This involvement BB has is interesting...
"BB Photonics is part of a burgeoning high-tech sector in Torbay, which now employs nearly 1,000 people generating £108 million a year. The firm is benefiting from being part of a local cluster of photonics companies in Torbay that can share ideas and knowledge."
Read more: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/international-firm-bb-photonics-ready-roll-new/story-27997021-detail/story.html#ixzz4EIgnP3O1
"EPIC Members – 240 photonic organizations in 28 countries"... BB Photonics
http://www.epic-assoc.com/membership/epic-members/
http://www.epic-assoc.com/about-epic/