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12 Jul 16
Gooch & Housego expands with defense acquisitions

Laser diode designer Alfalight and UK-based Kent Periscopes expected to add £9 million to annual turnover.

07 Jul 16
First Solar shelves TetraSun silicon cell development

Advancing CdTe cell efficiencies means that crystalline silicon 'hedge' option no longer required by the panel maker.

05 Jul 16
Monteris lands $10M loan to extend laser brain surgery

Oxford Finance cash will be allocated to growing sales of ‘Neuroblate’ system for treating brain lesions.

01 Jul 16
Universal Display gets into the blue with OLED assets from BASF

Chemicals giant sells intellectual property for $87 million, having ceased working on developments late last year.

01 Jul 16
Rofin shareholders approve Coherent deal

$942 million acquisition remains on track for completion by the end of this year.

29 Jun 16
Growing use of laser diodes in industry, telecoms to drive market through 2020

Total sales likely to exceed $10 billion by 2020, growing at 11% CAGR over next four years, says analyst Technavio.

29 Jun 16
Giant Magellan Telescope team to host 'industry interaction conference'

Pasadena-based developers behind planned 25-meter telescope in Chile schedules bidders' day for September.

28 Jun 16
Philips buys PathXL to expand digital pathology range

Method allows pathologists to process large datasets with image analytics to improve diagnosis, patient care.

27 Jun 16
Trumpf invests €30m in solid-state laser facility

German industrial laser and toolmaker says the trend for solid-state lasers "is still pushing forward".

22 Jun 16
Finisar's growth in 100G data systems offsets fall in 10G telecoms

Mixed results for US subsystems and components developer, but further improvement expected for 2017.

20 Jun 16
Hermes acquisition to aid ASML's EUV ramp

Lithography giant set to pay €2.75BN for Taiwanese electron-beam metrology and inspection specialist.

15 Jun 16
Investors sink $50M into VR startup Meta

Developer of 'augmented reality' headsets claims advanced optics will create disruptive computing experience.

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