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20 Feb 25
Lumotive eyes new frontiers after $45M series B investment

Total funding now tops $100M as a raft of new investors back the developer of light-controlling metasurfaces.

18 Feb 25
Spain's Wooptix gets €10M to advance wavefront metrology tool

Samsung, European Innovation Council, and Intel Capital among the backers of adaptive optics startup's series C round.

17 Feb 25
MKS highlights optics momentum and improving debt position

Proliferation of AI-related semiconductor production aiding the diversified equipment firm but industrial sector remains weak.

17 Feb 25
LightPath set for further transformation with G5 Infrared deal

Optical component and system maker agrees $27M acquisition of high-end MWIR camera producer.

13 Feb 25
Moritex boosts Cognex but outlook clouded by tariff 'confusion'

Machine vision company reports 9% rise in annual sales, largely thanks to addition of the Japanese optical component maker.

12 Feb 25
Record year for Jenoptik but orders dip amid market uncertainty

Full-year sales for 2024 rise to €1.12 billion after another strong year for the German firm's advanced photonics division.

12 Feb 25
Hollow-core fiber startup targets AI hyperscalers

Florida's Relativity Networks says it has raised $4.6M in 'pre-seed' funding as it deploys CREOL-developed fibers.

11 Feb 25
IPG's annual sales drop below $1BN

Latest figures show 24% decline on the 2023 total amid challenging conditions across the industrial laser sector.

11 Feb 25
PICs market could top $50BN by 2035

AI data centers and high-performance computing expected to drive huge increase in demand over the coming decade.

10 Feb 25
Lumentum assuages DeepSeek AI and tariff worries

Photonics firm buoyed by data center demand, InP capacity expansion, and ultrafast laser applications.

10 Feb 25
Salience adds $30M for optical switches

UK-German startup targets power-efficient connectivity for AI data center infrastructure.

06 Feb 25
InP output triples as Coherent sales bounce on AI demand

Photonics and materials company reports record-breaking quarter as sales beat prior guidance.

 
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