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25 Aug 15
Optical WDM metro market hits ‘record level’

Research by Dell'Oro Group says Ciena, Huawei, and ZTE have captured half the market.

25 Aug 15
TSMC pulls plug on CIGS solar effort

Even the giant semiconductor foundry cannot find a way to sell modules based on the thin-film PV material profitably.

24 Aug 15
NKT sells Vytran subsidiary to Thorlabs

US firm continues its recent expansion with acquisition of fiber fusing specialist.

20 Aug 15
SPIE ups value of global photonics trade to $182 billion

Revisions to market analysis boost overall annual sales figures, with increased business observed in China.

19 Aug 15
Network equipment spend in Europe up 8% over 2014

European sales lift in Q2 2015 the only bright spot in an otherwise flat market for optical hardware, says analyst IHS.

14 Aug 15
Transmode shareholders OK Infinera deal

Acquisition of Swedish firm specializing in metro optical communications technology now set to close August 20.

12 Aug 15
Restructuring costs push Cree into the red

LED sales plummet nearly 40% year-on-year as the chip maker posts an annual loss for the first time in more than a decade.

12 Aug 15
Lumentum execs anticipate fiber laser rebound

JDSU optics and photonics spin-off projects first financial quarter as a standalone company.

11 Aug 15
Jenoptik 'firmly on course' as sales rise

Laser and optical systems segment flat; new organizational structure comes into effect at start of next year.

10 Aug 15
Sales up solidly at GSI laser division

When adjusted for the divestiture of JK Lasers to Trumpf, laser revenues climbed 9% in latest quarter.

06 Aug 15
Profits up as Rofin ramps fiber laser sales

New CEO Thomas Merk reports 29% sequential rise in unit sales of high-power fiber lasers.

05 Aug 15
First Solar hits straps on efficiency drive

Module conversion efficiency at the company's lead production line now averaging 16.2%.

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