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Marktech Corporation Company Timeline

1949
The Legend Begins

Mark Campito, current CEO & founder, was born and grew up in Albany, NY

1949
Life of Service

Mark Campito completed service in the U.S. Navy after completing Electronic School and serving on the USS Dyess – (DD-880), a U.S. Navy destroyer.

1977
Education

Mark graduated from Siena College with BA degree in History

1978
National Semiconductor

Mark joined Xciton, which became part of National Semiconductor, selling GaP and later GaAlAs LEDs.

1982
International Devices (IDI)

Mark was hired by the International Devices (IDI) of Pacesetter, Inc., which sold surplus semiconductor devices.

1985
Toshiba

Marktech Founded by Mark Campito and Becomes Exclusive North America Toshiba VAR.

1985
LEDTECH

Marktech established a partnership with LEDTECH ELECTRONICS CORP (Taiwan) for LED packaging and assembly

1986
SICK Sensors

LEDs for Position Sensor & Optical Encoders (SICK, Encoder Products, & Other OEMs)

1987
LED Product Data Book

Marktech released the latest LED Product Data Book catalog

1987
Optrans

Optrans Founded with Marktech Investment

1988
GE Lighting

Rail Signal Lights (GE Lighting)

1988
Ohmeda

Developed 1nm LED Sorting for First Oximeters (Ohmeda, NONIN, Sensor Medics, Catalyst Research)

1989
Lektron

Architectural Lighting at Burger King, Wendy’s, & Various Gas Station & Food Chains (Lektron)

1989 / 1990
True Blue - 470nm

Marktech packages the first “true blue” 470nm silicon carbide from CREE Research (Now CREE LED)

1990
Traffic Signs

Amber LEDS for Portable Traffic Signs (Vermac)

1991
Emergency Lighting

LEDs for Emergency Lighting (Abe 2 Products AKA SHO-ME)

2022
1992
Safco

Amber LEDs & LED Drivers for Lighting (Safco Products Company)

1992
Morgan Stanley

Dual LEDs, Lens Design for Morgan Stanley Bldg. Zipper - Times Square Project (Daktronics). The LED zipper display operated for 23 years without a single LED failure.

1993
Scoreboards

LEDs for scoreboards (Colorado Time Systems (CTS)). CTS scoreboards are used in sporting events at schools, colleges, and even in Olympic events.

1994
Backlight LEDs

Backlight LEDs for Surgical Instruments (Meritt Medical / Monarch Lighting)

1995
Infant Jaundice

Infant Jaundice Therapy Light Source & Detector (Natus / GE)

1996
Cardio Care

LEDs for Cardio Care fiber optic instrument (Medtronic)

1997
Product Catalog

Marktech released latest LED Product Data Book catalog

1998
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

Marktech won the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award – Times Union article

Late 1990s to Early 2000s
LED Drivers

LEDs and LED drivers for Lightwalls, Backdrop Screens & LED Video Lighting for Celine Dion, U2, Spice Girls, Rolling Stones, and Elton John’s Yacht (SACO Technologies Inc.)

2000
CREE-LED

Marktech Became CREE-LED Solutions Provider

2000
Grote

LEDs for Emergency and truck lighting (Grote)

2004
The Business Review

“LEDs light Marktech’s path to manufacturing in China” article The Business Review

2009
NTT

Optrans Acquired InGaAs Photodiode Detector Technology From NTT

2009
Optrans

Optrans Invested in Marktech

2009
Visions

“Let there be light” article in visions magazine

2012
Digikey

Digikey Electronics and Marktech Optoelectronics Announced Global Distribution Agreement

2014
Marktech West

Marktech & Optrans Established a Silicon Photodiode Factory in Simi Valley, CA

2014
FireDetection and Safety

Fire detection and safety (Emcom)

2016
Red Dot

Marktech Entered Red Dot & Reticle LED Business

2017
Seti

SETI UV Partner Exclusive for TO Cans

2017
Friend or Foe

LEDs for Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) lighting (Core Survival)

2018
JPL

Si Detector for NASA JPL

2018
Avlalance Photodiodes

Marktech introduced silicon avalanche photodiodes (APDs)

2018
Simi Valley

Marktech expanded Simi Valley, CA Photodetector Design and Manufacturing Capabilities

2018
Space Qualified

Space Qualified LED & Si Detector (BEI)

2018
AIM Photonics

Marktech joins AIM Photonics Consortium

2019
Space X

LED Emitters for Satellites (SpaceX)

2019
Nearfield Instruments

Custom detector assembly for 3D scanning probe (Nearfield Instruments)

2019
Biocomp

Systems for gradient forming and analysis in biomedical research (Bio-Comp Instruments)

2019
Veteran Owned Designation

Marktech Optoelectronics Awarded Veteran-Owned Small Business Certification

2019
Dual Chip Silicon

Marktech introduced dual chip silicon + InGaAs photodiodes for multi-spectral or broad band detection from UV-to-VIS-to-SWIR (250 nm  to 1750 nm)

2020
Mouser

Mouser Electronics and Marktech Optoelectronics announce global distribution agreement

2021
Vivonics

Blood alcohol detection wearable (Vivonics)

2021
Point of Care Analysis

SWIR LEDs and InGaAs photodiodes for toilet seat point-of-care urinalysis of biomarkers such as cholesterol, sugar, blood, etc. (Olive Diagnostics)

2021
SWIR In Chip Scale

Marktech introduced SWIR LEDs in a Chip Scale Package (CSP) – An Industry First

2021
Rikei

Marktech products became available in Japan through our latest partner, Rikei Corporation, a trusted trading partner and value-added solutions provider to Japanese OEMs.

2021 / 2022
NASA Dart Program

LEDs for Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission (NASA / Johns Hopkins) Launch 2021, impacted asteroid in 2022

2022
Advacned Silicon Photodiodes

Marktech Optoelectronics Announced Latest Lineup of Advanced Silicon Photodiode Photodetectors

2022
Terumo

LEDs for Heart-Lung Machine (Terumo Medical)

2022
Perosphere

LEDs and detectors for coagulation instruments (Perosphere)

2022
InGaAs Quad Array

Marktech Optoelectronics Announced New InGaAs Quad and Array Photodiodes for Laser Alignment and Position Sensing Applications

2023
ARL Group

Marktech Optoelectronics signed ARL Group as our exclusive representative in Canada.

2023
Best of Sensors

Marktech Optoelectronics Won the 2023 Best of Sensors Awards in the Aerospace and Space Category at the Sensors Converge tradeshow for their 2.6µm InGaAs photodiodes in their proprietary ATLAS hermetic SMD package

2023
Chentronics Flame Detectors

Flame detectors (Chentronics)

2023
Militram

Marktech established an agreement with Futuristic Technologies to serve Israel’s fast-growing industrial, defense, and medical markets.

2023
Hermetic Packages

Marktech Optoelectronics Expanded the Industry’s Broadest Line of Point Source LEDs with New Hermetic SMD Packaged Visible and Infrared Emitters

2023
EPIC

Marktech joined the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) to support growing interest for our products in Europe. (EPIC)

2023
Enhanced & Customizable Red Dot

Marktech Optoelectronics Released Enhanced Sharpness 25 & 50 Micron Red Dot LEDs – Standard & Customizable Designs

2023
Silanna

Marktech announced the release of cutting-edge 235nm and 255nm UVC LEDs from Silanna

2024
Syscom Prorep

Marktech signed an agreement with sales engineering representative, SYSCOM PROREP, to expand access to markets in France and Germany.

2024
Deep UVC Detection

Marktech Optoelectronics Launched Advanced Silicon Carbide (SiC) Photodiodes for Deep UVC Detection

2024
Multi-wavelength

Marktech Expanded their Multi-chip Product Line with Multi-Wavelength SWIR LEDs and a 2.6µm InGaAs Detector in One Package

2025
High Efficiency Red Dots

Marktech Unveiled Next-Generation High-Efficiency 25µm Red Dot RCLEDs for Ultraprecise Aiming with Low Power Draw

2025
The Legend Continues

Mark Campito continues to lead the company as CEO with increasing collaboration wtih Marktech’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) James Homa

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