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20 Jul 18
Camera maker Basler buys up Silicon Software

Acquisition of card and software firm extends Basler's portfolio towards performance segment of computer vision market.

20 Jul 18
LensGen raises $11 million for intraocular lens development

Accommodating IOL technology could transform treatment of presbyopia.

19 Jul 18
Trumpf increases annual sales 15% to €3.6 billion

Orders received rise from €3.4 to €3.8 billion with largest individual markets being Germany, USA and China.

18 Jul 18
ASML accelerates EUV development

Better-than-expected quarterly results and throughput gains prompt additional spending to develop EUV tools more quickly.

18 Jul 18
Stemmer Imaging expands market share in France by acquiring Elvitec

Following February IPO, expansive Stemmer expects French deal to boost revenues by €9 million (earnings by 11%).

18 Jul 18
Baraja joins lidar rush with tunable laser system

Venture-backed Sydney startup says novel approach will offer required combination of performance and cost.

17 Jul 18
Cooke Optics acquired in ‘welcome’ purchase by Caledonia Investments

$127 million investment to enable faster growth and new lenses; management team remains unchanged.

16 Jul 18
Bruker extends microscopy offering with JPK acquisition

Optical tweezers and fluorescence imaging techniques augment instrumentation firm’s burgeoning portfolio.

11 Jul 18
Jenoptik buys Prodomax Automation…

…and ups its 2018 guidance. Canadian firm works in machine and process integration in auto industry.

11 Jul 18
Excelitas Technologies lands Research Electro Optics

Acquisitive Excelitas once again expands portfolio and global footprint as a single-source provider for commercial and defense markets.

11 Jul 18
Schott acquires Primoceler, laser glass-bonding specialist

Finnish company's unique laser-based bonding technique promises better packaging for MEMs to medical devices.

10 Jul 18
II-VI to boost its pump laser output

Manufacturing facilities worldwide set for investment and expansion to meet demand for data centers, comms applications.

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