Board of imaging firm recommends increased dividend while it seeks a higher offer.

Acquisition of Greek developer of photonic systems strengthens space and satellite communications activity.

Collaboration with German subsidiary to evaluate phosphorescent OLEDs for solid-state lighting.

French start-up to market super-resolved imaging instruments for life sciences sector in 2014.

Sofinnova Partners becomes largest investor in French start-up working on systems to restore sight to the blind.

G24i resumes production, research and development of photosynthesis-inspired cells in new premises in South Wales.

$42m for development of "super-efficient" routers based on novel optical backplane.

New LED semiconductor fabrication facility will create 375 jobs, says the UCSB spin-out.

Freedom from former parent company Siemens aids the transition to solid-state lighting.

German VC DEWB gives cash boost to developer of high brightness direct diode lasers for materials processing.

Metrology segment drives sales growth but orders are down slightly on last year.

News that the UK technology firm Oxford Instruments is aiming to buy out Andor sends stock up 25%.