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25 Jul 23
Lumibird half-yearly sales rise to €97M

Solid increase in revenues thanks in part to additional lidar production capacity and strong market demand.

20 Jul 23
Trumpf posts all-time high FY revenue of €5.4 billion

Preliminary figures for “centennial year” 2022-23 are up by 27% – but order intake is down.

20 Jul 23
G&H acquires Artemis Optical for £8.9 million

Deal enhances group’s portfolio and creates new opportunities for vertical integration and cross-selling.

19 Jul 23
SiPhox Health lands $27M for silicon photonics test kits

MIT spin-out wins backing from Intel Capital and Khosla Ventures as it seeks FDA clearance for biomarker test platform.

19 Jul 23
ASML raises 2023 forecast despite market caution

Lithography giant now expects to post 30% sales growth this year, thanks to sales of DUV immersion tools.

18 Jul 23
Smart Photonics hails €100M funding

Semiconductor firms including ASML lend support to Netherlands-based InP chip foundry.

13 Jul 23
Skylark Lasers wins £2.3 million funding from Innovate UK

To help develop NX Micro COTS laser system for quantum gravity gradiometry applications.

13 Jul 23
Chip manufacturing equipment market to rebound in 2024

Key sector for laser and photonics expected to bounce back strongly from 2023 'adjustment'.

12 Jul 23
Metalenz optics feature in biometric security scanners

China's Dilusense deploys mass-produced meta-optics in facial recognition systems.

11 Jul 23
Japan's EX-Fusion raises $13M in seed round

Startup company will establish an in-house test facility for optical components to control high-output, high-repetition-rate lasers.

04 Jul 23
Celestial AI lands $100M for 'disruptive' optical interconnects

Silicon Valley startup describes approach as a 'foundational building block for accelerated computing'.

27 Jun 23
LASER 2023: Photonics industries in Germany and worldwide ‘growing at 7%’

Industry group Spectaris “cautiously optimistic”, predicting steady growth through 2027, but skills shortage and supply chain problems persist.

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