St. Louis Firm Stays on the Laser Industry's Cutting Edge.(Originated from St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: December 22, 1997| Author: Flannery, William | Copyright information

Dec. 22--Dana Marshall and his partner, Ted McMinn, are the archetypal modern entrepreneurs.

As McDonnell Douglas Corp. engineers, Marshall and McMinn were caught in the massive post-Cold War downsizing.

But instead of looking for another job, they struck out on their own.

In five short years, their company, Cutting Edge Optronics Inc., has become a leading manufacturer of high-performance diode-pumped lasers for manufacturing and medic...

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