NZ's photonics sector lags the world in research commercialisation

NZ's photonics sector lags the world in research commercialisation
Anzos president and Dodd-Walls Centre director Frederique Vanholsbeeck. (Image: Dodd-Walls Centre)
Greg Hurrell
NovoLabs is a New Zealand success story, but a report says the country's overall photonic sector is underperforming and more NovoLabs are needed.  Novolabs earns millions of dollars in sales for its photonic-based technology. It has patents for one technology in 29 countries, with a second patent pending. The company, which has come up with a new way of using light to disinfect liquids, was spun out of Massey University by Andy Shilton, professor of environmental engineering.A new report into the state of Australasia's photoni...

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