CIC Photonics, Inc. formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a merger of Connecticut Instrument Corporation and Environmental Photonics, Inc. Connecticut Instrument Corporation specialized in FTIR sampling accessories; Environmental Photonics, Inc. specialized in UV/VIS/NIR fiber-optic spectrometers and probes.

Technology Director from BOC New Jersey visits CICP and requests several enhancements of the Pathfinder Long Path Gas Cell to increase its sensitivity and applicability to the measurement of moisture as an impurity in corrosive semiconductor gases; the result was the Pathfinder-EN.

Ranger 9.6-meter fixed pathlength gas cell designed and fabricated as a lower cost gas cell of 1.7-liter volume for general purpose gas analysis applications.

4Runner 4.0-meter pathlength gas cell designed and produced to provide a smaller volume (0.6-liter vs 2.2-liter of the Pathfinder-EN) cell for the electronic specialty gas producers.

Research Manager at Matheson Gas Company suggests that company offer a complete high performance FTIR gas analyzer for moisture and impurity analyses.

MS student Jorge E. Perez is hired from UNM EE Department to begin writing software for a FTIR gas analyzer.

IRGAS^TM name created for company's turnkey "Integrated Real-Time Gas Analyzer Solution."

Bomem WorkIR FTIR spectrometer selected for the IRGAS Turnkey Gas Analyzer.

Provisional Patent Application submitted SPGAS^TM / Spectra Stream^TM specialty gas analysis software; followed by patent application in December 2000.

Patent No. 6,748,334 received for SPGAS / Spectra Stream.

First IRGAS System sold to Applied Materials for EPI reactor applications.

First combustion gas analysis version of IRGAS sold to Chinese engineering for cannon fire discharge gas analyses; after approval by USDOC.

Informal collaboration initiated with start-up company Aspectrics of California for integration of Company's gas cells with their EP-IR spectrometer.

Company receives SBA Technology Export Award for fast-growth of its exports in 2004.

Re-designed Ranger-EN 9.6-meter gas cell introduced to market.

Company receives DOC Commercial Services Award for its export activity.

First IRGAS multipoint-sampling combustion analyzer shipped to China.

Company accepted into New Mexico's ISO 9000 Training Program

First Dual Gas Cell IRGAS System sold to Air Liquide.

Company receives ISO 9000 Compliant status.

Company formally terminates its line of fiber-optic probes by sale of probes and designs to Aspectrics for their NIR/EP-IR spectrometer.

First order received for IRGAS air-monitoring system.

Michael David engaged as General Manager & Vice President.

Agreement with Applied Materials established for EPITORR product.

Largest single systems purchase to date

Company receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification