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01 Aug 16
Merck licenses Nanoco quantum dots

German chemicals giant becomes second major player to license cadmium-free nanomaterials in little over a week.

29 Jul 16
IPG steady as sales hit new high

Fiber laser giant holds onto market share at expense of lower selling prices.

28 Jul 16
Laser order boom continues at Coherent

Stock prices nudges all-time high as Coherent lands more big orders for OLED display production.

27 Jul 16
ams expands again with MAZeT acquisition

Austrian optical sensing firm says latest strategic deal will help it grow automotive, industrial and medical applications.

26 Jul 16
Philips Lighting buoyant as LED sales tick up

Stock holds recent gains following initial public offering earlier this summer.

26 Jul 16
Nanoco signs long-term deal on cadmium-free quantum dots

UK firm signs non-exclusive seven-year agreement with Taiwan’s Wah Hong Industrial.

20 Jul 16
ASML boosted by extreme UV orders

Four orders for production EUV lithography systems placed in latest quarter, as TSMC reveals its plans to deploy the technology.

19 Jul 16
THz systems sales to grow at 16% through 2020

Analyst Tematys reveals market drivers and which technologies suit each application.

19 Jul 16
Princeton Lightwave targets automotive lidar

New Jersey photonics firm sets up new business unit to commercialize Geiger-mode lidar technology.

19 Jul 16
Lidar mapping start-up closes $6.6M seed fund

Ford Motor Company among the early investors in Civil Maps, whose software turns raw lidar data into live maps for autonomous vehicles.

13 Jul 16
Mauna Kea upbeat after raising €4.4M

Equity capital to boost product development efforts, support clinical trials of optical biopsy system.

12 Jul 16
Gooch & Housego expands with defense acquisitions

Laser diode designer Alfalight and UK-based Kent Periscopes expected to add £9 million to annual turnover.

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