French company also agrees loans with supplier and state-funded CEA authority to shore up its finances.

Investment in a 10 MW production facility follows acquisition of Californian start-up Alta Devices.

Laser giant Trumpf's subsidiary SPI Lasers takes on GSI's UK offshoot, a specialist in industrial and fiber lasers.

Sales and 47% margin both “in line with guidance”; similar figures forecast for Q2, 2015.

New-look Nokia will be “innovation leader” in next-gen technology and services for IP connected world.

Claim that Color IQ quantum dots have enabled Konka’s "most visually stunning" TVs so far.

Cash-plus-stock offer already accepted by Swedish photonics company’s largest shareholder Pod Investment.

Diverse laser and photonics technology company to refocus divisions on markets - but no job cuts or closures are planned.

Both production and sales of German industrial laser systems last year exceeded all performance indicators from elsewhere.

Investment in fiber-optic sensing systems for oil prospecting and delivery reduced and delayed - but growth will return say analysts.

UK the only bright spot as the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) issues preliminary results of its annual survey.

GO Scale Capital, part-funded by China's GSR Ventures, to acquire an 80% stake in Philips’ Lumileds and automotive lighting business unit.