Waterloo, Ontario - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) today announced that Dr. Adel Sedra has joined its Board of Directors effective immediately. Dr. Sedra is the Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo and is world-renowned for his work in microelectronics. He is the co-author of three textbooks, the most popular of which, “Microelectronic Circuits&… Read More
BOSTON – The Vision Show - Booth #313 – June 10, 2008 - DALSA Corporation [TSX: DSA], a global leader in machine vision technology, today demonstrated the Spyder3 4K camera here at The Vision Show at the DALSA booth (#313). The camera has a new, higher 4K resolution, which offers a larger field of view (FOV) and reduces system costs because fewer cameras are needed for a… Read More
Company to engage an advisor to seek out strategic partnership opportunities for Digital Cinema business Waterloo, Ontario, April 30, 2008 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today reported revenues of $54.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, and net income of $3.8 million or $0.20 pe… Read More
Date: Thursday May 1, 2008 Time: 3:00pm- 7:00pm Location: 605 McMurray Rd., Waterloo, ON DALSA is pleased to announce a Career Open House at its Waterloo office May 1 from 3:00pm to 7:00pm. This is a great opportunity to see some of our facilities and speak directly with hiring managers. Maxmimze your potential. Contribute to the most advanced imaging technology… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell assets for production and support of select legacy x-ray sensitive camera products that were manufactured and serviced at the Company’s Colorado Spring operations to Echoserve Inc. of Golden, Colorado. The deal is expected to close on April 4, 2008. Upon cl… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) today announced that it is continuing to see strong product demand in its Digital Imaging and Semiconductor businesses and is expecting to report a sharp increase in revenue and earnings in the first quarter of 2008. In the Digital Imaging business the Company continues to see robust bookings in the flat panel display i… Read More
Woodland Hills, CA - DALSA Digital Cinema today announced that the next James Bond motion picture, "Quantum of Solace," starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, will feature a complex visual effects shot captured with eight DALSA 4K Origin cameras. As with most of James Bond's missions, the details surrounding the cameras' use must be kept top secret for the time being. Ho… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Eric Rosenfeld of New York based Crescendo Partners L.P. as a director of the Company, effectively immediately. “We respect the wishes of our major shareholders and are pleased to welcome Eric to DALSA’s board,” said Savvas Chamberlain, Executive Chairman of DALS… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario, January 31, 2008 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today reported revenues of $47.3 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2007, and net income of $2.3 million or $0.12 per share, diluted. The following table summarizes the key results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and co… Read More
DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) announced today that it has received significant new contracts in its Digital Imaging and Semiconductor business units. The majority of the orders, which cover key end markets such as flat panel display and MEMS, are expected to be delivered during 2008. “Since the beginning of November, we have seen a steady increase in the volume of orders… Read More
WATERLOO , ONTARIO — DALSA Corporation [TSX: DSA] today announced the availability of the High Quanta family of sensors tailored for scientific, life sciences, and astronomy applications. DALSA’s High Quanta sensors are large format area sensors that provide a new benchmark in imaging performance. Using advanced fabrication techniques to realize smaller CCD transistor… Read More
DALSA Corporation [TSX: DSA] today announced the release of its new family of 12 µm AT (Advanced Technology) CCD image sensors. This range of full-frame CCD sensors offers improved quantum efficiency (QE) and sensitivity, as well as superior signal-to-noise and high-speed performance. In addition to the launch of a 12 megapixel image sensor, successors to the present range… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , November 5, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, announced today that it has received a major contract to develop and deliver custom CMOS image sensors to a leading European digital radiography equipment manufacturer. The DALSA-designed image sensors will be “the eyes” of… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario, - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today reported revenue of $39.8 million for the quarter ended September 30th, 2007, and a net loss of $0.8 million or $0.04 per share, diluted. The following table summarizes the key results for the third quarter of 2007 and compares them to t… Read More
Hollywood, CA — “Tempting Hyenas”, the first feature length film shot with the DALSA Origin 4K digital cinema camera, will undergo a full 4K DI at Post Logic Studios, a leading independent post-production and digital intermediate (DI) service facility. Post Logic’s Image Science Division provided on-set supervision during principal photography, which completed recently, w… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , September 6, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today announced plans to increase the profitability of its core operations through several specific initiatives. The goal is to facilitate net earnings of greater than 10% in the Digital Imaging and Semiconductor businesses… Read More
Waterloo ON, September 4, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) announced today that it has completed an agreement originally announced in May to sell approximately 37 acres of land in Waterloo to Research in Motion (RIM). The proceeds of the transaction are approximately $11.6 million. DALSA, which owns approximately 19 adjacent acres, is jointly developing lands at… Read More
Alan Chan's "Postcards From The Future" short film, shot in 4K with the Origin camera, has been selected as a co-opening film for the 8th annual Seoul International Film Festival. The SIFF is a world-class festival known for promoting cinema of the future, both in technology and in creative content. "Postcards" will screen on Thursday the 6th and again on Friday th… Read More
A recent article in Highdef Magazine recounts DP Florian Stadler's first experience with DALSA's Origin camera, using it to shoot Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins for a Greenpeace commercial earlier this year. Stadler was impressed with the image quality, noting "the images are simply stunning, clean and have an incredible amount of detail and dynamic range. In the ma… Read More
DALSA's presentation at this year's IBC show in Amsterdam will include a 4K projection of "The Trident," a short movie directed by Anurag Mehta and shot by Cinematographer David Stump, ASC, using DALSA's Origin 4K camera. Not only will attendees see outstanding 4K image quality, they will be able to speak directly with the cinematographer--Mr. Stump will be present fo… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, announced today that it has received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") to acquire for cancellation, by way of normal course issuer bid (the "Bid"), up to 951,334 Common Shares of the Company, which, as of August 20, 2007, re… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , August 17, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, has reached a mutual agreement with Ralf Brooks, President of DALSA Semiconductor, to enable Mr. Brooks to take early retirement. This change is in accordance with planning that has taken place over the past year. Therefore, a… Read More
KINGSTON, ONTARIO, August 13, 2007 – CMC Microsystems today announced that researchers at more than 40 Canadian universities across the country will have access to new microsystems integration capability through DALSA Corporation's semiconductor wafer foundry located in Bromont, Québec. This capability will enable graduate students and faculty members to develop industr… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario, July 26, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today reported revenue of $47.7 million for the quarter ended June 30th, 2007, and net income of $20,000 or $0.00 per share, diluted. The following table summarizes the key results for the second quarter of 2007 and compares them t… Read More
Waterloo ON , May 28, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) today announced they have signed a definitive agreement with Research In Motion (RIM) to jointly develop lands in Waterloo Ontario. As part of the agreement, which is expected to close within the next several months, RIM will purchase approximately 37 acres of land from DALSA at the intersection of University… Read More
Pittsburgh, PA and Bromont, Quebec —May 22, 2007—Akustica, Inc., a pioneer in acoustic system-on-chip solutions, and DALSA Corporation's semiconductor-wafer fabrication division today announced the formation of a strategic silicon foundry relationship. The collaboration combines Akustica's expertise in its patented Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) microelec… Read More
DALSA Corporation, an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today announced the appointment of Wajid Ali as Chief Financial Officer, effective mid-May 2007. Mr. Ali joins DALSA from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where he headed the finance function for AMD's second largest business unit. Prior to AMD, he was Group Controller for t… Read More
Anthony Hopkins stars in an anti-whaling TV ad campaign for Greenpeace, shot in 4K using DALSA Origin cameras and recorded to Codex Digital recorders. The 60-second spot has been aired on network TV in North America and features the Oscar-winning actor reading excerpts from Psalm 104 and the haunting poem Whales Weep Not! by D.H. Lawrence. The campaign is intended… Read More
Waterloo, ON , April 26, 2007 - DALSA Corporation, an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today announced changes to its executive team. Effective September 1, 2007, the board of directors has approved the appointment of Brian Doody to the role of Chief Executive Officer of DALSA Corporation. Savvas Chamberlain will continue to ch… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , April 26, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance digital imaging and semiconductor company, today reported revenue of $45.3 million for the quarter ended March 31st, 2007, and net income of $0.2 million or $0.01 per share, diluted. The following table summarizes the key results for the first quarter of 2007 and compares t… Read More
DALSA founder and chairman Dr. Savvas Chamberlain accepted the Premier's Catalyst Award For Lifetime Achievement in Innovation from Ontario Premier and Minister of Research and Innovation Dalton McGuinty at the inaugural Premier's Innovation Awards ceremony held April 24 at the MaRS Discovery District. The ceremony honoured Ontario's top research and innovation talents… Read More
Las Vegas, NV – 16th April 2007 – Aspex Semiconductor™, a UK -based fabless semiconductor company developing leading-edge software programmable Extreme Processors, today announced that DALSA has selected Aspex's Linedancer™ processors to power its "4K Lab-in-a-box" image processing workstation, designed to efficiently and cost effectively de-Bayer RAW 4K motion picture… Read More
Woodland Hills, CA , April 10, 2007 - DALSA Digital Cinema, a leader in 4K motion picture capture, announced today that it is expanding its award-winning 4K product line to include new 4K camera models, an on-board 4K data recorder and new 4K anamorphic lenses. The new products will be on display at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show (booth… Read More
DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) today announced that it has further expanded its Genie family of GigE Vision-compliant digital cameras with three new models, delivering exceptional image quality at high speeds. Designed specifically for high-speed industrial imaging applications, DALSA's compact Genie HM Series represents the integration of advanced sensor, camera and board… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , January 31, 2007 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance digital imaging and semiconductor company, today reported revenue of $43.3 million in the fourth quarter, 2006, and net income of $1.7 million or $0.09 per share, diluted. For the year ended December 31, 2006, total revenue was $186.3 million, with net income of $11.6 mil… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , December 7, 2006 – DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, announced today that Paul Van Bakel, Chief Financial Officer, has submitted his resignation as of January 13, 2007. "Under Paul's leadership, we saw the integrity and accuracy of our financial records and statements rise… Read More
CHICAGO – RSNA 2006 – DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) today announced its latest life sciences imaging solution, the XR-4 scientific and medical X-Ray camera intended for use in the biomedical, specimen, mammography and computed tomography (CT scanning) fields. The XR-4 delivers superior image quality, offers a larger field of view, and high frame rates for CT applications… Read More
DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), a world leader in high performance semiconductors and electronics, announced today that it has received major contracts totaling CDN $5.8 million to deliver high resolution image sensor chips to two valued customers in the X-ray imaging and photogrammetry fields over the next two years. "These new contracts clearly highlight the strength w… Read More
Woodland Hills, California, November 8, 2006 – DALSA Digital Cinema LA Ltd., a leader in the development and commercialization of 4K digital motion picture cameras, announced today the appointment of industry veteran and former studio executive, Rob Hummel, as President. He will be responsible for accelerating the adoption of the DALSA Origin, the world's first and only… Read More
DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) today announced its new line of frame grabbers based on the PCI Express - the X64 Xcelera Series. Building on the field proven technology and performance of DALSA's X64 frame grabbers, the new Xcelera Series leverages the PCI Express (PCIe) platform to bring traditional image acquisition and processing technology to new levels of performanc… Read More
DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) today announced the expansion of its Piranha family of line scan cameras to include a Piranha Color model. The Piranha Color will be showcased during VISION 2006, November 7-9, at DALSA's stand #4.0 616, and boasts the industry's fastest line rates for color line scan cameras. DALSA's Piranha cameras are designed for high speed and high through… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario, October 26, 2006 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, today reported revenue of $47.4 million in the third quarter of 2006 and net income of $3.3 million or $0.17 per share, diluted. Revenues for the first nine months of the year were $143.0 million, up 14.5% from $124.9 million in the… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario, September 25, 2006 – DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, announced today that its custom designed CCD image sensor chips and support electronics have been successfully incorporated into a new series of extremely high resolution professional camera products being unveiled this week at th… Read More
DALSA CEO Dr. Savvas Chamberlain recently addressed an audience of local entrepeneurs and business leaders at the "Moving Business Forward" conference in Guelph, Ontario. The conference, organized by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce, gave attendees the opportunity to hear personal stories from some Canada's most successful executives. The list of invited spakers included Ro… Read More
Waterloo, Ontario , July 27, 2006 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, today reported revenue of $49.0 million in the second quarter of 2006 and net income of $4.0 million or $0.21 per share, diluted. The following table summarizes the key results for the second quarter of 2006 and compares them to the sec… Read More
DALSA Semiconductor, a division of DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, announced today that it has successfully fabricated and delivered the world’s highest resolution image sensor chip to its customer, Semiconductor Technology Associates ("STA") of San Juan Capistrano, California. The CCD device, which mea… Read More
DALSA CEO Dr. Savvas Chamberlain delivered a keynote address in Beijing today at the The Third International Conference on Machine Vision and Industrial Application, organized by the China Society of Image and Graphics (CSIG) and co-sponsored by the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA), China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). The conference aims to co… Read More
The first episode of "Instant Def", a series of short movies by Snickers featuring the Black Eyed Peas shot with DALSA's Origin 4K camera, was released today across North America. In each "digi-sode," the Black Eyed Peas play superheroes that must "save hip-hop" from "violence and materialism." The pieces incorporate extensive visual effects (VFX) and so were shot agai… Read More
DALSA's 4M60 SA signals a new generation of "Stop Action" area scan technology offering developers traditional DALSA performance with significantly lower deployment costs. Delivering 62 frames per second at full four megapixel (2352 x 1728) resolution in 8 or 10 bits through a Medium Camera Link interface, the 4M60 SA provides unprecedented area scan performance. Based on… Read More
DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) today announced it has received a contract to supply high resolution image sensor chips to a valued customer in the professional imaging market. The contract, which is valued at CDN $1.9 million, is expected to be delivered over the next three months. The DALSA image sensor chips will be "the eyes" of the customer's high performance photogra… Read More
