All-cash purchase to strengthen Cognex’s position in Japan’s machine vision and imaging markets.

Bolton was US National Security Advisor during the Trump regime, and has held several other high-ranking political appointments.

Stock of optical packaging firm hit new high as it beats expectations on both sales and earnings.

But the photonics company remains confident in long-term trends while its customers work through excess inventories.

Business known for its space telescope expertise set to become part of the global defense giant.

Photonics giant drops in value by 35% as industrial laser sales decline amid general macroeconomic gloom.

Fiber-optic sensing and testing specialist reports 11% jump in quarterly revenues.

Nasdaq-listed firm began shipping production lidar units to key customer BMW last month.

Lidar firm also believes latest cost-cuts and strong bookings have put it on a path to profitability.

Divisional sales up 13% as the German optics powerhouse remains optimistic despite the weakening global economy.

CEO remains optimistic despite Q2 revenues of $53 million falling 12.4% on prior year's quarter.

Machine vision firm says customers in consumer electronics and chip production are being especially cautious.