. provides fiber grating services.

Onix Microsystems, Inc. used to design, develop and supply telecommunications equipment. The company was engaged in manufacturing of MEMS-based optical switching engines for telecommunications equipment suppliers. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Rolith, Inc. engages in the development of advanced nanostructured coatings and devices. The company was founded by Boris Kobrin, Julian L. Zegelman and Mark Brongersma in 2008 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Holo-or Ltd. designs and manufactures Diffractive Optical Elements for high power lasers. Its products include Beam Shaping, Beam Splitter and Beam Foci. The firm offers Aesthetic Treatments, Material Processing, Structures Light and Collimated Beam Shaper solutions. The company was founded by Israel Grossinger in 1989 and is headquartered in Rehovoth, Israel.

Metamaterial Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and commercializes optical filters and metamaterial-based systems. It specializes in metamaterial research, nanofabrication, and computational electromagnetics. The company was founded by George Palikaras, Nadine Geddes, Themos Kallos and Paul McLaughlin in 2011 and is headquartered in Dartmouth, Canada.