BWI: Ocean Optics Announces Photo Video Challenge 2011

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Ocean Optics
Friday, July 29, 2011 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
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Ocean Optics Announces Photo Video Challenge 2011
Over US$10,000 in prizes for winning images

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Friday, July 29, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Ocean Optics, the industry's leading supplier of miniature fiber optic spectrometers, has opened the submissions period for its second annual Photo and Video Challenge (www.oceanphotochallenge.com) for users of the company's equipment and systems.

Cash prizes will be awarded for best overall photograph (US$2,000) and best overall video (US$3,500). Second place prizes of US$1,000 in both categories will be given, as well as three US$500 runner-up prizes in each category.

The challenge is open to all owners of Ocean Optics spectrometers and systems - customers, distributors and business partners are all eligible. The submission period runs through November 15, 2011. Winning entries, chosen for their innovation, entertainment and educational value, will be announced December 1, 2011.

The company hopes to encourage entrants to show off how they use Ocean Optics spectrometers and systems to make the world a better place through optical sensing. Visit www.oceanphotochallenge.com to see last year's winning entries and apply for the 2011 Challenge.

About Ocean Optics

Headquartered in the USA, Ocean Optics (www.OceanOptics.com) is a leading supplier of solutions for optical sensing - fundamental methods of measuring and interpreting the interaction of light with matter. With locations in Asia and Europe, the company has sold more than 100,000 spectrometers worldwide since 1992. Ocean Optics' extensive line of complementary technologies includes chemical sensors, analytical instrumentation, optical fibres, thin films and optics. The company is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. A public company listed on the London Stock Exchange, it has 3,600 employees in 36 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and health.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Santosh Sen, Halma India, 022 6708 0400, Cell: 9820247680, santosh.sen@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0)1494 789152, dcorbet@halmapr.com

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