Acton Research announces appointments

Acton Research Corporation (ARC; Acton, MA), a subsidiary of Roper Industries, recently announced a series of appointments for positions. Gene Yazbak has been named President. Mr. Yazbak previously held the position of Executive Vice President of U.S. Operations with Petroleum Analyzer Company L.P. (PAC), also a subsidiary of Roper Industries.

Robert Fancy, co-founder of Acton's Instrument Division and former President, is now the Chief Technology Officer for Acton Research Corporation. This new position will allow Mr. Fancy to devote all of his energies to the increasing demands of product development.

Bill Keating, who worked for Mr. Yazbak at Petroleum Analyzer Company (PAC), has been named to the new position of Vice President of Manufacturing for Acton Research Corporation. Mr. Keating's responsibilities will encompass both the instrumentation and optical components divisions.

Additionally, ARC is pleased to announce the promotion of David Di Tullio to the position of Controller. Mr. Di Tullio will report to Joseph McCadden, Vice President of Optics and Finance. In addition to operating the optics division, Mr. McCadden will be spearheading new business development for Acton Research.

Also, Kirk Lussier has joined Acton Research as a Sales Engineer for the Optics Division on the West Coast, reporting to Lori Labonte, Optics Sales Manager. Lussier was previously employed by Coherent Auburn Group as an Applications Engineer.

N/A's optics division manufactures high performance, long-lifetime excimer and Nd:YAG laser mirrors and coatings, VUV/UV broadband optics, and VUV/UV optical filters used in numerous research and OEM applications. Acton Research currently provides optical components for industries including semiconductor, medical, spectroscopy, telecommunications, and environmental, among others.

ARC's instrument division produces the world renown SpectraPro series of multi-grating monochromators and spectrographs, as well as vacuum and UHV spectrometers and complete spectroscopic measurement systems which include integrated data acquisition and analysis hardware and software. These instruments are used in research and industrial spectroscopy applications including fluorescence, Raman, process control, and semiconductor measurement, among others.