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History

According to Photonis, the origin of the company can be seen in the opening of a new manufacturing facility of Philips in 1937. As WWII was looming over Europe, the Dutch electronics company chose Brive-la-Gaillarde in the southwest of france as a new manufacturing location for microwave tubes and other electrical components. Philips Brive continued growing after WWII, even working on radar and nuclear power projects, cooperating with Laboratoire d'Electrophysique de Paris (LEP). In 1960, the factory was flooded, taking two years to build a new factory.

In 1963, Philips becomes HYPERELEC. New products included cathode ray tubes comissioned for the French Atomic Energy Comission and microchannel wafers.

In 1937, a new facility of the Philips Group is opened in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France.

In 1942, a new facility called Burle of the RCA Corporation is opened in Lancaster, U.S.A., manufacturing microwave and radio tubes for the U.S. Navy.

In 1963, Philips becomes HYPERELEC, a Philips Company.

In 1970, the company Delft Electronic Products, BV (DEP) is opened in Roden, Netherlands. It manufactured the first image intensifiers.

In 1986, HYPERELEC becomes RTC-COMPELEC, still part of the Philips Group.

In the same year, RCA Corporation is acquired by General Electric.

In 1987, General Electric becomes BURLE Industries.

In 1990, RTC-COMPELEC becomes PHILIPS COMPOSANTS, still part of the Philips Group.

In 1994, PHILIPS COMPOSANTS becomes PHILIPS PHOTONIQUE, still part of the Philips Group.

In 1998, PHILIPS Brive is rebranded to Photonis.

In 2005, Photonis Technologies SAS was formed from a 2005 merger of three separate companies.

• Photonis
  • 1937 PHILIPS Brive
  • 1936 HYPERELEC
  • 1966 RTC Compelec
  • 1990 PHILIPS Components
  • 1992 PHILIPS Photonics
  • 1996 Photonis
• Delft Electronic Products BV (DEP)
  • 1970 Delft Electronische Producten
  • 1973 Oude Delft
  • 1990 Delft Instruments
  • 1995 Delft Electronic Products BV
• Burle Industries
  • 1942 US NAVY
  • 1946 RCA Corp.
  • 1966 GE
  • 1987 BURLE Industries
  • 1999 Purchase of Galileo MCP

In September 2023 the company rebranded from Photonis Group to Exosens.

Company Structure

Today, Photonis Technologies SAS has a single subsidiary, Photonis France SAS.

Photonis France SAS in turn has the following subsidiaries:

• Photonis USA Pennsylvania (formely Burle Industries, Inc.)
• Brennel Glass Ltd.
• Photonis USA, Inc.
• MicroOLED S.A.S.
• Photonis-DEP B.V.
  • Hi-Light Opto Electronics B.V.
• Antheryon Optics