Advanced Photonix Announces Continued Market Penetration and Terahertz Success

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Photonix^® (NYSE MKT: API), the leading supplier of terahertz systems to industry, announces today that it has sold two new T-Gauge^® sensor systems. The first sale is a spare or backup system for an existing T-Gauge® system used in a critical manufacturing process overseas. The second system will be deployed on an industrial manufacturing line to provide 100% inspection of roofing materials for quality control. This inspection system is expected to be the first in a number of systems deployed to this customer.
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The ability of terahertz energy to penetrate non-conducting materials allows inspection of solid and liquid products after packaging. The wide frequency content and high precision of the T-Gauge^® system provides sensitivity to both physical and chemical changes in the product. Measurement of thickness, density, and certain material properties can be used to monitor the quality of the product being produced.
"With the addition of more systems deployed internationally we are continuing to develop a strong global support network for our value-added resellers and customers. This new deployment to a roofing manufacturer expands our applications to a new customer in an existing market. We would like to thank our value-added reseller, Thermo Fisher Scientific, for their hard work in bringing in this new opportunity," said API CEO Richard Kurtz.
About Advanced Photonix, Inc.Advanced Photonix, Inc.^® (NYSE MKT: API) is a leading supplier with a broad offering of optoelectronic products to a global customer base. We provide optoelectronic solutions, high-speed optical receivers and terahertz instrumentation for telecom, homeland security, military, medical and industrial markets. With our patented technology and state-of-the-art manufacturing we offer industry leading performance, exceptional quality, and high value added products to our OEM customer base. For more information visit us on the web at www.advancedphotonix.com.
The information contained herein includes forward looking statements that are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable but are subject to inherent uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, unforeseen technological obstacles which may prevent or slow the development and/or manufacture of new products; potential problems with the integration of the acquired company and its technology and possible inability to achieve expected synergies; obstacles to successfully combining product offerings and lack of customer acceptance of such offerings; limited (or slower than anticipated) customer acceptance of new products which have been and are being developed by the Company; and a decline in the general demand for optoelectronic products.
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Advanced Photonix reports substantial progress of it's commercial sales in Terahertz process and quality control

I participated in both listening to, and asking questions on  the Q4 2012 Advanced Photonix Earnings Conference Call held on Friday, June 29, 2012.
Rob Risser the Advanced Photonix, COO, reported "substantial progress" in the development of a true commercial market for API's T-Ray 4000, and T-Gauge systems. Rob noted that API's association with Thermo-Fisher Scientific (which is acting as a value added reseller of API's THz systems) is paying off, with two recent commercial sales in the process and quality control market, in building materials and in nutraceuticals. Risser reported a "backlog of customers" for API THz products, is growing.
Risser and Rick Kurtz, CEO, also gave what I believe was a very positive outlook on the likelihood of API, establishing a similar VAR relationship in the paper industry, and both expected developments in this industry in the future.
Use of THz for quality control for application of paint on the F-35's  speciality radar absorbing, coated surfaces continues, and API will be supplying new hand-held versions of the T-Gauge for use by Northrup Grumman.  API was able to actually demonstrate the use of it's Terahertz application for inspection of paint while it was being applied to the major automobile companies at the Detroit Society for Coating Technology.
Shipment of the 3 beta version's of the API, Anomaly Detection Device to the Transportation and Security Administration occurred as scheduled in March. Risser cautioned that evaluation of the product by the TSA will be lengthy, but once adopted should open many new market opportunities.

In my opinion, you can expect to see THz breakthroughs with commercial application and actual use in the Timber, Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Airplane, and many other areas of industrial production, where quality control is essential. Whether API will trail-blaze into those arenas is yet to be seen, but by all appearances they are leading the Terahertz community thus far. If you disagree please leave me a comment and tell me why you disagree. I'm always looking for news about THz related breakthroughs into the manufacturing arena. I see many stories about products that appear capable of providing the service, but very few stories of companies actually making sales and finding uses on the factory floor. 
If your company is making such sales PLEASE let me know.  (I would love to hear from Teraview about actual sales, outside of the laboratory setting and use of their systems on a factory floor)


AS ALWAYS THESE ARE MY JUST MY PERSONAL OPINIONS AND MY INTERPRETATION OF THE API CONFERENCE CALL.  PLEASE LISTEN FOR YOURSELF.


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Advanced Photonix, Inc. Continues Industrial Market Growth in Terahertz Industrial Process Control

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Advanced Photonix, Inc.^® (NYSE Amex: API) today announces that it has received orders from its value-added reseller, Thermo Fisher Scientific, for its T-Gauge^® industrial terahertz (THz) gauging system. These systems are scheduled to be delivered late in second quarter of this fiscal year and deployed on the factory floor shortly thereafter.
The T-Gauge^® measurement systems will be utilized for quality control of multilayer commercial industrial products. The system will measure the layers and provide feedback for adjusting the amount of material to ensure the quality of the product and reduce material costs. The advantage of the T- Gauge^® system is that it can measure the layers directly in real-time and closer to the source than other technologies, making a bigger impact on the manufacturing processes.
The T-Gauge^® system is designed to be deployed on the industrial factory floor for process and quality control applications requiring non-contact measuring of physical properties such as; multiple layer thickness measurements, density, contamination by foreign substances, sub-surface defects within a product and moisture analysis. The T-Gauge^® is non-nuclear and operates at speeds that make it ideal for web processing and converting solutions. The system can be used on-line or off-line to help manufacturers to improve quality and reduce costs by collecting more information and tightening tolerances than previously available.
“This marks the first sale of our new T-Gauge^® measurementsystem for deployment on the factory floor and our continued penetration into the industrial market with our world leading terahertz instrumentation. This is an exciting time for us and our partners as we are beginning to see real traction in the market,” commented Richard Kurtz, President and CEO.
About Advanced Photonix, Inc.
Advanced Photonix, Inc.^® (NYSE Amex: API) is a leading supplier with a broad offering of optoelectronic products to a global customer base. We provide optoelectronic solutions, high-speed optical receivers and terahertz instrumentation for telecom, homeland security, military, medical and industrial markets. With our patented technology and state-of-the-art manufacturing we offer industry leading performance, exceptional quality, and high value-added products to our OEM customer base. For more information visit us on the web at www.advancedphotonix.com.
The information contained herein includes forward looking statements that are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable but are subject to inherent uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, unforeseen technological obstacles which may prevent or slow the development and/or manufacture of new products; potential problems with the integration of the acquired company and its technology and possible inability to achieve expected synergies; obstacles to successfully combining product offerings and lack of customer acceptance of such offerings; limited (or slower than anticipated) customer acceptance of new products which have been and are being developed by the Company; and a decline in the general demand for optoelectronic products. API-G

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Opinion- Advanced Photonix advancing THz into the paper industry

Opinion/Commentary
Last year Advanced Photonix, presented a cutting edge paper at the 2011 PaperCon Convention, which demonstrated the advantages to be found in the use of Terahertz for industrial quality control in paper processing/manufacturing. (That paper which is in pdf format and too large to post here, is linked below.)


While not presenting any new papers this year at PaperCon, it is my understanding that John Riccardi, sales manager for Advanced Photonix, along with API's recently added value added partners, ThermoFisher, and Automation and Control Technology, Inc. (ACT), are not at this year's PaperCon, but are talking to paper industrialists. I anticipate that hearing about the benefits of using THz from multiple reputable sources will lead to new VAR's and sales of the recently developed T-Gauge. for use in the paper industry. Even if no immediate sales are announced it is my opinion that these efforts demonstrate that once again, API, is  making progress in bringing awareness about and  advancing Terahertz as a break-through advance over existing technology for industrial quality control in the paper industry, with many more to follow.
These are my opinions, and please do your own due diligence before investing in any company.


http://www.tappi.org/Downloads/Conference-Papers/2011/2011-PaperCon-Conference/11PAP35.aspx

(also see: http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=124073320791841682&postID=5531448771814871403 )