Kloé celebrates 5 years of industrial development. In conclusion, 10 registered patents: a range of telecom circuits (K-CW), a range of gas sensor circuits (K-MZS), a range of particle counting circuits (K-MOC), an adhesives range (K-Px), a software to design optical circuits (Kloé Softwave), and a technological platform equipped with a clean room of more than 100m2. This whole unit has been financed internally since its creation and by about thirty customers among which we are pleased to count: Essilor, Horiba ABX, Sagem, Thales, Alcatel Space, ONERA...

Kloé, specialized in integrated optics, and ATI optics, specialized in optical fibres, signed a technological partnership. The aim of this partnership is to propose to all our customers the best optical solutions based on fibre and integrated optics. New optical functions should appear with this co-operation.

Kloé launches the K-MOC range, a new integrated optical function of solid particle counting in a liquid.

K-MOC integrates on a same optical chip a microfluidic network and optical waveguides which count the particles present in a liquid. This new optical chip finds applications in the medical industry, food safety, oenology or and, water and milk control.

Kloé enlarges its intellectual property portfolio by registering two new European patents.

The first one is for a new very low cost passive pigtailing process between an optical fibre and an integrated optical chip.

The second one is for the integration and coupling between a transmitting or receiving optoelectronic function and an optical function integrated on the same chip.

Kloé proposes a new flexible and low cost process of lithography of submicronic precision on high thicknesses (about 10 µm) and on large surfaces (4 inches and more) to micro-electronics and MEMS professionals.

Hybrid materials (organic-inorganic) developed for this process are resistant to a broad range of chemical and dry etchings such as RIE and DRIE.

A service of rapid prototyping and production in small and average series is also provided.

Kloé launches a new integrated optical solution for the multidetection of gas, chemical or biochemical materials under the series name K-MZS. These integrated optical multisensors present some breakthroughs such as compactness, speed, dynamics and sensitivity.

Kloé recently purchased a heavy piece of equipment which measures the refractive index cartography of stacked optical layers. This high precision equipment, the only one in Europe, can be used by optics researchers and industry through a service of measurement proposed by the Kloé R&D team.

Kloé launches two new optical adhesives types, PUT and PUV, in complement of PTx series (thermal reticulation adhesives) and Pux (very low CTE (Coefficient Thermal Extension) UV reticulation adhesives) series. PUV is a very high viscosity adhesive, compatible with the bonding of electronic chips. PUT is a high thermal resistance UV reticulation adhesive. A service to develop adhesives to specification is still offered.

Kloe purchased a high precision refractive index cartography piece of equipment. It has been developed by the Canadian society EXFO and is the first equipment of its kind in Europe.

Kloe files two new patents:

• - a new process of passive pigtailing between a PLC chip and an optical fibre.
• - Integration process of optical and optoelectonical circuits onto a chip.

This last process presents a new alternative for transceiver low cost production.

Kloé dedicates its new optical circuits manufacturing unit in its buildings at "Le Parc du Millénaire", Thursday June 17 at 7.30 pm; in the presence of principal institutional actors within the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

Kloé presented its integrated optical components at the annual Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) held at the Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Kloé signed an agreement with KMG Alliance for the distribution of its design and simulation software: KLOE SOFTWAVE is dedicated to guided optics professionals, research laboratories and training centers such as high schools, Universities and Photonics schools.

Kloé’s changed its address to the Millénaire area at Montpellier, France with a space of more than 270m² including 100m² clean room. These new buildings allow Kloé the chance to expand and carry on their industrialisation process.

The company recruited a commercial engineer to insure the sale and marketing aspects of Kloé’s products (circuits, software, seals), and also the European representation of O-M6’s products.

Kloé signs a sales representation agreement with O-M6, a Canadian company specialised in assembling materials for optical fibres.

Kloé was one of the 30 winners of the « Tremplin-Entreprises »’ competition organised by the French Senate. Kloé was selected among more than 350 French innovative companies.

Jean Podlecki, former industrialisation manager of microsystems with Alcatel Optronics joins Kloé to take charge of the Mux/ Demux industialisation in integrated optics.

Kloé took part in the annual Optical Fibre Communications held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 23-28th 2003.