VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 16, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V:ZMS) (Frankfurt:W1I) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed pre-production testing of a new, proprietary array of Micro-pixel Avalanche Photodiodes (MAPD). The MAPD Array integrates Zecotek's patented MAPD technologies and will be initially produced in an 8 by 8 format, with 64 individual MAPDs each measuring 3mm by 3mm, and scalable to larger dimensions. First run production has been slated for evaluation by select industry partners.
