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27 Oct 11
Newport bullish on life sciences for 2012

Company reports strong interest in its new ultrafast lasers as well as a boost provided by its recent acquisitions.

25 Oct 11
II-VI sinks on fiscal 2012 guidance cut

Stock drops sharply after company cautions that its fiscal 2012 sales will be below prior expectations.

24 Oct 11
Crystalox warns of UK job losses

Solar wafer manufacturer suspends polysilicon production, saying that the expected year-end rally 'does not appear to be materializing'.

21 Oct 11
Cymer enters critical period for EUV sources

San Diego company increases R&D spend again in advance of expected demonstrations of higher extreme ultraviolet powers.

20 Oct 11
Eurazeo invests €37M in 3S Photonics

Private equity firm to take 83% equity stake in the optoelectronic component maker, with €10 M earmarked for expansion.

19 Oct 11
Trumpf chief urges fast action on Euro crisis

After posting record orders and its second-best sales ever, the laser systems company remains confident amid the macroeconomic gloom.

17 Oct 11
Cost-cutting Philips sees sharp LED growth

The industrial giant prepares to cut 4500 jobs, as sales of LED-based lighting products grow 32% year-on-year.

14 Oct 11
e2v sees orders shift from defense to commercial

Space applications in Korea and Brazil help to boost UK company's high-performance imaging business.

14 Oct 11
GE picks Colorado for giant CdTe solar factory

The industrial behemoth is about to start building the largest panel factory in the US, and expects to begin commercial shipments in 2013.

12 Oct 11
ASML redefines EUV productivity roadmap

The world's dominant lithography equipment supplier aims for commercial productivity levels by mid-2012, after problems with light sources.

10 Oct 11
Sofradir wins military satellite IR detector contract

"Multi-million" euro agreement covers engineering and flight model phases of a next-generation optical payload for Earth observation.

10 Oct 11
China set for utility-scale PV boom

Analysts at Solarbuzz identify more than 1000 non-residential PV projects in China, and estimate a project pipeline of 14GW.

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