Johns Hopkins University Joins the List of Distinguished Organizations and Institutes That Have Partnered with Potomac Photonics for Rapid, Cost-Effective Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices

Potomac is excited to work on increasingly innovative applications of microfluidics technology as we push the envelope of advanced manufacturing capabilities.  These so-called “Lab on a Chip” devices have miniaturized diagnostics to a point where affordable testing allows for highly specific research.  For example, a team in the Gerecht Lab in the Dept. of Chemical…

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  • September 20, 2016

Potomac’s Skilled Staff Takes You Behind the Scenes at Our Factory of the Future

With Labor Day approaching it’s a great time to celebrate the advanced manufacturing contributions our skilled staff make to the many biotech, medical devices, microfluidics, displays, microelectronics and other products that impact the lives of so many.  In honor of our fabricators on the factory floor, we’re launching a video series featuring the elements of…

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  • September 2, 2016

Invisible Hole Backlighting

The latest entry in Specialty Applications section on our website updates our laser micromachining work to help develop invisible hole backlighting applications.  Our customers in automotive, aerospace, medical equipment and computer products that utilize user-friendly displays, are finding that data overload is creating a dangerous situation for operators.  Control panels are becoming confusing and distracting…a bad combination…

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  • August 29, 2016

Potomac in the News: Baltimore Sun and Manufacturing Talk Radio Features Micro-manufacturing and the Factory of the Future

Potomac Photonics greatly appreciates when our innovations in advanced manufacturing and workforce development are recognized.  Recently, two media outlets talked with our President and CEO Mike Adelstein, as well as our staff, to explain our unique 21st century approach to the factory floor.   Baltimore Sun: micro-manufacturing company doesn’t sweat the small stuff   When…

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  • July 26, 2016

CEO Mike Adelstein Credits Partnerships in Baltimore Area for Potomac Photonics’ Success

In a recent interview on Baltimore NPR station WYPR, Potomac President and CEO, Mike Adelstein, explained how partnerships with organizations in the Baltimore area have contributed to our success.   Creating the Jobs of the FutureMike emphasized that our working relationships with both educational institutions and informal making programs have helped us train workers here…

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  • July 7, 2016

Baltimore County Partnership Helps Potomac Change the World

Potomac is thrilled to have recently been featured on a new video from Baltimore County, highlighting recipients of the government-sponsored Boost Fund.  The flexible loan program is designed to help small businesses in growth industries by providing capital in order to increase employment in the County. But of course, our work in advanced manufacturing that…

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  • June 30, 2016

President Obama Proclaims National Week of Making

Starting June 17, we’re excited that the White House is celebrating a National Week of Making throughout the country.  From schools to fab labs and makerspaces, manufacturing plants to tech centers, and universities to after-school programs, special events are taking place to share the power making brings to our lives. President Barack Obama has had…

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  • June 21, 2016

Potomac’s Affordable Microfluidic Device Rapid Prototyping Helps Windgap Medical Bring New Product to Market

At Potomac, we find that helping startups prototype and manufacture new designs in order to bring groundbreaking products to market is especially rewarding work.  Our advanced manufacturing collaborations with innovators stretch our capabilities and challenge our own solution-solving skills.  Windgap Medical is one such startup with an intriguing product that solves a number of problems…

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  • June 2, 2016

New Potomac R&D Notebook Sheds Light on Internal Programs for Advanced Manufacturing Processes

Advanced manufacturing services involve more than just feeding CAD files into a 3D Printer, laser micromachining workstation or micro CNC machine.  To best service our customers in the biotech, medical device and microfluidics industries, Potomac has had to stay at the leading edge of new technologies, pushing the digital fabrication envelope through internal R&D programs. …

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  • May 25, 2016

Helping the New Jersey Institute of Technology with New Microfluidics Techniques for Analysis and Personalized Medicine

Microfluidics is a fast-moving field on many levels, and we’re seeing new, innovative techniques being developed to fabricate devices that will impact chemical analysis, personalized medicine and pharmaceuticals. Dr. Sagnik Basuray’s group in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology is working to expand how we think…

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  • May 5, 2016